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Our nearly 18-yr-old cat (1) has lost several teeth due to resorptive lesions (2) had his thyroid treated with radioactive isotope in late 2016 - which vet told us COULD give him up to 3 more years* (3) without his thyroid developed diabetes so is on 1 unit of insulin daily (4) and developed kidney disease - stage 2 (5) was diagnosed before Thanksgiving 2023 with feline herpes.
ER vet suggested steaming him before we got herpes diagnosis from regular vet. While waiting for the test results, the reg vet put him on an antibiotic. Then prescribed a med that needed to be compounded and given 2x per day. Expensive and very bitter/nasty tasting to the cat. Stressed him out to the max. Stress can make the virus more active. Decided to postpone giving the med to him until after Christmas, but continued steaming him 3x per day.
Rarely sneezes anymore and eye no longer waters. Plus he loves being steamed. He voluntarily goes into his hard-side cat-carrier to put him in the tub with an electric pot boiling near it. With a support over the pot to keep the towel from touching it, we drape a heavy towel over the pot and carrier for 10 min, then unplug the pot and leave him for another 5-10 min.
*It is now Feb 2024. We've enjoyed this "3 years" with him!!!
