I. What are the common symptoms of cat pneumonia?
1. Increased body temperature: Pneumonia in cats is usually caused by colds, fever or bronchitis, so the initial stage of cat pneumonia will show increased body temperature, body heat, fluidity Symptoms similar to colds such as runny nose, cough, listlessness, etc., and even the body temperature can reach more than 40 degrees. Moreover, the sick cat will have serous nasal discharge at the beginning, but it will turn into a gray-white purulent nasal discharge in the later stage.
2. Shortness of breath: One of the most obvious symptoms of cat pneumonia is shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. The specific symptoms are that the cat’s breathing rate is increased, the chest wall movement is shallow when breathing, and there will be abdominal breathing behavior. If your cat has severe pneumonia, it will also be accompanied by a very short cough and mouth breathing. And when auscultating with a stethoscope, in addition to hearing breath sounds, other sounds can also be heard.
3. Poor appetite: After the cat is infected with pneumonia, in addition to symptoms such as increased body temperature, cough, and shortness of breath, there will also be symptoms of lethargy, decreased appetite, or even a direct hunger strike. At the same time, the head and neck are often elongated, and the sternum is lying on the ground.
Second, the treatment of cat pneumonia
The treatment of cat pneumonia is mainly to use some antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, Medications to relieve cough and asthma.
1. Inject 50,000 units of penicillin and 50,000 units of streptomycin to cats infected with pneumonia, intramuscularly.
2. Take sulfadiazine tablets to cats infected with pneumonia, and feed them once a day in the morning and evening, 1/4 of the tablets each time, for 3 to 5 days.
3. If the cat keeps coughing, it can be treated with atomization to help the cat expectorate phlegm and relieve cough.
4. If the cat has symptoms of shortness of breath or difficulty, you can give it an intramuscular injection of aminophylline 0.05-0.1g.
5. When the cat’s body temperature exceeds 40 degrees, the cat can be injected with compound aminopyrine 2ml, once a day, until the cat’s body temperature returns to normal.
