Claudia sees the Vets today *Tomorrow Vet's Again* I'm really worried now

[Anikaca77]

My Claudia is going to the vets today.

She has been coughing sorta like Ashley was before so I think she caught the same cold.

I'm also going to talk with my vet about getting Claudia's thyroid checked.

She's pretty overweight for her size and I'm worried about how much weight she has put on over the past 2 years.


Prays that she start feeling better soon.

Thanks,
Melissa

[Medusa]

Prayers on the way that all checks out ok......

[catmandu]

We Hope Your Vet Gives Claudia A Clean Bill Of Health Along With A Recommendation For A New Light Food. Its So Easy To Give Our Cats More Food Than They Really Need, And I Ahve Noticed Myself That Scrappy 2s Getting A Trifle Round As Shes Always There When The Meals On Wheels Arrives!
And Shes So Charming When She Begs, You Cant Say No.
We Are Sending Prayers For Daer Claudia That Your Vet Can Make Her Cough Vanish, Like Magic!!!

[lvpets2002]

Best Wishes at the Vets.. I know I just took my wittle Angel Taccoa yesterday for Illness.. Prayers & Huggss for your baby && just know all will be well soon.. Your baby is so Adorable & Sweet..

[Anikaca77]

Well the vet took Claudia's temp. & weight her temp was normal no fever so that was good. Weight is 13.9 lbs. The vet didn't want to put her on any meds since she has had it for a couple days now and says she thinks it will work her way through.

If she's still coughing by tomorrow I'm going to call the vet back and see if I can get her some meds. The poor thing coughs so hard & gags from coughing.

The vet looked at her ears too and nothing out of the normal.


Also, I asked my vet about running some blood test on Claudia for her thyroid and she said she doesn't normally see a cat that has gained weight because of her thyroid.

I was sorta disappointed with her decision because I feel Claudia is active and it's getting hard for her to jump where she used to jump easily before. Back in 2005 she weighed in at 10 1/2 pounds now she is 13.9 lbs.

I know that doesn't seem like much but ours friends who haven't been over in a while noticed that she has gained some weight.

I don't want anyone thinking I'm neglecting her or anything and I tried putting her on the hairball food as the vet recommended for extra fiber so they wouldn't eat as much but my Hermes has a very sensitive stomach and he can't handle that food.


I took Fiona (new kitten) with me to the vets since she needed her 2nd set of kitten shots and she got her rabies and distemp. shot.

Fiona did very well. I was even able to take her with just a harness and leash. She laid on the vet's desk when I was writing out my check and didn't move. She is scheduled for her spay in Nov. poor girl.

[Catlady711]

I'm assuming your cat is an older one from how you worded things.

It's far more common for an older cat to have a HIGH thyroid not a low one. Unless there were other indicators for a low thyroid doing a test would have just wasted your money.

If your cat is having a difficult time getting around it could be arthritis. Ask your vet about a glucosamine supplement. Dusty used to take Cosaquin for cats for years, it did help. If your cat is having a difficult time jumping or getting around it would cause them to burn less calories and would result in a weight gain which is harder on aging joints a vicious circle. Ask about the glucosamine at your vets, and also if your cat is over 7-10 years old make sure you are feeding a senior cat food, they have less calories, unless your cat is already on a special or prescription diet.

[Anikaca77]

Well I'm sorta mad at the moment.

Last night Claudia began sneezing and I knew her cold was going to get worse so I called the vets hoping they would give me some meds for her and the vet said until Claudia has discharge we have to let her go.

Well ever since Claudia was a baby she was sick. So her immune system is not what it should be.

Anyway, I came home today and now both of her eyes are running and she's still sneezing up a storm.

My vet is closed till Monday and the only other vet I can go to is going to cost me a lot of money to take her there.

Ashley had this same cold except hers was coughing a lot and the vet gave her meds because I never heard Ashley cough like that.

Now Claudia.

I just don't know why my country vet doesn't listen to me.

Sorry needed to vent a bit

[Catty1]

I know some cat people here use Arginine to boost their kitty's immune system. Hopefully one of them will post here on dosages, etc.

Feline Omega-3 is good too, an excellent anti-oxident.

{{{hugs}}}

Vent away!

[kimlovescats]

Technically your vet is doing the correct thing. Your kitty most likely has Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis (a kitty cold) and therefore like a human cold it has to "run its coarse". It is a virus, so an antibiotic will not help. Like your vet explained, if there is drainage, not clear, but dark yellow or brown like mucus, then that suggests an infection. At that point, an antibiotic will clear the infection and the virus itself will still pass on its own. As long as your kitty is sneezing clear fluids and has clear secretions from her nose and eyes, there is no infection for an antibiotic. HOWEVER, you can ask for some L-Lysine to use as an immune booster / supplement. It is usually sold in tubes! If your regular vet doesn't sell it, you might be able to find it at another local vet or Co-Op.

Good luck and try not to worry!

Kim

[Medusa]

When all 7 of my cats recently had colds, my vet told me to buy some plain saline solution at the pharmacy and squirt it up their noses. The trick, of course, is getting them to sit still for it. It did give them relief, though. Pidge sneezed so hard and her mucous membranes were so dry that she got a nose bleed and sprayed blood on my sliding glass door. Freaked me out! The saline solution is inexpensive and it might help.

[Anikaca77]

I know I need to wait to see if this is just a cold that could run it's course but it's so hard listening to her being all stuffy and last night she was sleeping by my head and let's just say I don't think her or I got enough sleep. She was sneezing mostly on me.

Hopefully it will pass soon. Sometimes I do jump the gun too quickly on my guys but I hate seeing them sick and there's nothing I can do but give them love.

[Anikaca77]

I made a vet appt with a different vet today for Claudia but I think I'm going to call my other vet back and explain what is happening to see what she thinks.

Claudia has tried to through up twice tonight and nothing came up except a little bit of liquid white stuff.

I'm now getting really worried about her and right now it sucks money wise but I'll do what I have to but I just can't afford a huge vet bill right now.

Please pray that things are going to go well for Claudia

[Medusa]

Prayers on the way for sweet Claudia......

[Freedom]

Prayers for Claudia, for the white coats to be able to help her.

[Taz_Zoee]

Poor Claudia. I hope you can figure out what is wrong with her.