

Please write back if you have any questions or if you get any results I can help you with. That may be the only way she will make it. It sounds like the best thing for her other than that would be to be hospitalized and receive fluids and tube feeding if necessary and stronger antibiotics in which case you would raise the kittens by bottle feeding them. You want to know also if the kittens could have one of those viruses. You need to know if she has either one of those viruses because that may mean she has very little chance of recovery. Also, she should be tested for Feline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV). Please have her chest x-rayed immediately so the vet can see if she has pneumonia. She has gotten worse due to all of the above. I would have put her on antibiotics immediately and would NOT have vaccinated her because that was just another stress on her body. The stress of pregnancy, delivery, nursing kittens and fighting hook worms most likely weakened her immune system and she developed an upper respiratory infection. It is sad to watch any cat sick, but especially one you have rescued and one that has kittens depending on her. The vet gave her amoxicillin which we have given her for 5 days. Now she seems very weak and her cough is worse. The vet had noticed this and checked her throat for obstructions. You might notice that your cat breathes with their mouth open or shows signs of dehydration such as pale gum or sunken eyes. Other symptoms such as sneezing or coughing can appear. It sounds like the best thing for her other than that would be to be hospitalized and. Instead, fur collects and forms a hairball, which causes vomiting, retching, and dog coughing. What Is Asthma Symptoms Causes Diagnosing Treatment Prognosis Prevention Back to Top An episode of feline asthma may initially be discounted as just another hairball or a bit of food going down the 'wrong pipe.' Recurrent episodes of coughin g, however, are likely to catch an owners attention. When hair is swallowed, it does not pass the dog’s digestive tract as food does. If you rub her throat or if she eats, she starts coughing. A congested cat will often have a runny nose and other signs of discharge, but it’s possible for a congested animal to not have a mucus discharge. You want to know also if the kittens could have one of those viruses. Hairball We often associate hairballs with cats, but dogs get them, too.

Her coughing has gotten worse and she has a nasal discharge. She was given her rabies shot and her other shots and we brought them home.

We had seen the mama before she got pregnant and she was in good health.Īfter the kittens were born we noticed that she was very skinny and coughing. We rescued a mama cat and three small kittens from beneath a church building.
