Pearl May Be Sick

[krazyaboutkatz]

Hi, just when I thought all of my furkids were doing well now my baby girl Pearl may be sick. Late yesterday afternoon she started coughing like she was going to throw up a furball so I gave her some furball medicine. Later last night she began doing it again and she also began sneezing a lot. This morning she threw up some thick clear mucus looking stuff so I called my vets office. I'm taking her in this morning at 10:20am. I sure hope that it's nothing serious or nothing contagious. Please send some prayers her way. Thanks.

On another note, Sky just got over having a sneezing, watering eyes, and stuffy nose episode that lasted a little over a week. I'm still convinced it was only allergies because when I gave him 1 tablet of Chlortrimeton as per Moosmom's advice he seemed much better. He's now doing very well and is back to his old self. I just hope that his episode wasn't something else that is now causing Pearl to be sick.

[Barbara]

I hope that it is nothing serious- but yes it sounds as if Starr's problem could have been contagious. In that case it could be nothing too grave as he is well again.

Kisses for your sick girl

[krazyaboutkatz]

Yes, Pearl is sick. She's running a fever of 103.6 and she's still sneezing and coughing but she waited until she came home to do this again. The vet at first thought that she may have swallowed something so he took x-rays. Luckily she hadn't but her tummy is full of gas. He gave her an antibiotic injection and she's on antibiotic pills 2 times a day for the next 10 days. I hope she'll cooperate with me.

The vet also said that it could have been an air born virus and to let him know if any of my other cats have the same symptoms. Sky didn't have the coughing and his seemed like allergies and the vet agreed because he would probably still be sick now if it wasn't. I called into work and it's slow enough that I'm able to take the day off so I can watch my baby Pearl. I sure hope she'll recover quickly. Another thing that I just thought of is that both Pearl and Sky went to PetSmart about a month ago to have their nails trimmed. I wonder if they picked up something while they were there.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Oh no, poor little Pearl baby. I hope the meds do the trick and she's feeling better in no time. How nice that you got to stay home with her though.

[Killearn Kitties]

Fingers crossed that baby Pearl hasn't picked up anything serious. We have all our paws crossed here!

[Craftlady]

Hope Pearl feels better real soon. I doubt it was the PetSmart trip that caused this illness since it was over a month ago.