What kind of virus makes a cats tip of its tongue rot off please tell me?

Question

my kitten is doing that i took it to the vet they told me some name and i forgot what it was called so if u kno what it is please tell me

Answer 1

calici virus



A Winn Feline Foundation Health Article On ...

Feline Upper Respiratory Viruses - Part Two: Calici Virus

Wilma Lagerwerf, RVT, RLAT

Calici virus is known either by its full name or by the short form FCV. It is important that you understand this as the virus can be referred to either way and mean the same thing.

   1. Calici Virus

   2. FCV (Feline Calici Virus)

What Is Calici ?

As mentioned, Calici is the least severe of the two most common upper respiratory viruses. All viruses are small organisms, but Calici is small even for a virus, and affects the mouth, eyes and sometimes lungs of a cat. Feline Calici virus is specific for cats.

What Does Calici Virus Do?

A)Active Disease

The effects of Calici virus vary according to the strain that has infected the cat. There are MANY strains of Calici, some of which make cats very ill while others cause only mild illness. An awareness of these variable symptoms is important in diagnosis and treatment.

Symptoms may range from nothing at all to severe pneumonia. Usually there are mouth ulcers (everywhere in the mouth, including the tongue, and sometimes the lips and nose), clear nose and eye discharge, sneezing, fever, lack of appetite and severe drooling due to the mouth ulcers. The discharge from the eyes and nose is neither as thick nor as profuse as that associated with Rhinotracheitis. The cat may also have swollen eye membranes on the inside of the eye lids.

Some strains of Calici have also been known to cause a fever and a limping, stiff walk from muscle and joint soreness in kittens. Other strains can give a pneumonia that makes breathing so difficult that the affected cats/kittens will sit crouched on their bellies trying to ease the discomfort and effort of breathing. FCV can cause death, and it is most often kittens which contract the severe form with pneumonia. How many of the above symptoms a cat gets, and to what degree, is dependent on many important things.

   1. Age: The very young and the very old are the most affected.

   2. Amount of Virus in Exposure: The more virus contacted, the sicker the cat will be. This can vary from a few mild signs to something very severe.

   3. The Strain of Calici Virus: The strain will determine the symptoms.

   4. Presence of Other Disease: The healthier a cat is, the better the natural immune system can work to fight infection. The same amount of infective virus that would make an unhealthy cat very ill may just depress and show mild signs in a healthy individual. FIV/FELV and FIP are examples of disease states which can make cats more susceptible.

   5. Nutrition: The better the state of nutrition, the better a cat can fight the disease.

   6. Genetics: All cats have an inherent immune system. It is difficult to explain how this relates to disease, but it has been proven that certain purebred cats are more prone to some diseases than others. The larger the population in a given environment, the more susceptible these cats will be to respiratory disease.

Answer 2

call the vet and ask them what it was.

I have no clue