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calicivirus!
by: Bebe on Wed, Jul 22 2009
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I foster and care for multiple cats and kittens. A month or so ago I had 3 litters of kittens who were all around 10-12 weeks old. They had all had their moments of runny eyes and a few were quite small. But everyone seemed to be doing fine at the time. I woke up one morning to find what had been one of the biggest kittens mouth breathing and with his nose completely cursted over and he was clearly dehydrated. He went to bed the night before otherwise healthy so I was very worried and he appeared to be dehydrated. Immediately I took him to the vet where his temperature was 107.0 They gave him fluids, started broad spectrum IV antibiotics and kept him on a cooling blanket. His temperature never came down below 106.0 and he started to develop neurologic symptoms and the vet and I determined that it was best he be euthanized. It was heartbreaking and I was immediately very concerned about all the kittens and cats in my house. We just got the necropsy report back to confirm that he died of calicivirus. I am still on watch for the other cats to get sick and am hoping for the best!


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July 2009

  • Adopting and Calici Virus - by Kathy M - (Thu, Jul 23 2009)
    I had a one year old cat that was adopted and then adopted another younger one several months later. For the first few days they just stayed away from each other. But when the older cat seemed out of sorts, I took him to the vet. [more..]
  • calicivirus! - by Bebe - (Wed, Jul 22 2009)
    I foster and care for multiple cats and kittens. A month or so ago I had 3 litters of kittens who were all around 10-12 weeks old. They had all had their moments of runny eyes and a few were quite small. But everyone seemed to be doing fine at the time. [more..]
  • My cat’s pneumonia - by cld - (Mon, Jul 13 2009)
    A normal, healthy cat. Later at the vet X-rays showed she had a healthy stomach, liver, and kidneys. Five years old. Spunky, alert, never been sick. It stated with noticing she was lying out of the way, behind furniture. I would move her and pet her, but she would go back there later. Two days later she seemed to have stopped eating and drinking. I fixed her an area in the cooler bedroom and she stayed there. [more..]

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