UPDATE HERMES HAS *HERPIES*! My Little Man Hermes Eye Issue

[jennielynn1970]

I've actually used L-lysine when I feel like I'm getting a cold sore, and they've also used L-lysine with the FIV+ cats at the shelter. There was also an Immune Support herbal capsule that we would take apart and mix in their canned food. I used that with Bear because his immune system was so weak. Viruses are nasty little things to deal with, because they go away when they feel like, unlike the bacterial infections that will clear up with antibiotics.

[momcat]

Poor little guy! I hope he's feeling better and his eye is clearing up. Please know that Hermes remains in my prayers right along with you too.

[Anikaca77]

Well last night Hermes hid from me and I sorta figured he was hiding because he didn't want his meds. Well I was wrong he threw up again. I've spoken to the vets about this but it's just so hard to watch because he gets upset and hides so last night I felt it was a good thing not to give him the meds since I didn't want him to throw it right back up and then again this morning he woke me up with throwing up so I stayed up with him and he's doing much better now.

I'll keep you all update on him and thank you all for the prays!

[Anikaca77]

Actually Hermes is much better now.

He still has Herpes but over all he's in great health. We give him Elysine (spelling?) and that seems to help with his out breaks.

Thanks,
Melissa

[pomtzu]

Years ago my son had a cat with Herpes - his chin would swell when he had an outbreak. The vet never had him on any regular meds, and he lived a fairly long and otherwide healthy life (he went to RB at about 13).

[Catlady711]

Actually Hermes is much better now.

He still has Herpes but over all he's in great health. We give him Elysine (spelling?) and that seems to help with his out breaks.

Thanks,
Melissa

Did you mean Lysine? We use that one at work for kitties with herpes, mixed results with it. Some it does a great job on helping them, on others some improvement but not great. I'm glad it seems to be working for Hermes.

Did they say how expensive the test is? If it's not all that bad it might be worth doing if he hates his meds so much he makes himself sick. Dusty used to do that with anything oral and we eneded up having to give most everything by injection because she'd get so upset.

Thank you for posting an update. Give Hermes a hug for me.

[Anikaca77]

Hi there, I think it's that but I'll have to look when I go home.

It works fine for him.

I'm not sure what test you are referring to. Hermes has since stopped throwing up we found out it was cat nip from a plant that he doesn't agree with him and makes him throw up.

Hermes is all better other than the Herpes and his tale thing now but we are trying to get that under control.

Thanks,
Melissa

Did you mean Lysine? We use that one at work for kitties with herpes, mixed results with it. Some it does a great job on helping them, on others some improvement but not great. I'm glad it seems to be working for Hermes.

Did they say how expensive the test is? If it's not all that bad it might be worth doing if he hates his meds so much he makes himself sick. Dusty used to do that with anything oral and we eneded up having to give most everything by injection because she'd get so upset.

Thank you for posting an update. Give Hermes a hug for me.

[moosmom]

Anika,

MooShoo had a herpes virus in both his eyes. It caused scar tissue on both his corneas. He's partially blind in his left eye and is completely blind in his right. The ophthalmologist said that while they can try surgery to remove more of the scar tissue, I have to remember that herpes can be aggravated by the stress of the surgery, causing more scar tissue to form on his corneas. In other words, what I have is what I get, which is fine with me, as long as he's happy and healthy.

MooShoo's eyes do tend to get dry. The vet told me to use "Natural Tears" in his eyes to keep them moist.

[Anikaca77]

Hi Moosmom:

We can tell for sure when Hermes gets stressed and his herpes is acting up because his eyes get all red around the rims and he'll start sneezing.

So this tail issue with trying to wash it twice a week is making his herpes flair up but I think I'm going to try to trim the hair that way I don't have to stress him out too much or for too long. The last bath I gave him he was very unhappy with me because I ended up having to wash the rest of him because the stuff on his tail ended up getting on him.

We'll see...my husband doesn't want to shave his tail but I think for his sake we better just do it and that way his skin will have time to heal.

Melissa

Anika,

MooShoo had a herpes virus in both his eyes. It caused scar tissue on both his corneas. He's partially blind in his left eye and is completely blind in his right. The ophthalmologist said that while they can try surgery to remove more of the scar tissue, I have to remember that herpes can be aggravated by the stress of the surgery, causing more scar tissue to form on his corneas. In other words, what I have is what I get, which is fine with me, as long as he's happy and healthy.

MooShoo's eyes do tend to get dry. The vet told me to use "Natural Tears" in his eyes to keep them moist.

[Catlady711]

Hi there, I think it's that but I'll have to look when I go home.

It works fine for him.

I'm not sure what test you are referring to. Hermes has since stopped throwing up we found out it was cat nip from a plant that he doesn't agree with him and makes him throw up.

Hermes is all better other than the Herpes and his tale thing now but we are trying to get that under control.

Thanks,
Melissa

Maybe I missed a couple posts when I was reading. I thought at one point your vet said you could do a test to be sure it's herpes so you'd know if you had to keep giving the Lysine or not. Sometimes I'm doing several things online at once so I may have confused something.

I'm glad things are improving with the vomiting. I hope things go just as well with everything else and he'll be good as new in no time.

[Anikaca77]

I think the one post you might of saw about Hermes was a test they were going to perform if he didn't stop vomiting but we found out the reason and since then he's been healthy and fine!

Thanks!
Melissa

Maybe I missed a couple posts when I was reading. I thought at one point your vet said you could do a test to be sure it's herpes so you'd know if you had to keep giving the Lysine or not. Sometimes I'm doing several things online at once so I may have confused something.

I'm glad things are improving with the vomiting. I hope things go just as well with everything else and he'll be good as new in no time.

[Catlady711]

I think the one post you might of saw about Hermes was a test they were going to perform if he didn't stop vomiting but we found out the reason and since then he's been healthy and fine!

Thanks!
Melissa

Ah ok. Glad you found out what it was and didn't have to get the test then.