This morning I woke up and found to my dismay that my cats and kittens were all sneezing. As I watch the cat nose spray mist in the air, my mind was furiously moving. What could I do to prevent the others from catching this, whatever this is?

I am so full up right now, there isn’t a spare room to put everyone. So, what I decided was to put Matuse and Charlie together upstairs because they are the worst off. I put Jasmine (the small creampoint kitten) in the large dog crate downstairs and covered it with a warm blanket. I don’t know if Jasmine is going to make it, she is one of Onions kittens and her brother has already passed. We almost lost her twice already, so all I can do is medicate her and hope she has in her to beat this.
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I wonder if because Onions has been found to be an active carrier of the calicivirus and feline herpesvirus if she passed this down to her kitten? There is really no way of telling and so I will just enter each day with prayer and hope that the round of antibiotics everyone is getting will be enough to stop this in its tracks before to long.

Charlie is eating this morning, not as much as I would like him to, but enough to help him out. He met me at the door and was meowing between sneezing and coughing his morning greeting to me. I have left an old set of coveralls upstairs that I change into when I get up there and an old pair of beat-up sneakers. I had a momentary panic attack thinking I might be dealing with distemper, but even the sickest sneezing kitten/cat are eating and drinking.

I guess the kitty sickroom is in full swing. This morning I went out and covered the one side and front of the cat enclosure with warm packing blankets. This will keep it substantially warmer in there. I moved the love seat to the front of the enclosure so they can lay out of the wind.

Here is the kitty sick call: 🙁

Rocky- sneezing and coughing
McKinley- sneezing
Matuse-coughing, sneezing plus has ringworm (thank you very much Lazarus!)
Charlie- coughing, gurgling, sneezing, poor appetite
Onions- sneezing
Baker- coughing, sneezing, gagging
Everest- sneezing
Hailey- sneezing, eye and nose discharge
Laz-nose and eye discharge
Chilkoot-sneezing, nose and eye discharge
Jasmine- eye and nose discharge, sneezing, lethargic

I suppose God it was no coincidence that during the last vet visit, I was gifted with 3 containers of amoxycillin and enough syringes so that each kitty can have his own. I just pray that this illness claims no victims and you help me stay on top of this and nip it quickly.