What does my cat have?

[Catlady711]

We had a cat come in a year or so ago, which had similar symptoms as you describe. We tried all the usual treatments and nothing seemed to really help the poor kitty. Eventually a diagnosis of Herpes (aka. Rhinotracheitis) was given and the cat put on L-lysine and seems to be alot better. From what I understand it may never be totally normal again, but at least it's a big improvement.

I dunno if this is what your cat has, however if it's an unvaccinated barn cat from unvaccinated parents I suppose it's possible that your cat has the same problem.

[kb2yjx]

Yes, Rielly was put on the L-lysine for a herpes eye infection and it healed and never returned!!!

[Kalei]

Thanks so much for the information. I will have to look into that herpes and about the L-lysine. I think sometime I might actually try the vet one more time to see if they will finally find out how to help him. Thanks everyone for helping It's greatly appreciated.