Gatos con problemas en la boca 🙀 CALICIVIRUS FELINO

Today I'm going to tell you about a reason why your cat's breath might smell bad. And spoiler alert, it could be something very important. Well, like all my videos, which I hope are important. Hi, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. As you've heard me say many times, cats don't come with an instruction manual, and sometimes things happen to them that we don't know how to interpret. But don't worry, because that's what I'm here for, to interpret what your cat wants to say. There you go. Humble me. Sometimes you come to the consultation and tell me that your cat's breath smells. And well, if it's just the breath that smells, it doesn't really matter. But if your cat is also losing weight or is leaving food in the dish or is stopping eating, then I'm worried. And I tell you to look for other things. To start, check to see if your cat's mouth hurts. How can you tell if your cat has a sore mouth, you might ask? Well, because they behave a bit strangely when they have pain in that part of their body. Something very typical is that they start eating in a way that they didn't before. That they approach their food bowl and instead of standing in front of their bowl, they. They start chewing with their teeth, here behind with their molars. When you see your cat, you think, why is he chewing like that? Why is he moving his head to the side? Quote, that's a sign of pain. He's not able to chew his dry food, and he does it in such a strange way to make it less painful. Another thing that cats that have mouth pain do is touch their face while they're eating, and they even put their paws in their mouth. They open their mouth and touch themselves with their paw as if they were telling you they this tooth hurts. If you're watching a bit of all this, I also recommend that you go and lift their lip to see if they'll let you. If not, do it while they're sleeping. Since they're a little more docile, lift this part of their lip and see what color their gums are, the area where they're touching their teeth. If they look red, swollen, or even a little bloody, that's a sign of gingitis. And that could also be why their mouth is hurting. But that's not what I'm going to talk about today, because I've already talked about that here on the channel. I'm going to leave the video here so you can go and take a look because it's a bit complimentary to today's. Another thing that can make you suspect that your cat's mouth is hurting is if they get really upset and their saliva doesn't stay inside their mouth, but rather escapes through the corners. Also, sometimes you can see a reddish color in their saliva because it has a little bit of blood in it. Or also if, for example, your cat has a whitish or light colored chin, you can see that it gets stained with a brownish color. It's all those traces of saliva with a little bit of blood that gets stuck to the fur. Well, if you observe all this in your cat, I can tell you that their mouth is hurting. But I also have some news to tell you. These are early signs of calic virus. If I see a cat that has problems in its mouth, gingivitis and so on, I always have to start suspecting that this virus may be lurking around. This means that all cats that have gingivitis have calicivirus. Well, no, it doesn't have to, but at least it should set off alarm bells. And although the main problems are usually found in cats mouths, there are times when calicivirus also causes respiratory problems like a cold. That's why some places refer to callus virus as the feline flu, which isn't really the flu, but anyway. So there are kittens that suffer from callus virus that also have, for example, runny noses and sneezing. Normally, the symptoms of a cold usually disappear after about two weeks. What does that mean? The cat will never be able to transmit the virus again and will never be infected with callus virus again because its defenses will keep it protected. However, if you see that the cold comes and goes or that it has all the mouth problems that I mentioned before, that cat could be persistently infected. That means that it has not recovered from the disease and can continue to infect other cats. And how do cats get infected with callus virus? Well, if the cat goes outside, it has more chances because it can come into contact with cats that live in colonies, which is also a virus that is transmitted very easily in colonies. However, inside our homes, the infection usually occurs when the kitten is very young, when it is very small, and usually from its mother, because that is the cat it has contact with when it is very small and its immune system is not yet very mature and cannot fight off the virus. As I have already said, it is a virus that is transmitted very easily between cats through all the secretions of an infected cat that is through saliva, tears, and urine. That is why it is so easy to transmit through the food bowl because it gets stained with saliva, or through the litter box because it gets stained with urine. Of course. And it is one of those typical viruses that I call the feline friendship virus, because it is usually transmitted between cats that live together, that share, for example, food bowls, water bowls, litter boxes, and even resting areas. So if we already live with a cat and suddenly we introduce a new cat from the treat, that's why it's so important that we do quarantines. Well, because I'm always very annoying about them. But not all cats show these symptoms. There are some that are asymptomatic that can spread the virus and even infect other cats without showing any symptoms. Well, you may ask me, then, how can I prevent that cat that may be asymptomatic from transmitting it to other cats? Well, now we get to that. Don't get ahead of yourself. And is there a cure for the cat's virus or not? For these cats, there is no treatment that cures the virus. There are no antivirals that are effective against the virus. But we have to keep the cat generally healthy, well fed, so that its immune system can put a stop to the virus and prevent it from replicating too much and growing too much inside that cat. But fortunately, the calicivirus can be prevented because there is a vaccine that is effective against this virus, and it is a vaccine that we are also lucky to have. It is not a very rare vaccine. It is part of the multivalent vaccine that is usually given to cats.

