Cats with watery eyes and sneezing: Family diagnosis of upper respiratory tract infection
If you are in good spirits, you can observe it first. If your eye mucus turns yellow-green, you should go to the hospital.
Cat upper respiratory tract infections are mainly caused by feline herpes virus and calicivirus, and kittens and newly brought home cats are most susceptible. Typical symptoms are sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, and decreased appetite.
There are three steps for family judgment: first, check the body temperature (normal is 38 to 39.2 degrees, if it exceeds 39.5, you need to seek medical attention); second, look at the spirit and appetite; third, look at the color of the secretions. Clear and transparent ones are mostly early stages of viral infection, while yellow-green sticky ones indicate secondary bacterial infection.
In terms of treatment, keep the environment warm, increase the humidity, clean the eye area with saline, and ensure eating. When nasal congestion is severe, atomization can be used to help ventilation. Slightly heating food can enhance the smell and stimulate appetite.
Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria, and there is no benefit in overusing antibiotics in the early stages of viral infection. If you have mouth breathing, continuous refusal to eat for more than 24 hours, or cloudy eyes, you must seek medical attention promptly.
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