Hi Sue & Frank, I have a FeLV + kitty who had a bad upper respiratory infection that was sneezing green mucous and eventually turned into blood. He was on amoxi drops, clavimox and now doxycycline. The last vet appointment Spazzy's vet wasn't at all concerned about him sneezing the blood just decided to put him on a stronger antibiotic which is the doxycycline. She stated his nasal passages could be damaged because he has the upper respiratory infection for so long ( he was a stray I recently took in). However my vet is new to the world of feline leukemia + cats so I did a little internet investigation as to what it could be, I also found a web site www.justanswer.com there is a fee but you choose the fee and basically you ask a question and a Vet will respond if your satified with the Vet's answer then you can accept for the payment to go through if not then you won't be charged. Anyhow I dealt with a Dr. Finona from the website she had given me allot of info. regarding my kitty sneezing blood....more than what my own vet did. Here are some of the things she suggested I do for my boy. Vet's quote...."Start with a physical exam to make sure there isn't a foreign body stuck in the cats retropharyngeal area. What can happen is that a cat swallows a blade of grass, but mid-swallow, if they sneeze, it can shoot the blade of grass up into the area at the back of the throat where the nasal passageways meet the throat. This is called the retropharyngeal area. Then, the blade of grass or foxtail can be trapped there. This causes irritation and erosion of the sensitive membranes up there, which leads to sneezing, mucus discharge and eventually bloody discharge. Other possibilities are nasal polyps, a growth, nasal parasites (mites) or a fungal infection, or a tooth root abscess but these are far less likely than a nasal foreign body. " There is allot of information Dr. Fiona emailed back to me I'm going to send that separately from this email because it's too large and will bog down the system.. I hope this information is helpful to you and Tweezer I wish you both the very best of luck!
Brenda ________________________________ From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 4:55:29 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tweezer sneezing blood No, but I would start with running a humidifier. It could be (depending on where you live) simply due to the dry air caused by running the heater in this colder weather. Just an idea. tonya Sue & Frank Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My two year old FeLV+ kitty Tweezer has been sneezing blood for a few days. (At first we didn't know where it was coming from, we were just seeing tiny blood droplets on the floor.) Last night we saw what was happening. He sounds a little stuffy, but he has sounded that way since we got him. My problem is that my usual vet who is good with my positive kittys is on vacation until the 24th of November. I personally consider the associates in his practice to be less then adequate for a positive kittys specail problems. I am trying to decide if I should wait for my usual vet (Possibly start Tweezer on some Doxycycline in the mean time), take them to one of the other vets in the practice and hope that this problem is something they can handle, or maybe take him to an internist I have been to before with one of my other cats. I guess it all depends on why this is happening to him. Has anyone ever had a cat sneeze blood droplets? _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
