[Felvtalk] [OT] two sick cats

[Marsha]

I found out last year that the vaccine doesn't cover all possible 
strains of calicivirus.  One area vet told of a severe case of it he'd 
seen in a cat that had been vaccinated.

I too, wonder if upper respiratory viruses can lie dormant.  I will 
never know for sure what Harley had in December, but several months 
earlier he had an inflammation in his mouth that went away, possibly 
herpes or calici trying to assert itself.  Or maybe it was something 
else.  But whatever it was manifested when we had a temperature 
inversion that impacted air quality and lasted for something like 10 
days.  No other cat got sick with a URI, not even Harley's FeLV+ 
roommate Brock.  First part of the illness was a very sore throat & 
inflamed larynx.  Harley didn't eat because it was impossible or too 
painful.  The 2nd phase was the nasal part.  That's when he developed a 
fever, and had copious amounts of nasal discharge (couldn't breathe 
through his nose at all for a day or so), and some eye discharge also.

Marsha

On 2/23/2015 4:57 PM, Kelley S wrote:
> Lance,
>
> I was referring to Callie...I'm assuming they have been vaccinated?  
> I've only seen calicivirus in a shelter pull and that was a 
> kitten....it just seems odd they would be exposed to it.  I wonder if 
> it can lie dormant and surface later?
>
> In the one case of Calici I did run across the kitten turned out 
> fine.  We had to syringe feed him due to the abcesses in his mouth, 
> but he had a 100% recovery.