Newborn Kittens Keep Sneezing

The most likely cause for sneezing and eye discharge is a viral upper respiratory infection uri.

Newborn kittens keep sneezing. The herpes virus the calici virus or both. They are now 2 days old and setup in my living room with mom cat. Stuffy noses runny eyes a. I noticed that 3 of the 4 are sneezing and sound really congested.

He has had two courses of antibiotics and virus tests all came back negative. These commonly affect kittens and are usually caused by a virus. To encourage eating and hydration in mom so she can nurse to the best of her ability use a particularly smelly soft canned food preferably with chicken beef etc. A stray cat has given birth to 5 kittens on my front steps in the rain.

Kitty colds are usually caused by a virus and are very common in cats and kittens. Kitten upper respiratory symptoms are analogous to the human cold but your kitten is infectious only to other cats and kittens not to you. Listed in the first two ingredients rather than some vegetable product or meat by product. My four month old kitten has been sneezing repeatedly for the past month despite several visits to the vet.

They often result in sneezing discharge from the eyes and nose drooling congestion fever and poor appetite. If your newborn is sneezing a lot it doesn t necessarily mean they re coming down with a cold. 4 seem to be eating really well and have fat round bellies but 1 doesn 39 t seem to be. An occasional sneeze isn t a symptom of a serious problem but constant sneezing especially when accompanied by nasal discharge and lethargy or lack of appetite could be a sign of an illness.

The rest of the cats kittens will probably also come down with it so be prepared. Your cold and your kitten s sneezing can be self limiting meaning the kitten will sneeze for several days and then it will go away like a simple cold or the sneeze can hang on and develop into a more serious infection.