Do Cats Get Colds Or Flu

Your cat might also avoid moving around as much if she has cat flu as it can cause muscle and joint pain.

Do cats get colds or flu. The answer surprises most people. People cant catch cat flu and cats cant catch human colds or influenza viruses. The virus is present in saliva tears and nasal secretions and spread through contact between cats.

Cats can solely grow to be contaminated from different cats and sometimes different animals. Cats can get both viral and bacterial sicknesses with the feline herpesvirus which can cause eye ulcers and the feline calicivirus which can cause oral ulcers being responsible for 95 percent of cat colds Dr. That cats are susceptible to the virus is a relatively recent discovery so not all veterinarians are aware of this fact or that human beings can transmit the flu to cats.

Yes cats can catch colds and have similar symptoms as us humans. Well-fed and well-kept cats rarely get mange or scabies but it is much more common in dogs. Cats with flu will show signs that include fever frequent sneezing discharge from the nose and eyes loss of appetite and depression.

Cats with flu will show signs that include fever frequent sneezing discharge from the nose and eyes loss of appetite and depression. However this is not to say that a cat with a cold should just be overlooked and or left untreated. The name cat cold is another way of describing an upper respiratory infection or URI.

In most situations though colds and flu cases are caused by viruses. In fact they can develop a wide variety of viral and bacterial respiratory infections. Yes cats do get influenza virus and they appear to be susceptible to most if not all strains of influenza A 1.

Cat colds are usually diagnosed as an Upper Respiratory Infection. Usually a cats cold lasts for about the same amount of time as a human cold 7-10 days and they will eventually get over it as we do. Its very common in cats and kittens and is usually caused by either the feline herpes virus FHV or feline calicivirus FCV.