My kitten has cold symptoms, is weak, and won't eat. What's wrong?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Bengal | Male | 6 months and 13 days old | 4 lbs
I have a 8 month old cat. He have cold flu,Snezzing,All time slepping,and getting Very weak.He doesn’t eat anything.Please give any remedy or medicine to recover his condition
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Published on March 29th, 2019
Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. Based on your description and the pictures, I suspect that he has an upper respiratory infection. Many times upper respiratory infections can be contributed to the herpes virus in cats. I would recommend taking Catty in to be seen by a veterinarian so that the most appropriate diagnostic and treatment recommendations can be made. An antibiotic will likely be prescribed / administered to help with any secondary bacterial infections. I hope this helps guide you in the right direction and that Catty feels better soon. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.
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Published on December 25th, 2017
Hello, sorry to hear about Henri. Cats, especially kittens may suffer from recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. This is generally causes by 3 main diseases (herpes virus, calici virus, or chlamydia). Most commonly in the US, herpes virus is an underlying cause for recurrent URI. This may be different in the UK. Most common management is to administer antibiotics for secondary infections and anti-viral gel such as lysine to decrease replication of the virus. Most often, cats improve within 5-7 days, if Henry does not, then he should be evaluated by a veterinarian tomorrow morning, Hope this helps and best of luck.
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