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Cat Herpes - Drooling

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Jane
Jane

Hello, I have read a lot of articles from this site, all very very helpful. I am maybe paranoid, but it is 3:00 am and I cannot sleep because I am worrying about my cats. I know they have the herpes form of the cat flu, or upper respitory. the one girl cat is drooling so excesivly that she can barely go about her activities. she has to stop and have a drooling fit of foamy saliva. she sneezes when she isnt busy drooling or combined.. I feel really bad for her. I am trying to avoid the vet since we just spend 400 on them last week testing them for FIV and treating their infections so I was hoping to avoid it this time. My question really is what can I do for them both, or especially her who seems sicker? and when should I take them in to the vet and what will they perscribe? I read that antibiotics do nothing for a virus. They came with this infection when we got them from the humanes society, so I believe they have already had their shots from there, as well we have treated this once before when they were sneezing (not sure with what). Sorry I am writting a lot, but I am really trying to make this clear. Their other issue is that they basically always have some sort of infection, whether it is a mouth ulcer, paw infection, infection up her arms, etc. So is there a connection between the two?

THANKS A LOT I really appreciate your services

One Response to “Cat Herpes - Drooling”:

  • Veteran Advisor Helen Fines says:

    February 02nd, 2008 at 12:57 PM

    Sorry to hear about the problems you are having. Unfortunately, as you know, once they have cat flu, they are always carriers and can be affected with symptoms on and off for life. I am assuming the FIV tests were negative? There is no cure for the flu viruses, but it is possible to give symptomatic treatment. It is still worth giving antibiotics as there are some common secondary bacterial infections- these might also be causing the leg problems. The other types of medications which might help are anti-inflammatories, anti-congestants and sometimes antiviral interferons are used, though this is usually expensive. The ulcers are usually related to calicivirus, the other component of cat flu. I hope you manage to get their symptoms under control so you and they can have a better time. But they will always be prone to it. Good luck..

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