Sneezing indoor/outdoor cat
Posted By: Lana on 2005-08-25
In Reply to: My 4-year-old male cat has been sneezing this past week and - Catmom
Our cat who likes to go outdoors for a couple of hours every morning to get the nighttime kinks out was sneezing too as you described yours is. Her shots are all current, etc. as well. Took her to the vet who put her on an antibiotic. She said that cats and outside critters carry viruses at different times of the year just like humans do the flu, etc. and if outside they are susceptible to those airborn viruses from other critters and cats that are outside. One week of cat antibiotics and she was sneeze free! Thought I'd pass that along! Good luck!
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My 4-year-old male cat has been sneezing this past week and
he's never done this before. He has no other symptoms that I can see--eating & drinking fine, no runny nose or eyes. He's never had this before. He is primarily a housecat, but goes out in the mornings for a couple of hours to roam around. His shots are current. Does anyone know if this is a sign of something serious?
Our cat was raised an indoor cat - she has never been out except once -sm
when I "walked" her. She was terrified to be out as she is not used to it. We have her set up with some tables/shelves by all the front windows and she has fun watching the birds and squirrels. She has a nice scratching post too and has never scratched the furniture. She also has spots she can hide out in --trundle under a bed and the upper bunk bed--so she can get way from the dogs and kids---one dog wants to eat her so we have to be real careful. We keep her in the bedroom at night in case the dogs get out of the rooms they stay in at night. But in the morning (i.e. 6 a.m.) she is meowing and scratching the door to get out of the bedroom, annoying to say the least...I expect you will hear a lot of that. I guess just try to have all the stuff I mentioned above and a lot of patience.
Yes, they're all indoor animals...sm
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Outdoor gifts
Such as concrete statuary for flower beds. Even a beautiful flowering shrub that celebrates every year with them. Now is the time to plant shrubs and trees so that would be great if they have a home and not an apartment.
outdoor wood boilers
If you live in the north, where our temp is currently 11 degrees, investing in an outdoor wood boiler is the way to go. I don't think you can have them in the city, but if you live out of town, wood is definately cheaper than propane. We can fill our tank once a year (approximately $550)
once I went to a huge outdoor Colorado BBQ..
I bought an outdoor welcome mat to put under mine - nm
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Neighbor has indoor woodburning stove, started house on fire twice. sm
He has vinyl siding and installed the outside pipes himself. Apparently he is in over his head. Last year, his siding started on fire and he burnt up his electrical wiring. When heating season started this year, the fire department was back. He did it again. Make sure you have a professional do the work.
We are outdoor people so my suggestions wouldn't work
for you, although we have a motorhome so our camping isn't really roughing it.
We did not take an extendend train trip, but did take an 20+ hour trip on a train. We did not have a sleeper car as it was just as cheap to fly as it was for the sleeper car and we were trying to save $$. Anyway the train had mice and a sewage problem and every time the train hit a rough spot that made it jerk the sewage smell would go through the whole train and gag you. There were people in sleeper compartments that their bathrooms didn't work. Our train originated in NY and was going to FL and we got on midway and all the better seats were taken. The train also seemed to stop at every crossroads for someone to get on/off so sleeping was not easy.
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