Do Cats Get Colds Or Flu

The virus attaches to cells in the respiratory tract of felines similarly to how it does in humans says Weese.

Do cats get colds or flu. These are dangerous to the cat and can be fatal. Cats can solely grow to be contaminated from different cats and sometimes different animals. 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.

So if your cat is sneezing and coughing or has a fever or loss of appetite it may well be suffering from cat flu. These viruses produces symptoms similar to the common cold in humans. Your cat might also avoid moving around as much if she has cat flu as it can cause muscle and joint pain.

But a cat can catch cold or flu from you. As with human colds there are several viruses that can cause it. Cat Flu is used to describe the cold or flu-like symptoms that accompany an infection of the upper respiratory tract in cats.

Well-fed and well-kept cats rarely get mange or scabies but it is much more common in dogs. Just like people cats can get colds. There is no cure for a viral infection however the cat can be kept as comfortable as possible by keeping it warm and treating the symptoms.

Cats with flu will show signs that include fever frequent sneezing discharge from the nose and eyes loss of appetite and depression. As mentioned before colds in cats can be very serious and. Technically no they dont catch colds as humans do.

Cat colds are usually caused by a virus. 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. Cats also get cat-to-cat viruses that are similar to a cold but humans cant catch those.