Pet Care : Treat a Cat With a Cold

Treating a cat with a cold, or upper respiratory infection requires a physical exam to determine how to treat symptoms. Find out how to treat a cat with cold using tips from an experienced veterinarian in this free video on pet care.

Expert: Dr. James Talbott
Bio: Dr. James R. Talbott is a staff veterinarian at Belle Forest Animal Hospital and Kennel in Nashville, Tenn.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pet care
• cats
• dogs
• veterinarian care
• veterinarians
• animals
• pet health
• cat health
• dog health

[mammal46]

@RobThunder42 Exactley! There are some really good vets though, I once had one come out to my house because my cat got stuck in my husband's fan blade in the car. He put the cat to sleep so we could take the car apart and he took the cat to his office and fixed him up and billed us. And I had a wonderful vet in Chico Ca but some are purely out to rip you off for all they can get.

They didn't need an xray on your cat, all your cat needed was ABTs but that would'nt have made them money 4 the day

[RobThunder42]

@mammal46 ok, I understand your point. But I misunderstood your comment which was " all that was shown was a doc looking at a cat with a stethascope." I took that literally as the doc "looked" at the cat by using his stehascope. But I digress... I will agree with you that there are some Vets charge way too much (especially at corporate chain hospitals...) My cat had a UTI...and they pushed to have X-rays because his PH was 7 (a little high). No stones were present, but I was out around $600.

[mammal46]

Most Not All Veternarians are con artists and rip offs, they don't care about pets. All they care about is making money I hate this video and before anymore morons write me. My problem with this video is that they were supposed to show a treatment, not a diagnosis. I am a nurse I know the difference between a stethascope and an opthalmoscope. In my haste I said the vet with the stethascope, ( I MEANT AROUND HIS NECK,) I thought ppl were smart enough to know what I meant but obviously not.

[mammal46]

2 between a stethascope and a opthalmoscope, too bad you can't tell the difference between a diagnosis and a treatment.

[mammal46]

@RobThunder42 Wow your kidding! I meant around his neck...The point is, this video was supposed to tell you how to treat a cat. Not diagnos a cat, any one can see if a cat has a runny nose which that cat didn't without using an opthalmoscope. My whole point was why didn't he teach us how to treat it like the video said. And that's just like a vet. they charged me 350.00 just to tell me my cat was dying. NO Treatment just a diagnosis. I'm glad your smart enough to tell the difference

[RobThunder42]

@mammal46 No disrespect, but if you're a nurse then you should know that the intsrument the Vet used was a ophthalmoscope...

[mammal46]

@ChiefWP Thank you and have a good day.

[mammal46]

@asianr0se I know you're being sarcastic about the video. But the title of the video was Treat a cat with a cold. And your right, if they told us how to treat them, a lot of cats would get helped but vet offices are just like any business and they want the money. It cost me over $350.00 just to tell me my cat was dying, then another $50.00 if I wanted some meds to make her more comfortable. There went half of my rent, a note to the land lady. the vet didn't care!

[mammal46]

@headphones222 Number 1 I'm a grandma, not a sir. # 2 I'm a nurse and I know what a stethascope looks like. What is your trip?

[headphones222]

true, but he wasnt even using a stethascope your wrong on that sir.