Was going to cancel the visit because he improved a lot but I took him in anyway because it was scheduled. Felt a little silly, but I’m new to FIV! They did some baseline blood work instead because he had never had any before.
I have been giving him lysine powder every day for the past week. Maybe that has an effect idk. The vet said I can just give that to him forever if I want and it shouldn’t hurt anything.
Verdict is that he will likely always have one watery eye, possibly due to a mild anatomic abnormal. And he might have very mild allergies or very mild asthma which does not really affect his life too much.
But I guess he needs to lose 1-2 pounds so we’ll work on that next! He also has some tartar buildup so I’ll have to see if I can get him to use dental chews.
Excellent job on taking care of Lester. I can tell he’s in caring hands and I hope you both have many wonderful (and URTI-free, fingers crossed for that) years together.
I’d say never feel silly about a vet visit. Even if why you booked it is no longer an issue (which is definitely something that can and does happen for any pet owner), you can always use the time to pick their brains, learn new things and build a good relationship with them.
Yeah I used that time to ask her some things and then she ended up doing some blood work as a baseline (not because she was concerned). So not a total wash haha.