feline herpes!!

so now he's making faces like this: (not the same cat)



HERPES! the gift that keeps giving!

ps- not communicable to humans.

[Edited on December 27, 2007 at 10:28 AM. Reason : ps- this is the 3-legged saps cat]

12/27/2007 10:08:55 AM

eww

12/27/2007 10:15:56 AM

just like her owner ?

12/27/2007 10:25:21 AM

^nice try, but no

12/27/2007 10:26:26 AM

bummer

12/27/2007 10:27:54 AM

I know a woman who has cats with that same exact problem, or they look the same. Their eyes start oozing mucus and pus, and eventually blood. They pop one at a time and eventually all the cats are blinded. Just keep him away from the other cats because it's contageous - and take him to the vet...

12/27/2007 11:32:37 AM

that looks like Ashes old cat, disease and all

12/27/2007 11:34:42 AM

LOL... it looks like someone nutted in his eye in that first pic!

12/27/2007 11:35:09 AM

we know it's contagious, but when people actually MANAGE the eye infections, ulcerations leading to blindness are a lot rarer.

unfortunately, he's already been exposed to our other cats. we've had him for nearly a month, and had him quarantined for the first week or two. there's no point in getting rid of him at this point (and honestly, we love this old guy), so we're keeping him on lysine to minimize viral shedding and treating his eye infection.

worst case scenario- we end up with multiple cats on medications. oh well.

12/27/2007 12:19:04 PM

jek-jek with gimpy paws and gloopy eyes

sounds like a blast

12/27/2007 12:40:48 PM

yeah, jinx is already sneezing.

i picked up a bottle of 250 lysine tablets this afternoon. i don't think they'll mind taking it, as long as i grind it up and put it in moist food.

12/27/2007 12:42:42 PM

12/27/2007 1:20:50 PM

he's doing better!

but he still wails all the time for pettings and food. demanding boy.

12/30/2007 2:39:27 PM

Time to put a bullet in pussy.

12/30/2007 2:49:08 PM

arc, you make mojo cry. oh wait, that's the herp.

12/30/2007 2:53:55 PM

haha gross

12/30/2007 2:57:13 PM

is it cross contagious to humans?

12/30/2007 2:57:54 PM

nope, cats only.

all my other cats have their FVRCP vaccines, so i can hope that some will resist infection. poor jinxy wasn't so lucky, but he's just got the sniffles.

12/30/2007 3:00:59 PM