 Purred: Mon Feb 4, '13 5:53pm PST |
 | |  | | My cat Rocky for the past two months or so seems to be battling off some kind of respiratory infection. It's been very strange, he had never had any problems like this before. We noticed he was sneezing like crazy at first, and sounded pretty congested. He would have a massive sneezing fit, until snot flew out of his nose... Like huge mucus balls. He didn't really have any other symptoms of a resp infection, so we took him to the vets and got him a weeks worth of medication (Honestly can't remember what it was called, started with a 'c' was white and possibly banana flavored) And they sent us home with a bottle of lysine. They ended up shorting us a day of meds but he sounded better for two weeks. Then it started again, he's never wheezy and he never has crusty eyes/nose just the sneezing fits.
We don't use strongly scented candles or air fresheners in our house, and we don't smoke in the house. I have rats so they are really sensitive to these things as well.
After it came back the second time we took him back to the same vets, she wanted to do x-rays and test for feline leukemia. X-rays sure, feline Leukemia? Why? Since they shorted us meds but he got better for a while after the first time I opted to go for a second round of medication, with a stronger dose and for a longer time span, I know with rats its usually ten days on the antibiotics. So she sent us home with ten days (twice a day) worth of tuna flavored Doxycycline, and we continued with the lysine. This time he was perfect again, and for over a month he sounded great. I was positive the medication had made him better. But for the past week or so we are noticing the sneezing creeping back again, and his one eye has been weeping for two days. Clear fluid, nothing crusty or discoloured looking.
I messaged the rescue I got him from to ask if he had been tested for the feline leukemia and they said they don't test for that unless it's suspected because it's very rare and shouldn't be the reason for any resp issues. The rescue gave him all the 'norm' vaccinations when they have him fixed, including the one for Uris. The vet is suggesting he may have asthma, but I don't see why the antibiotics would be helping the asthma?
Has anyone here had anything similar? It's not that I'm not willing to pay the vets money to fix my cat, it's just that I know some vets will run a thousand unnecessary tests just to get extra money out of you. I have a really good vet that I usually take my rats too, and they would never charge me a dime over what they had too. So I'm considering taking him there, it's just that they are pretty far away, like an hour train ride and a half an hour on a bus. So I really don't think my poor ca would enjoy that trip. Any thoughts, insight or past experiences would be GREATLY appreciated! I just want my poor guy to get better. He seems totally fine besides the sneezing and now the weeping eye, activity level, appetite, and potty habits all appear normal. I should also note that his sneezing is very minimal compared to the past times he has been sick, but it's only been a weekish since we noticed it creeping back.
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