Hi,
I've searched around and haven't found anything too similar to my situation, so I figured I would join and start my own thread.
Around February we took in a stray that we later found out was pregnant, and she had a litter of 6 kittens about a month later. The kittens are now almost 5 months old and only 2 have been given away. We took in 2 of them (mom & a boy) to get spayed/neutered last week, as well as get their rabies shot & FVRCP vaccine. A few days ago we started to notice the kitten sneezing pretty often, but I read online that sneezing can occur after a distemper vaccine so I didn't think much of it. Last night I started noticing that the kitten that has the sneezing problem also has 1 runny eye - no color to the fluid, just clear. The mother cat is also sneezing and has slightly watery eyes, but I wouldn't say hers is as bad as the kitten.
I'm having trouble figuring out what this could be. Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldnt the FVRCP vaccine prevent URIs where these symptoms would most commonly show up? I called the place that did the surgeries & vaccines and am now waiting for a call back from the vet there; they said it was not normal. These 2 cats have also not been separated from the other 3 kittens and the other kittens haven't shown any similar symptoms, which makes me think whatever it is they have isn't spreading. It's been 9 days since they've had the vaccine, so any sneezing that would have resulted from that should have come & gone by now.
The kittens have never been outside; the mom must have lived outside until we brought her in (she looks no older than a year and a half).
Basically what I'm asking is.. Where are these problems coming from if they both got the vaccine that is supposed to prevent things like this? Thank you for any help.
I've searched around and haven't found anything too similar to my situation, so I figured I would join and start my own thread.
Around February we took in a stray that we later found out was pregnant, and she had a litter of 6 kittens about a month later. The kittens are now almost 5 months old and only 2 have been given away. We took in 2 of them (mom & a boy) to get spayed/neutered last week, as well as get their rabies shot & FVRCP vaccine. A few days ago we started to notice the kitten sneezing pretty often, but I read online that sneezing can occur after a distemper vaccine so I didn't think much of it. Last night I started noticing that the kitten that has the sneezing problem also has 1 runny eye - no color to the fluid, just clear. The mother cat is also sneezing and has slightly watery eyes, but I wouldn't say hers is as bad as the kitten.
I'm having trouble figuring out what this could be. Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldnt the FVRCP vaccine prevent URIs where these symptoms would most commonly show up? I called the place that did the surgeries & vaccines and am now waiting for a call back from the vet there; they said it was not normal. These 2 cats have also not been separated from the other 3 kittens and the other kittens haven't shown any similar symptoms, which makes me think whatever it is they have isn't spreading. It's been 9 days since they've had the vaccine, so any sneezing that would have resulted from that should have come & gone by now.
The kittens have never been outside; the mom must have lived outside until we brought her in (she looks no older than a year and a half).
Basically what I'm asking is.. Where are these problems coming from if they both got the vaccine that is supposed to prevent things like this? Thank you for any help.