Kitten sneezes: what to do?

If the kitten climbed under the cupboard, inhaled there with dust and sneezed a couple of times, getting out from under the cupboard - then there's nothing wrong with that. But if the kitten sneezes or coughs constantly, if the sneeze is accompanied by secretions from the eyes and nose or other unpleasant symptoms - it is worth to beat the alarm and run with the kitten to the vet.

The most "harmless" reason for sneezing in kittens is allergy. Yes, yes, animals, like us, are susceptibleallergic reactions. Allergens can be very different: dust, pollen, mold, chemicals (for example, household cleaners, aerosols), cigarette smoke and even cat litter. If the kitten sneezes because of allergies, you need to install the allergen and eliminate it - then the kitten will stop sneezing.

But often it happens that the kitten sneezes because of more serious health problems. So, one of the most common reasons for frequent sneezing in kittens is upper respiratory tract infection (bacterial, viral or fungal) and some other diseases. But the case with infections is one sneeze affairusually is not limited. Other symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections can be discharge from the eyes and nose, fever, coughing, difficulty breathing.

What infections need to be suspected if your kitten sneezes? Disturbances of breathing, including sneezing, may be a symptom toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasmosis is caused by intracellularparasites and can be transmitted from cats to humans. For a healthy person, toxoplasmosis is not dangerous, but pregnant women can not contact animals with toxoplasmosis if the disease is transmitted to the fetus, the outcome can be deplorable.

Sneezing in cats can be one of the symptoms chlamydia. Like toxoplasmosis, chlamydia cantransmitted from the sick animal to man. In addition to sneezing, chlamydia is usually accompanied by discharge from the nose and eyes, fever, coughing, trouble breathing.

Another disease, in which the kitten sneezes, is bordetellosis ("Nursery cough"), bacterial infection. Symptoms of bordetellosis in older kittens - sneezing, coughing, discharge from the nose, fever. Sneezing in cats can also be a sign mycoplasmosis - an infectious disease. In this case, sneezing is accompanied by conjunctivitis, secretions from the eyes.

A very common disease of cats - infectious (herpesvirus) rhinotracheitis. A sick rintraheitis kitten sneezes, coughs,has trouble breathing. Rinotracheitis may be accompanied by rhinitis, conjunctivitis, purulent secretions from the nose and eyes, swelling of the mucous membranes of the nose, larynx and pharynx and other symptoms.

If the kitten sneezes with the release of blood, then you need to immediately take it to the vet. Sneezing with blood means that the kitten has severely damaged nasalmoves. Damage and bleeding can be caused by various causes: it is a foreign body stuck in the nasal passages, and a fungal infection, and even cancer (nose cancer or leukemia). Sometimes the allocation of blood during sneezing is due to ... sneezing! If the kitten sneezes too often, the nasal passages become irritated, and the kitten sneezes already with blood. In this case, you need to eliminate the root cause of sneezing.

It is important to remember one thing: if the kitten sneezes, you can not self-medicate! Determine the cause of sneezing can only the vet. If it is an allergy - it will establish an allergen, and if the infection - then according to the results of the tests, he will say which one, and will prescribe the necessary drugs. Infectious diseases, accompanied by sneezing, there is a huge variety, we listed only a small part. Therefore, to determine "by eye", why the kitten sneezes, it is impossible.