Three sick kittens

First of all I take it that all three of your kittens are a year old, correct? So they have been healthy for a year with no problems to speak of? Next, are they inside only or inside/outside cats?

The vets in question sound like they are all over the place with their diagnoses! Are they the same vet? As you were explaining the first incident (before I had read to the end) I was hoping you did not have your kitten put to sleep as I have had this same thing happen, where they pull through at the last minute. I actually went to the vet and brought her home, and she is still living after 15 years!! Also, yes cats/kittens can get a URI at the vet. I have had that happen too, to another female cat of mine who was in for her spay and came down with a virus she contracted while there. The vet told me he had put his own cat in the cage next to her and he had been sick with a virus he had picked up while he took him on vacation. 😡 Okay, so I guess vets make bad decisions too….. 🙄

A URI can make your cat extremely sick. Sometimes vets prescribe an antibiotic for that Also the feline herpes virus can too, while it’s usually not fatal, it can crop up in times of stress and make your cat’s eyes run, nose extremely congested with thick discharge, and generally just feels horrible. L-lysine is an OTC med that is human grade but helps the immune system fight off the virus. I and many of us here use it by grinding it up and sprinkling it on their wet food. It seems to be tasteless and odorless, as mine don’t mind it at all. It almost sounds like it’s herpes, but of course I don’t have any way of knowing. It is something they contract, and will have it their whole lives, but it’s manageagle, as all 4 of my cats have it and it rarely raises it’s ugly head. Kittens seem to be more suseptible to it since they don’t have as well a developed immune systems.

I am so sorry that you are going through this, and I hope they give you an all clear on your boy’s heart and that he doesn’t have something going on. Please keep us posted, and remember that if it wasn’t for you, they would never have had such a wonderful life!!

http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/cardiovascular/c_ct_heart_murmur

This contains some info on heart murmurs in cats. I’m hoping that he could just have some lung congestion (which will need treated by antibiotics) and will clear up in a few days. Do you have access to another vet in your area?

About the bleeding scratch on your kitties nose: I have an outside cat that has chronic URI…I have to keep his ‘thumb’ nails clipped so that he doesn’t scratch his nose to shreds. He rubs his nose because it itches and will scratch it and make it bleed. I though perhaps that your kitten may have done the same thing.

KK, don’t apologize — it’s natural to have your wits frightened out of you when your fur babies are sick! I don’t really understand why a vet would tell you your kitten could drop dead at any minute…that just seems cruel and not a good ‘bedside manner’ IMO.

The Viralys will do fine, I actually used that first before I realized I could get it cheaper at the Walmart pharmacy in all the supplements. I use a blender to grind it to a powder (if you do this, take the lid off the blender outside as there is a lot of dust after grinding) and pour it back into the bottle to keep it. I just sprinkle it on my cats’ wet food and it helps with runny eyes and congestion.

I hope things calm down for you and please keep us posted on how all of your kittens and you are doing!

So sorry to hear of this diagnosis. But, (and I am not making light of it) he has what any of us has and that’s TODAY! We are all temporary beings on this planet, and that you have been chosen to care for him is a study in itself. Enjoy every day, YOU have changed HIS life, and he will surely change YOURS!!
(((HUGS)))