Upper Respiratory Ailments

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Do cats catch colds?

Upper Respiratory Ailments

Cats and kittens suffer from upper respiratory ailments just as humans; allergies, colds, infections are just some of them. However, cats do not recover from them as easily as humans; they need veterinarian cat care to recover completely.

If they don't see a vet, and get the proper medications, they will be sickly for a long time, possibly for the rest of their life.

You should take your cat to the vet for feline medicines to treat upper respiratory ailments. Some human medicines are poisonous to cats, and all of them are toxic in the high dosages for humans.

If you budget is strained, contact your local animal shelter/pound, ASPCA, humane society or rescue organization. They will have a list of low cost vets in your area, and in some cases, the non-profit organizations can help you pay for the vet bills.

   

Comments

7/16/2009 3:33:57 PM
Karen F said:

My cat has asthma due to dust from cat litter. She gets treated for this by her vet. She gets medication when she gets a flare up. We recently switched litter thats 99% dust free and that seemed to help.




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