We adopted Suki last Saturday from a rescue centre, she is settling in really well, making herself at home, slowly getting used to us and becoming a part of the family. As an ex stray, we don’t have a full background, but she’s about 18 months, neutered, microchipped (by the rescue centre) and had a cat flu vaccination/worming/flea treatment with them.
On Thursday, we took her to our own vet, for a health check and the first of a ‘full’ set of vaccinations - I understand this is another cat flu vaccination plus Feline Leukaemia, as whilst she’s obviously still indoors at the moment, the intention is she will ultimately have access to outdoors. The vet was very happy with her overall health, but she was displaying some symptoms of cat flu - she’s sneezing, runny nose etc, but he said her lungs were clear, no temperature and as she’s been vaccinated it would likely remain mild.
Thursday night she ate as usual, but today, she ate nothing all day, and has just slept. She’s snotty, sneezing, really just wants to be by herself. She’s perked up a bit tonight, eaten 1.5 pouches of food, had a really good drink of water and used her litter tray twice. She’s come downstairs to sit with us, hissed at a neighbours cat who she saw in the garden, but still really obviously unwell with the sneezing. As a new cat mum, I’m beside myself with worry. Is she likely to feel a bit rough from vaccine side effects on top of having a ‘cold’? How can we make her more comfortable? At what point should we take her back to the vet? Any advice would be so very welcome.