Feline Problems
My cat has herpes.
It turns out that, like humans, cats can get herpes. In cats, it causes upper respiratory symptoms, conjunctivitis, and lesions in and around the eye. Like the kind that causes cold sores in humans, it is transmitted from cat to cat via discharge from the infected cat's eyes, nose, or mouth.
So the cat's not sleeping around. It would be hard to, since he's neutered. Of course he could have caught it from his slut mother, a feral stray who probably slept with every tomcat (and Dickcat and Harrycat) she came across before giving birth to her brood of bastard children underneath my neighbor's porch.
If you are detecting a bit of hostility here, let me explain that I have just been to the pharmacy, where I spent $125 on eye drops for Herpes Cat. $125. On eye drops. For a CAT! It would be a lot cheaper to just get a new cat.
Which brings me to my new hobby: cat wrestling. Every two hours, I'm supposed to hold this cat down, pry open his eye, and put in eye drops.
They have to be kept refrigerated too. The eye drops. Not the cat.
Needless to say, I'm sporting a few new claw marks on my arms, and a lot of fur on my clothes. I may need to rethink the wisdom of cats as pets.
Do goldfish get herpes?
It turns out that, like humans, cats can get herpes. In cats, it causes upper respiratory symptoms, conjunctivitis, and lesions in and around the eye. Like the kind that causes cold sores in humans, it is transmitted from cat to cat via discharge from the infected cat's eyes, nose, or mouth.
So the cat's not sleeping around. It would be hard to, since he's neutered. Of course he could have caught it from his slut mother, a feral stray who probably slept with every tomcat (and Dickcat and Harrycat) she came across before giving birth to her brood of bastard children underneath my neighbor's porch.
If you are detecting a bit of hostility here, let me explain that I have just been to the pharmacy, where I spent $125 on eye drops for Herpes Cat. $125. On eye drops. For a CAT! It would be a lot cheaper to just get a new cat.
Which brings me to my new hobby: cat wrestling. Every two hours, I'm supposed to hold this cat down, pry open his eye, and put in eye drops.
They have to be kept refrigerated too. The eye drops. Not the cat.
Needless to say, I'm sporting a few new claw marks on my arms, and a lot of fur on my clothes. I may need to rethink the wisdom of cats as pets.
Do goldfish get herpes?
posted by Sandy and Cathy at
3:56 PM
3 Comments:
Love you. Thank you for taking care of us.
Stripes aka Herpes Cat
Let's hope your neighbor NEVER finds another stray momma cat under her deck!!!
(Need to board up those holes, first!)
After having to give one cat both insulin shots and subcutaneous fluids and another cat a major-league pedicure, I can assure you that the "kitty burrito" method works well, so long as you have a sufficiently large towel.
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