Hi everyone.
I have a cat, Ellie, that is showing signs of a cold. I got her and another kitty from the shelter in March. The kitten had a bad cold when I got her and Ellie picked it up. She showed signs 2 weeks after the kitten was getting better. The vet gave me eye ointment (erythromycin) and Vibramycin. I had to stop the viramycin after 6 days (she got really bad diarrhea from it which I am still dealing with to this day, 1.5 months later of very loose stools to diarrhea. Nothing has helped on that part yet, another story on it's own). Ellie has recently started to show cold symptoms again. Her purring is a bit ragged like she has congestion, she coughs occasionally, has been sneezing a little bit, and is now showing signs of weepy right eye. I took her to the vet before the eye issue and they couldn't hear anything and I couldn't get her to purr there so nothing was given to me. I have been researching about the L-lysine method for this so I called the vet and they said since they don't sell the product, they wouldn't recommend a dosage or to use it. So my question is, how much do you give? and can it be given in a souble form thru a dropper? She is 1 year, 3 months old and is 9-10 pounds. Any advice would be greatly appreciated since I am seeing anywhere, dosage wise, from 250mg to 500mg.
I have a cat, Ellie, that is showing signs of a cold. I got her and another kitty from the shelter in March. The kitten had a bad cold when I got her and Ellie picked it up. She showed signs 2 weeks after the kitten was getting better. The vet gave me eye ointment (erythromycin) and Vibramycin. I had to stop the viramycin after 6 days (she got really bad diarrhea from it which I am still dealing with to this day, 1.5 months later of very loose stools to diarrhea. Nothing has helped on that part yet, another story on it's own). Ellie has recently started to show cold symptoms again. Her purring is a bit ragged like she has congestion, she coughs occasionally, has been sneezing a little bit, and is now showing signs of weepy right eye. I took her to the vet before the eye issue and they couldn't hear anything and I couldn't get her to purr there so nothing was given to me. I have been researching about the L-lysine method for this so I called the vet and they said since they don't sell the product, they wouldn't recommend a dosage or to use it. So my question is, how much do you give? and can it be given in a souble form thru a dropper? She is 1 year, 3 months old and is 9-10 pounds. Any advice would be greatly appreciated since I am seeing anywhere, dosage wise, from 250mg to 500mg.
