My cat is sneezing, snoring, and making weird noises. Is she sick?

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My cat Alley has started sneezing, snoring in her sleep, and making weird noises in her sleep. We have changed litter but this was weeks ago and this showed up this Saturday. Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Female | spayed

David Darvishian · Accepted Answer

Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Alley is beautiful. Upper respiratory infections in kittens are extremely common. Most of the time this is caused by viruses. Kittens get infected from their mothers who start shedding the viruses thus infecting the kittens. Many cats live their whole lives carrying these viruses. They will occasionally develop signs of upper respiratory infections during times of stress at any point in time. We vaccinate for a few of these upper respiratory viruses but we still see many many cases. The vaccines should provide some protection and usually adult cats develop very mild signs. Treating these infections can range from very simple to very complex cases that take weeks to months to improve. Sometimes no treatment is required as long as the cat is eating, drinking, and acting normally. Antibiotics, anti viral medicines, a good deworming program and vaccination program, other eye drops/eye ointments, nose drops, a nutritional supplement called L-lysine added to her food may help, and probiotics are all things to try. Also, providing humidified air is good to moisten the respiratory tract in addition to any fluid ingested with food and by drinking water. Run a hot shower and shut the bathroom door while letting the room steam up. Put Alley in the room for 5-10 minutes so she can inhale the moist air. I hope this helps and she gets better soon.

My cat is sneezing, snoring, and making weird noises. Is she sick?

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