We're having a time of it with litters of kittens this spring. I just got
the second litter last night that came down with URI. In both cases we had
trapped the moms a few weeks before delivery and the kittens were born
inside where there were no other cats with URI and the mom and kittens had
been isolated from the other cats. Just shy of two weeks after delivery the
moms have been coming down with URI and of course passing it on to the
kittens. Both litters have been seen by the vet and sent home on Clavamox
and Erythromycin (sp? and too tired to get up to check) ointment for the eye
infections. The first litter was started on Terramycin but that made the
swelling worse so the vet switched them to the Erythromycin.  I've been
giving them 1 cc KMR with Nurtri-cal with a syringe every 2 hours and
running a cool mist humidifier to try to keep the noses as open as possible.
I have a humidistat in there so the room doesn't become a swamp and a
heating pad (under towels) where they can crawl on and off of it as
necessary.

I got the first litter 2 weeks ago and they seem to be doing ok. Didn't lose
any of them but am concerned because 2 of the three still sound congested
although they are trying to nurse on mom again and are taking the bottle
pretty well. The mom has unfortunately all but dried up so she is only able
to feed one of the kittens I supplement the other two with KMR and Nutri-cal
and they are all gaining weight.

They just sent the second litter over last night (I work out of my home and
am available ever two hrs). They are all just mouth breathing and not
sneezing at all. One kitten from this litter had died before I got them and
a second died last night.

So to my question. Is there anything else I can be doing for them?

W