Claudia's Not Feeling Well

[Anikaca77]

HI All-

Sorry about the late response. I had Claudia to the vets yesterday, it was a trip just trying to get her out from underneath our bed. I had to take it apart to get her. When the vet came in I told her what's been going on, how she got the distemper shot and rabies shots on June 10th and then on June 15th started developing the sneezing, eye drainage, etc.

She examed Claudia and I also pointed out how her one nostril looked really inflammed and it scared me. She say that a few red flags go up when she sees this because it's just one sided.

So she took a que tip and swabbed her nose and stained it. The vet said she didn't see anything that would suggest that there is a tumor or anything like that but she did say that she could have a polyp or there might be an underlying tumor or something like that.

She told me to start her on the clavamox I had at home and then to put a few drops of saline solution in her swollen nose 2 - 3 times a day.

I gave her, her pill last night, she was a champ about that, the saline solution on the other hand didn't go well.

I gave her her pill this morning and the saline solution in her nose, it went a little better this morning.

I'm just going to keep an eye on her and hopefully in a week or two the swelling in her nose will go down and she won't need to have an x-ray done.

Please continue the prays for her.
Melissa

[Pinot's Mom]

Prayers continue, I hope this works out for her!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope that she'll be a good girl and let you continue with the saline solution. I've tried this with Sky in the past and things just didn't work out and it stressed him so much that it just wasn't worth it. If she continues to fight you then you could also try a vaporizer. You could put her in a carrier and then point the vaporizer towards her. Good luck and I hope she feels better soon.

[Medusa]

Goodness, what an ordeal! Squirting saline solution into a cat's nostrils is not so easy, I know. My Pidge thrashed all over the place. I got more on her than in her. I do hope that it works for you, though, Melissa. Prayers are continuing. Keep the faythe.