MIGrandma
Lives in the middle-of-the-mitten.
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2009
She will be 15 in May, strictly indoors.
I had her to the veterinarian August 11th, as her nose problem (she sneezes, runny nose all the time) was worse and she had ear mites again. They did blood work (all was fine), and gave me antibiotics for her "respiratory issue" and drops for her ears and charged me $269.
Her nose problems didn't clear up, they never do. She's had antibiotics twice before (different vet) and they didn't help either time. But she started pooping outside her litter box again (happened before, she was given a depo shot for inflammation) so December 11th she went back to the vet for another depo shot. And we discussed her on-going nose problem, and determined that it is probably feline herpes, which apparently there is no cure for so we just have to deal with the sneezing and runny nose. They charged me $62 for that visit. So all-in-all I've paid $331 to the vet in the last 5 months.
Three weeks ago I went to wipe her nose with a tissue and hair came off around her nose. It got worse. I thought maybe it was a side effect from the depo shot so didn't panic about it. But then she started losing the hair behind her right ear too, which is the ear she has been scratching. And she has been shaking her head a lot so I thought probably ear mites again (how she gets them when she's strictly an indoor cat I don't understand) so rather than taking her back to the vet for it I just bought some Hartz Ultra Guard ear mite drops at Walmart and have been using them on her ears for the past 7 days.
Now she has developed another issue, with her left eye. It's watery and she doesn't want to open it much. I thought maybe she got a piece of cat litter in it or dirt, and it would clear up. It hasn't. Maybe she scratched the eye, I'm not sure.
Her breath smells bad, I mean really, really bad. Cats always have "cat breath" from their food, but hers is exceptionally bad. Maybe she needs her teeth cleaned by the vet, I'm not sure.
She's still eating although not as much as normal, still drinks water, still pees and poops (thankfully all in the litter box) but I do have an appointment for her to go back to the vet tomorrow morning.
Anyone else have a cat that has had these issues (probably not all at once)?
I don't mind (too much) paying money to the vet if they can help her, but yet it is getting rather costly, and now I'll be paying for tomorrow's visit and who knows what else.
I had her to the veterinarian August 11th, as her nose problem (she sneezes, runny nose all the time) was worse and she had ear mites again. They did blood work (all was fine), and gave me antibiotics for her "respiratory issue" and drops for her ears and charged me $269.
Her nose problems didn't clear up, they never do. She's had antibiotics twice before (different vet) and they didn't help either time. But she started pooping outside her litter box again (happened before, she was given a depo shot for inflammation) so December 11th she went back to the vet for another depo shot. And we discussed her on-going nose problem, and determined that it is probably feline herpes, which apparently there is no cure for so we just have to deal with the sneezing and runny nose. They charged me $62 for that visit. So all-in-all I've paid $331 to the vet in the last 5 months.
Three weeks ago I went to wipe her nose with a tissue and hair came off around her nose. It got worse. I thought maybe it was a side effect from the depo shot so didn't panic about it. But then she started losing the hair behind her right ear too, which is the ear she has been scratching. And she has been shaking her head a lot so I thought probably ear mites again (how she gets them when she's strictly an indoor cat I don't understand) so rather than taking her back to the vet for it I just bought some Hartz Ultra Guard ear mite drops at Walmart and have been using them on her ears for the past 7 days.
Now she has developed another issue, with her left eye. It's watery and she doesn't want to open it much. I thought maybe she got a piece of cat litter in it or dirt, and it would clear up. It hasn't. Maybe she scratched the eye, I'm not sure.
Her breath smells bad, I mean really, really bad. Cats always have "cat breath" from their food, but hers is exceptionally bad. Maybe she needs her teeth cleaned by the vet, I'm not sure.
She's still eating although not as much as normal, still drinks water, still pees and poops (thankfully all in the litter box) but I do have an appointment for her to go back to the vet tomorrow morning.
Anyone else have a cat that has had these issues (probably not all at once)?
I don't mind (too much) paying money to the vet if they can help her, but yet it is getting rather costly, and now I'll be paying for tomorrow's visit and who knows what else.