My 9 month old kitten Violet had calisivirus when she was rescued and was given some meds to help clear up some of her symptoms by her foster/rescue but seems to have some lingering respiratory issues that just won’t go away and the vet that her foster had me take her to is stumped on what it could be. I’ve had her for about 2 months now and she was spayed a week before i got her. I was told she had a cold from her surgery that would/should clear up but the stress of the new environment made it flare up a bit worse so i took her to a vet recommended by her foster on the 3rd day of having her, who suspected pneumonia. With some time she seemed to recover almost fully, She has a normal appetite and is obsessed with play, so much energy but she still has episodes of respiratory issues. I’ve heard her wheezing/coughing a bit and the most prominent issue is she has these fits where it’s like she’s sneezing rapidly multiple times in a row, like sometimes 8-9 sneezes and then seems to be fine afterwards. It seems to happen every so often, not daily but more than once a week. This was the sum up from the vet after her follow up visit a month later.
-She basically reiterated that her last x-rays looked good. -That the mediastinum she was concerned about was no longer a concern.
-She was no longer concerned about pneumonia.
-She said that the resting heart rate was great.
She said that the video of her breathing after playtime looked fine to her. That Violet recovered her breath after excitement/calmed down in an appropriate amount of time.
-She said the sneezing video is a mystery to her. She basically said that it’s unusual and she does not know what that is, but that it looks more like a slight vagus nerve or nerve reaction situation could be happening? She showed it to Rachel and they agreed that if it were them, and if it was their cat, they would let it be unless the cat was suffering or having a poor quality of life because of it. She said that if you decided you wanted to dig into it further, to try to discover what it was, that you would go see an internist or internal medicine doctor.
I can try to attach a video in the comments but can’t attach it to this post, but does anyone have any ideas based off this info?? Thank you for reading!