What cold medicines do cats take?
The common cold medicines that cats eat are mainly anti-inflammatory. These can be purchased at the veterinary hospital for pets, and be sure to follow the recommended doses on the instructions. In particular, the cat must be given 3-5ml of water again after administration to prevent the drug from staying in the esophagus and causing esophagitis.
What should I do if my cat has a cold?
Cats can catch colds if their immunity is low. Cat cold is an acute febrile disease caused by mucositis of the upper respiratory tract. This is different from the flu as humans know it. Feline flu is generally not caused by influenza virus infection. Rather, it is a syndrome.
Under normal circumstances, if the cat has symptoms of sneezing, runny nose, and watery eyes, the owner can observe it first and take measures to keep it warm. For example, let the cat sleep in a warm nest, turn on the air conditioner in the room, keep the cat out of bed at night, and avoid the wind entering the window.
Cats with stronger resistance will see significant improvement in symptoms within one to two days. If symptoms do not improve with the above warm measures, but the cat is eating, drinking and defecating well, the pet can be treated with oral antibiotics using the ingredient amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium.
If the symptoms persist for 3-5 days and the symptoms are not relieved, or even have symptoms such as tearing eyes, yellow mucus, unable to open eyes, drooling, bad breath, red gums, etc., you must go to the hospital. hospital visit.
Check whether it is caused by calicivirus or herpes virus (commonly known as feline nasal branch). The same symptoms occur in the initial stages of contracting the virus. In the middle and late stages, there will be unopened eyes, corneal ulcers, drooling, mouth or tongue ulcers, and even coughing, as well as pneumonia caused by difficulty breathing.
For this type of viral infection, it is necessary to increase antiviral drug therapy. The most commonly used is antibiotics + nutritional support therapy + antiviral therapy.
