Hello all,

I have a 10 month old kitten with chronic Herpes virus. He showed up as a stray about 4 months old, very undernourished and with chronic Herpes symptoms (dark discharge from eyes, sneezing, "phleghm-y" purr). He is under the care of an excellent homeopathic vet. At the end of July he developed acute symptoms and I took him to his homeopathic vet who prescribed Merc 200C to be taken in one dosage, and then another dose 2 hours later. His acute symptoms immediately subsided and chronic ones were subdued although still there. The remedy lasted 3 weeks. We then repeated the remedy and it went much deeper and longer. It has been 6 weeks since second repeat of Merc 200C and he underwent a nice growth spurt (Herpes kitties can be underdeveloped) and symptoms were pretty much totally relieved, clearly a good remedy for him. Now it is 6 weeks and some symptoms are very slightly re-occuring. Namely a bit of rattly, phleghm-y purr and occasional very slight dark discharge which I am not concerned about. I still have some Merc and wondered if it is time for a repeat of the same? I should consult with his vet but I just do not have ANY $$ right now to do it. I might just hold off and try to scare up the money but am wondering what you think? He is holistically raised, eats raw food, no vaccs.

Thanks, please CC me to my email addy fredsus1@hotmail.com if possible.

if only some symptoms are reoccuring, the case should be taken again. Careful with overdoing the merc, it can cause problems if not warranted.