Kitten cold just keeps getting worse - update

[Laura's Babies]

Maybe you have turned a corner now and things will start getting better! (I HOPE!) GET WELL BABIES!! SOON!

[Lizzie]

Finally! They are both tucking into their food as I sit at my computer and relish the fact that for the first time in 6 days, I won't have to do any forced feeding. Not that Elliot had to be forced after the first 3 days, he just sat on my lap and opened his mouth for the syringe. He's still got a very bloody nose, both the exterior and interior. The vet freaked out last night when he saw him sneeze and kept re-examining him while racking his brain for a solution. I've decided to take the most gentle approach and not keep trying to clean his nose, but just keep dabbing aloe vera on the front sore and keep up the humidifier at night.

Ashley's lack of coordination (she has CH) got very much worse when she was most ill, and she couldn't take one step without falling over, but she is moving around more steadily now. She did go back to peeing on cloths on plastic when she'd finally mastered getting into a litter box, but that should reverse itself in a few days.

Edited to add that vet told me they are seeing lots of kittens and cats with colds right now and that they are generally worse than they've ever seen them.

I can't wait to see the two of them zooming around with their brother in the main part of the house, but that is about 10 days away.

[momtomany]

Two of my rescue kittens developed horrible colds that caused them to drool excessively. It was horrible and I took them to my vet a couple of times cause I would panic. Bless my vets heart she was patient with me and told me she wasn't as concerned over the drooling, it just looks terrible, but had concerns about secondary infections and pneumonia. We started treating them and 5 more of my cats with amoxicillin. Anyway, I bought one of those.......I can't recall the exact name........things you plug into your electrical outlet that helps relieve nasal congestion. I didn't run it all the time, because it does permeate your house, but it really did seem to help them both. I also did not enclose them into a room with it. I have 8 other cats and 5 of them were in various stages of colds, but not as bad and it seem to help them. You may want to try that. I really had a terrible time getting amoxil in everyone and finally resorted to mixing it with carnation can milk for some and yougurt for the others. Keep us posted.