Upper Respitory Infection, is it the end (of the illness) yet?

Chances are that the URI she contracted was viral (the more common feline URI's are), so all the antibiotic was doing was preventing a secondary bacterial infection from occurring while her immune system was busy battling the virus. Antibiotics, of course, have no action against a virus.

Just so you know, the most common URI - herpesvirus - is incurable, and almost all cats carry it. In most cats, herpes lies dormant most of the time. It can, however, flare-up into an active infection when a cat is stressed, immuno-compromised, or in direct contact with another cat with an active herpes infection. It's generally not a big deal, but it is highly contagious in the active state, and it can be a real nuisance in a shelter setting where one cat with a flare-up can trigger flare-ups throughout the feline population. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that you may not have seen the last of the URI's in your new girl. If it is herpes, which is likely, you may see it again if and when something triggers it to flare-up again in your girl. Like I said, more a nuisance than anything else.

Laurie

It's possible to be herpes but they tested her twice for it and nothing came up. So they are going to do a full on blood test for EVERYTHING next tuesday. That's going to be a neusince on my pocketbook, but I saved up a lot of money in case I'd run into something costly. (as well as moving out to an apartment closer to work) If it indeed finally comes up as Herpes, I've heard of the L-lysene and will be able to give it to her.

I also knew what the antibiotic was for, I'm not a first time cat owner, this is just my first one that got a URI. My other kitties (who live with My parents in Oklahoma) never got any illness from shelters or kennels... which was lucky for us since Gata was from a shelter, and Bitsy had to be boarded for a couple days after she got spayed because she didn't take the anesthesia well and had to be watched. Neither of those two have feline Herpes either. Lucky ducks.

Hopefully, as I said before, we can get her the vaccinations, which is all I'm worried about at this point. The state of Nevada is very strict on these things (or at least the Las Vegas area)

My youngest cat (Muffin) had the herpes virus when I got him at 4 weeks. He had sniffles and weepy eyes on and off for his first year. I gave him l-lysine and it did help, so I vote for that, btw.

Unfortunatley he had a flare up about 1 1/2 years ago and he gave it to my older girl, Jitzu, who now has a chronic nasal problem. The innitial infection she got from Muffin caused permanent damage to her nasal cavity, and there's not much I can do about it. I've held off on her vaccinations since she's been sick for a few reasons, but mainly because I KNOW her immune system is compromised by constantly fighting off this illness that won't go away. I gave in and took her to get her shots this summer when she seemed to be feeling better. Horrible mistake. She's been slowly backsliding ever since.

I'm not saying don't get her her shots. It sounds like you're lucky and she hasn't got the nasal damage. But TBH I wouldn't give her any shots until the sneezeis gone, completely, for at least a month. AND give her the l-lysine.

In any case I wouldn't suggest the feline leukemia vaccine anyways. It's a pretty bad vaccine, as far as reactions go, and I've done some research that shows it doesn't do much good. She's your cat so it's your call, but I believe very firmly in research before vaccines or other treatments. And I always ask my vet about possible side-effects versus risk/benefit. They don't always tell you that right up front.