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Update! New kitty. Advice? [Problem Solved!]
12 years ago
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Hi, Getting all settled in now. Most of my furniture is set. So I adopted a kitty to keep me company!
He's oodles of fun, 10 weeks old, and his name was Scooby when I adopted him. I decided to keep the name.
I just wanted to ask all you cat owners about a current issue he's experiencing. When I adopted him he was having sneezing fits in his kennel. When I asked the adoption coordinator about it, she said it was just the dust as advised by her vet.
But since he's come here the sneezing hasn't stopped. It's occasional, and spread out. He gets boogies too. :C And his eyes water. I wonder if its allergies, or because the new apartment has dust or something.
I first suspected upper respiratory, but she said that wasn't the case. He sniffles when he sniffs, its obv his nose is clogged.
Thinking about taking him to the vet even though its only been 3 days.
[b]UPDATE
Thanks for all the advice guys! I took him to the vet anyway, as he is required to have his first vet check-up within 5 days of adoption.
It turns out he did have an Upper Respiratory Infection. We caught it before it got bad, but he is very congested and was running a slight fever. They gave me some antibiotics and a decongestant and he should be A+ soon!
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Have a photo I took after the ordeal! =)
Scooby after visit with Vet!
He's oodles of fun, 10 weeks old, and his name was Scooby when I adopted him. I decided to keep the name.
I just wanted to ask all you cat owners about a current issue he's experiencing. When I adopted him he was having sneezing fits in his kennel. When I asked the adoption coordinator about it, she said it was just the dust as advised by her vet.
But since he's come here the sneezing hasn't stopped. It's occasional, and spread out. He gets boogies too. :C And his eyes water. I wonder if its allergies, or because the new apartment has dust or something.
I first suspected upper respiratory, but she said that wasn't the case. He sniffles when he sniffs, its obv his nose is clogged.
Thinking about taking him to the vet even though its only been 3 days.
[b]UPDATE
Thanks for all the advice guys! I took him to the vet anyway, as he is required to have his first vet check-up within 5 days of adoption.
It turns out he did have an Upper Respiratory Infection. We caught it before it got bad, but he is very congested and was running a slight fever. They gave me some antibiotics and a decongestant and he should be A+ soon!
[/b]
Have a photo I took after the ordeal! =)
Scooby after visit with Vet!
you should take him to a vet, so they could maybe tell what's up with your kitty. :o
a good vacuuming should fix it after a few days
check your kitty litter too. if it creates dust clouds when you pour it in the litterbox or when you scoop it, you might want to switch to another litter.
we usually use arm & hammer super scoop for multiple cats but at one point we couldn't find it so we grabbed another brand of litter that was so dusty our cats had sneezing fits until we switched back to our old brand.
To me it sounds like it could be a cold. In which a vet would be needed as they'll be able to treat the lil fella there.
Happy your kitty will get better <3