My sweet little 8-yr-old kitty girl was vomiting a lot over a 2-day period last week, so I took her to my wonderful vet. Well, about 7 days later, she now has what appears to be a cold, which she must have caught at the vet's. She never goes outside and neither does our other cat. And now, after reading about feline URIs, I'm about to panic.
She's been sneezing, blowing snot bubbles, and her right eye is very weepy. But she doesn't seem that uncomfortable. Her appetite is fine.
Is it worth it to go back to a potential source of infection for treatment? I am afraid she'll catch something else! The reason she was vomiting was likely hairballs, nothing serious. Now I wish I hadn't taken her in at all. And after all the scary stuff I read about vaccinations, I have avoided having her vaccinated since she was a kitten because she had a bad reaction to the vaccine.
I guess I'm just looking for reassurance and advice. If she has a URI, is it almost always going to be a serious problem? Or could it clear up on its own? Or if I wait, could it turn into something deadly? My poor little baby girl.
She's been sneezing, blowing snot bubbles, and her right eye is very weepy. But she doesn't seem that uncomfortable. Her appetite is fine.
Is it worth it to go back to a potential source of infection for treatment? I am afraid she'll catch something else! The reason she was vomiting was likely hairballs, nothing serious. Now I wish I hadn't taken her in at all. And after all the scary stuff I read about vaccinations, I have avoided having her vaccinated since she was a kitten because she had a bad reaction to the vaccine.
I guess I'm just looking for reassurance and advice. If she has a URI, is it almost always going to be a serious problem? Or could it clear up on its own? Or if I wait, could it turn into something deadly? My poor little baby girl.