It took until Thursday for the antibiotics to really do their work. He is feeling much better and the eyes are clearing up. The eye problem is probably herpes. The vet gave me some more antibiotics so I can treat him through next week. Yesterday at the vets, my vets partner said she could feel some tenderness still in the throat area.

Even so, he has a lot more energy. He changed his cubbyhole location to the duplex cubby tower in the bedroom, trying to avoid the medication. I've made an effort not to rouse him from there, so he has one 'safe' place to go. It's so good to see him energetic and feisty. He's eating like he's making up for lost time and food.

I was told I might try some L-Lysine for the herpes problem to see if it might help. I did some reading on this and some sites say the the chronic herpes condition can cause some URIs, while my vet says not. The other vet did say the stressor of a new cat could have been the trigger. That's a possibility, although I know that he was congested for a while.

Years ago, I tried to get help for his eye problems and snuffling and was told there wasn't much to be done.

Does anyone have any experience with the herpes and using L-Lysine or know anyone that does? I would like to keep this under control and not have to experience this again.

This so far is a toal of 5 vet visits in three weeks. (And 6 in 5 weeks if you count the vaccinations) One mroe to go.