What A NightMare!!! Test Results Are In!!! Update 12-31-12

[Cataholic]

How stressful, which only compounds the situation!! I hope you get some answers/relief soon.

[kaycountrygal]

Oh My! I'm so sorry you and the cats have to go through this ordeal. I would find it more than stressful, to say the least. Good Luck and I hope all eyes clear up soon.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks everyone. I'm still waiting to her from my vet about Blaze's test results. The Oxytetracycline eye drops are helping with my cats eye infections but then when I stop giving it to them it just keeps coming back. I sure hope that whatever it is that it can be easily treated.

[ChrisH]

A nightmare indeed. Sending prayers and positive thoughts that a lasting solution is found very soon.

[sasvermont]

It is so difficult to know which kitty is the source and I guess it doesn't really matter if you intend to keep them all together. It can be risky introducing new cats to existing ones and one only hopes that there is not a carrier of something. But, hey, things happen, and often there is something new brought into the house. Breeders and shelters always have problems with things like this. Maybe you could contact a shelter to see how they deal with it and if they ever found a way to clear it up with existing cats other than adopting them out...... just a thought.

I would like to believe that once they all have mature immune systems, the carrier will be able to keep it under control and not create break outs again.

This can be sooooo frustrating, for sure! I don't envy you at all.

Sas and her campers

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks again everyone. The waiting continues. I called my veterinary hospital a little after 4pm and I asked to speak to my vet. She had already gone home for the day and the receptionist told me that Blaze's test results hadn't come back yet. My vet works again tomorrow so hopefully I'll hear from her. If not I may have to wait a while.

I had already tried e-mailing my kittens foster mom about the eye problems quite a while ago but she never replys to my e-mails any more. They had several kittens that had eye infections and sneezing and they would take them out of the adoption room and give them medicine until they were better. These kittens didn't come from a shelter but a rescue group and the adoption room is in a Petco. Radar & Rory are the kittens that brought the eye infection into my home.

Reece was at a Petsmart and all of the kittens there were healthy and so was he for a while. I feel like I'm being punished for adding more cats to my home. I knew that bringing in kittens could be risky because they do have weaker immune systems. This is why I kept them in my hall bathroom for quite a while until they finished their medication. Unfortunately the eye infections never cleared up so it spread to the others. Right now Rory, Reece, Sky, Pearl, & Ziggy all seem to be okay but Reece's eyes & nose will still have crusties.

[krazyaboutkatz]

My vet called me this morning and my cats still have Chlamydia. Blaze is also carrying another virus, forgot the name, which can cause URI's but it's dormant right now. My vet said that many animals carry this virus and there really isn't anything she could do for it any way. So now she prescribed oral antibiotics for all cats for at least 1 month. I think it's called Doxycline. She's also looking into the possibilty of having my cats vaccinated for Chlamydia but it may cause more harm than good since it has some bad side effects. I sure hope that this medicine will finally kill the Chlamydia. I had to weigh some of my cats and Radar will be 8 months old soon and he weighs 12lbs. Reece & Rory weigh about 9lbs and they'll be 8 months old in early Dec. Please send us some positive vibes. Thanks.

[Freedom]

Prayers that the meds work. Think long and hard about that vaccine, do some online research.