Do Cats Get Colds Or Flu

As with human colds there are several viruses that can cause it.

Do cats get colds or flu. Just like people cats can get colds. Cat flu is a general term for a highly contagious upper respiratory disease that affects cats and kittens. Cat flu is much more common than dog flu.

It can take as long as two weeks for signs of flu to appear. Ah the cat sneeze it may be one of the cutest sounds youll ever hear but is it ever a cause for concern. Its very common in cats and kittens and is usually caused by either the feline herpes virus FHV or feline calicivirus FCV.

Cat flu is not usually serious in healthy cats. Cats with flu will show signs that include fever frequent sneezing discharge from the nose and eyes loss of appetite and depression. Cat colds are usually diagnosed as an Upper Respiratory Infection.

In fact they can develop a wide variety of viral and bacterial respiratory infections. Cat flu however does give cats the same side effects as us. Exotic cats such as bengals are included in this list of susceptible species but your exotic canines including foxes and wolfdogs will be just fine.

He points to reports of H1N1 found in cats in the United States. These are dangerous to the cat and can be fatal. Although cats do catch colds it isnt the same common cold virus that us humans catch.

Technically no they dont catch colds as humans do. People cant catch cat flu and cats cant catch human colds or influenza viruses. Cats can have a cold or even flu just as we humans can.