Kitten cold just keeps getting worse - update

[Laura's Babies]

Oh Lizzie, I would be as paniced as you are. I am sorry but I don't have any experience with kitty colds other than to say maybe run the humidifier around the clock for him... someone with experience may nix that suggestion so wait for the more experienced.

Have you researched on the internet about kitty colds and what to do?

[Lizzie]

Have you researched on the internet about kitty colds and what to do?

Laura - thanks for the concern.

Yes, I have and they all say what the vets have said - tough going and no magic bullet. I did find out that the nasal drops can have irritated the septum and that can cause small nose bleeds - so, no more nasal drops. I'm doing everything that everyone has told me to do. A few vet sites have said they administer prednisone and B12 shots, though there's always lots of controversy about the pred. The vet did give Nougat B12 several weeks ago when she had a calici virus cold but he didn't mention it for the kittens - perhaps they are just too young. Kittens are both more vulnerable because the cold is harder on them and because they can't be hit as hard with drugs.

I hardly dare say it, almost like I'm making it true, but now Ashley seems to be getting worse also.

I must remember that they are both tough cats that fight like mad when they are cocooned for treatment, so I've just got to keep up my end of the fight and hope.

It's good to be able to come here and worry everyone else as well as me. I just realized that my car is still parked on the street because when I got home from the vet all I could think of was getting on PT.

[Laura's Babies]

Keep a close eye on them (like anyone has to tell you that! ) and keep us posted. I will be watching this thread for updates and keeping my fingers crossed and praying that this passes fast.

[moosmom]

You might want to try bring the kitty in the bathroom. Close the door and turnthe shower onto hot. Let the steam build up in the bathroom. Kitty will get a little wet from the moisture, but it might help add moisture to his septum and also break up any congestion he has.

Little Noses are great. I use them whenever my cats get a URI. You might want to ask the vet about Zythromax. It's a pediatric antibiotic that really works well on cat URI's, speaking from personal experience.

I wouldn't wait too much longer before I take the kitty to the vet again. The last thing you want to do is have it turn into pneumonia.

Please keep us posted on your kitty's condition.

[smokey the elder]

There was a bad URI going around a couple of years ago. The vet put our cats on Zithromax. It worked very well. Good lick with the kitten.

[Lizzie]

I finally see a the glimmer of hope that I've been waiting for. This morning, Elliot took several laps from a dish of smelly tun cat food. It barely made a dent, but it was more than he'd taken on his own since Wednesday morning. Then, when I used grooming wipes on them, he purred more strongly and walked under me to get more attention. It didn't last long, but it made us both feel better.

Ashley is holding her own, he congestion has never been as bad as Elliot and I'm able to give her nose drops without a problem. She still has no interest in eating on her own but I have hope that she will in a few more days.

By the way, those grooming wipes are wonderful because they make the kittens feel as though their mother is grooming them. I cleans them up and makes them feel comforted.

Now I'm off to buy several gallons of Nature's Miracle to work on another serious problem.

By the way, Donna, I was taking the kittens into the shower room but after a friend loaned me her humidifier, it was easier to let that run and leave them on their sofa.

I'll ask the vet about Zythromax.
Thanks

[Laura's Babies]

Maybe you have turned a corner now and things will start getting better! (I HOPE!) GET WELL BABIES!! SOON!