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I've started caring for 2 stray cats, Big Girl & Lil Boy ( named them that for now for obvi reasons and for the past few months Big Girl & I have gotten close, i've noticed some symptoms of hers that I am VERY concerned about. I know something is going on, but I don't know what.
Here's Big Girl's symptoms: sneezing, I mean ALWAYS... fat juicy sneezes. Not regular once inawhile cat sneezes. When she sneezes she sometimes blows green discharge chunks on me, I wipe her nose often to get discharge off her nose, face. When I am fluffing out the blankets in the lil bed I made for her, I can feel wet spots were her nose or mouth has drooled. when things get real bad for a day or two I'll hear gargling noises when she breaths and will cough like humans do when we are conjested and full of flem, I can hear liquid in her nasal and throat passages and she snorts, etc. And she does random swallows when she is not eating or drinking anything, like she has a something caught in her throat ( like a human would if we had "a frog in our throat" to clear out)
But heres the deal : she is VERY active & energetic. She is a lover, cuddle bug and when I'm outside gardening she will run around behind me and follow me everywhere, theres times she is so excited she will run quickly in front of me as Im walking and I'll trip over her! I can say I never see her lethargic.
She eats and eats and EATS. Hence the name I have for her "Big Girl". Seriously, she will finish her food and if Lil Boy leaves his food unattended for just a moment, Big Girl will eat his too. One evening she seemed so hungry and kept pestering me for more,so i let her have what she wanted and she killed 3 cans of cat food in a row. She can eat anytime no matter if she just ate a million course meal. lol. And she drinks plenty of water. I'll see her take several trips to her water bowl and stand there for 5 minutes at a time lapping it up.
she seems uncomfortable or annoyed will all her symptoms, but not so much pain. But it pains me so to see her like that, so i know its bad, but my mom had extra antibiotics from the dogs and we did research and its the same as humans and cats use. So i sprinkled into her food and she seemed better when she was taking them, her symptoms reduced by at least half, but she still had symptoms. I finally ran out and its been 2 weeks since any medication and she has symptoms still but not nearly as awful as they were.
What the heck? People say I should really be worried when she is lethargic and loses her appetite, but thats so not the case. I know I need to get her in to a vet, but my situation is this- ive taken a leave off work, moved back in with my parents and getting back on my feet.( they have a feeling im about to ask them for a loan for the 2 cats ive brought on to their property I don't have the means but I care for them so much i need to get them checked out I just think for Big Girl its imperative I get her in first ASAP. in the meantime, is there anyone at all that can give me some information on what it could be? Upper Respitory Infection? or worse? Any words of hope? Or any info on vet services that could help me with this kind of situation?
she is a bodacious,voluptuous long haired gorgeous babe of a cat with big ol paws and pads and I love her, Im desperate!
thank you all
Here's Big Girl's symptoms: sneezing, I mean ALWAYS... fat juicy sneezes. Not regular once inawhile cat sneezes. When she sneezes she sometimes blows green discharge chunks on me, I wipe her nose often to get discharge off her nose, face. When I am fluffing out the blankets in the lil bed I made for her, I can feel wet spots were her nose or mouth has drooled. when things get real bad for a day or two I'll hear gargling noises when she breaths and will cough like humans do when we are conjested and full of flem, I can hear liquid in her nasal and throat passages and she snorts, etc. And she does random swallows when she is not eating or drinking anything, like she has a something caught in her throat ( like a human would if we had "a frog in our throat" to clear out)
But heres the deal : she is VERY active & energetic. She is a lover, cuddle bug and when I'm outside gardening she will run around behind me and follow me everywhere, theres times she is so excited she will run quickly in front of me as Im walking and I'll trip over her! I can say I never see her lethargic.
She eats and eats and EATS. Hence the name I have for her "Big Girl". Seriously, she will finish her food and if Lil Boy leaves his food unattended for just a moment, Big Girl will eat his too. One evening she seemed so hungry and kept pestering me for more,so i let her have what she wanted and she killed 3 cans of cat food in a row. She can eat anytime no matter if she just ate a million course meal. lol. And she drinks plenty of water. I'll see her take several trips to her water bowl and stand there for 5 minutes at a time lapping it up.
she seems uncomfortable or annoyed will all her symptoms, but not so much pain. But it pains me so to see her like that, so i know its bad, but my mom had extra antibiotics from the dogs and we did research and its the same as humans and cats use. So i sprinkled into her food and she seemed better when she was taking them, her symptoms reduced by at least half, but she still had symptoms. I finally ran out and its been 2 weeks since any medication and she has symptoms still but not nearly as awful as they were.
What the heck? People say I should really be worried when she is lethargic and loses her appetite, but thats so not the case. I know I need to get her in to a vet, but my situation is this- ive taken a leave off work, moved back in with my parents and getting back on my feet.( they have a feeling im about to ask them for a loan for the 2 cats ive brought on to their property I don't have the means but I care for them so much i need to get them checked out I just think for Big Girl its imperative I get her in first ASAP. in the meantime, is there anyone at all that can give me some information on what it could be? Upper Respitory Infection? or worse? Any words of hope? Or any info on vet services that could help me with this kind of situation?
she is a bodacious,voluptuous long haired gorgeous babe of a cat with big ol paws and pads and I love her, Im desperate!
thank you all