It is 100% effective. Yes, it is very, very effective. There is no vaccine that is 100%, but yes, it is very effective. This one does have quite a high level of safety. That is why it is so important to vaccinate cats, as you have always heard me say, especially if your cat goes outside. Hey, you have probably heard me tell you many times that I am not in favor of cats going outside. But, hey, if you have already decided to do so or are doing so, at least give them a defense. Give them protection against all these viruses that they can find. Okay, let's say we live with more than one cat, and one of our cats has tested positive for the calyx virus. Or we take care of a colony with several cats and one of them has the calyx virus. How should we act with them? The best thing to do in these cases is to isolate the cat for about two weeks. During that time, it should not share a food bowl litter box or resting area with other cats to avoid risks. And above all, the rest of the cats that are inside the house or in the colony or wherever it may be should be vaccinated. And a piece of advice for those of you who take care of colonies, colonies or shelters, I would recommend that you have a specific area for cats that have the Calyx virus. And I recommend that you take care of these cats last to prevent you from spreading the virus from the area where the infected cats are to the rest of the colony. And when you leave the area where those cats are, always disinfect your hands well, and also the soles of your feet, right? And also the soles of your shoes and everything you take out of there. A very good disinfectant that kills the cat virus is bleach, which you can use as well, a regular disinfectant. Better yet, sanator.

Well, in this case, bleach kills the virus. So since I know that bleach kills the virus in this case, I recommend elegy. Well, if you've made it this far, thank you very much. Because normally the videos about diseases aren't the most viewed on the channel. In fact, they're the ones that people watch the least. But anyway, I'm a veterinarian and I also like to talk about these things because I think it's very important that you're informed. Also, I want to hammer home the importance of vaccines to protect our cats from viruses that can affect them and also to keep them in good health and to take them to the vet and have them checked out from time to time. And give it lots of love and leave me comments because this video is going to need it so that YouTube doesn't think it's a total failure, at least so that it sees that you're interested in it and that more people show it and also share it. Hey, send it to your friends or whatever on WhatsApp. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like, I'm not telling you to share it because I already told you to remember to subscribe to our channel if you haven't already. And remember that here on YouTube we have a secondary channel called Quaker Questions and Answers from a Veterinarian. Go to it, subscribe and click the bell on both so that YouTube will notify you if it wants, when we upload a new video. And today we meet these two little ones who are not exactly the same. Sonkia and Blanquita, who live with Jorge Gonzalez and Michaela makes us a little envious because she lives with Alexa in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. And Linda Anto y Fuentes introduces us to Ghost and Ragnar, who they tell us are big fans of Totoro and that their humans learn a lot from our videos. Well, thank you very much for watching and greeting us from China. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families Channel. And we'll see you in the next video. Bye.

Hi, I'm Carlos. Oh, I don't know why I always do this. The kolesivirus. Okay. And it looked like Marisol. It looks like someone stuck a stick up my ass. Okay, that's it. I also have some bad news to give you. No, not bad news. You can't say blood on YouTube. No. Okay. Anyway, sweeping things aside for home a bit. No, no, but because I think it's important. What? Okay, okay. Yeah. You don't think so, but your cats can smell it. Okay, I'll say it again because I think you stepped on yourself. What's the connection?

The fact that the gingivitis is being caused by the Calico virus. Your cat could also be losing.

No, no.

It won't let me. Don't you realize it won't let me? It lives with Alexa in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Alexa has turned on. Oh. Oh, yes. And, well, she has something much more important than it seems.