Worried For Gable :( **UPDATE** CULTURE UPDATE

**rg_girlca** · 01-25-2007, 06:34 PM

AWWWW poor widdle Gable. I'm glad you are feeling a bit better sweetie and pray that your tests all come back good.

**barncat** · 01-25-2007, 07:03 PM

Some kitties have delicate sinuis tissue and with a slight fever and irritation of a cold it dries and causes nose-bleeds just as it can in humans. While you wait for the culture and as you give the meds you might want to add some moisture to the atmosphere in your house. A cool vaporizer, heating a pot of water on the stove or even just having a water pot out to evaporate might help a little if this is part of the problem. I see you are from AZ so I'm guessing you are not heating your house much...however dry air can be hard on noses when the nose-owner has a cold....

hope you all feel better soon.

**K & L** · 01-25-2007, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by barncat

Some kitties have delicate sinuis tissue and with a slight fever and irritation of a cold it dries and causes nose-bleeds just as it can in humans. While you wait for the culture and as you give the meds you might want to add some moisture to the atmosphere in your house. A cool vaporizer, heating a pot of water on the stove or even just having a water pot out to evaporate might help a little if this is part of the problem. I see you are from AZ so I'm guessing you are not heating your house much...however dry air can be hard on noses when the nose-owner has a cold....

hope you all feel better soon.

Thanks for the suggestion. The vet did suggest this very thing by secluding him to the bathroom and having some steam in there. Gable does seem a bit better and I haven't seen as much blood or sneezing.

**Catsnclay** · 01-26-2007, 12:57 PM

I was at the shelter yesterday talking with the manager, she thought it could be a food allergy!!

She claims that a lot of cats are allergic to chicken! She recommended a duck & pea diet ( of course this is a special food, and that means big $$$)

Just a thought................

(oh Lisa - just to let you know, we are still having email problems! Grrrr......

Sunday is fine - El Paso BBQ @ 5????)

**K & L** · 01-26-2007, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Catsnclay

I was at the shelter yesterday talking with the manager, she thought it could be a food allergy!!

She claims that a lot of cats are allergic to chicken! She recommended a duck & pea diet ( of course this is a special food, and that means big $$$)

Just a thought................

(oh Lisa - just to let you know, we are still having email problems! Grrrr......

Sunday is fine - El Paso BBQ @ 5????)

Thanks Bunny! He seems to be getting better so we'll see what the culture says! That would be our luck though!

See you Sunday and you finally get to meet Sable, Gable, and Garbo!!