How long does it take for Feline Herpes Symptons to go away?
Friday, March 5th, 2010 at
2:12 am
My poor 6 month old kitten "Tangerine" has feline herpes. I have been giving him Lysine twice a day orally and Zithromax once a day orally and Terramycin twice a day for his eye. I have been giving him these for about 5 – 6 days now and I am not seeing much improvement. What is the average time period on when the symptons dissapear?
His symptons at the moment are:
Runny Nose
Discharge from the nose
Discharge from one eye
Closed sore eye
Sneezing a lot
Low Energy
Noisy Breathing
All answers are welcome and are appreciated.
Thanks!
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how do you know its that – did your vet diagnose it? I have never heard of that, do you mean FIP or FELV?
I think the symptoms have gone on too long and if you are just medicating him without a vet telling you to do it you might be doing the wrong thing
Take to vet or at least call and tell him everything
The NOISY BREATHING IS NOT GOOD! Good be some form of pneumonia
And keep him inside if he is an outside cat!
All of these symptoms add up to more than feline Herpes. Feline Herpes is when an eye, usually one or the other, has a daily discharge which is hard to mend with anything but eye drops for the virus that is in his eye. The brand name is viroptic. VERY expensive.
As for the meds you are dispensing almost exactly what I would be doing for a severe URI except Zithromax is not to be given daily in cats. One 250 mg pill diluted with 8 ccs of distilled water is actually 16 doses for a cat. 1/2 cc is all that should be dispensed and in a space of 3 to 4 days between doses is recommended.
If you are not sure of Kitty’s progress, Keep a diary of kitty’s health and look back to read what happened a few days ago. You should be seeing at least *some* improvement over a several day period with all the meds that you are dispensing.
You may need a vet visit for blood work to make a determination on exactly what is causing all of this. If there is no improvement.
In the meantime put you kitty in a small room and start an vaporizer. nothing opens the airway passages to the lungs than warm moist *air*
Also make sure kitty stays hydrated a necessity for antibiotics to work properly. If necessary force *feed* kitty Pediatric electrolytes found in the baby food department. It is better than plain water.