Kennel cough

After a few days of my boy been under the weather, woke up this mornin to him retching and bringing up something foamy. He'd been doing it all day so rang the vet and they've given him some antibiotics for kennel cough.

Over the past couple of hours his retching seems to have got worse. He's moving from cage to bed to settee to carpet, he just can't get comfy and is giving me those sad Staffy eyes! :-<

Apart from extra cuddles is there anything else I can do to make him more comfortable and ease the retching. Not sure when the antibiotics will kick in?!

Nothing else, I'm afraid. Not that I know of, anyway. Hopefully someone else will come on soon with some tips.

if u got soem pills all u can do is keep him calm when they move alot that when they start coughing alot

Is it normal to have a bit of sickness? Hes not off his food but has just been sick loads.. looks a bit brighter since

yea they bring stuff up

my sam with kennel cough
https://youtu.be/uiWq6f4DraA

Your Sam got it quite bad, didn't he Steve?

yea also xena got it off sam she was pretty bad also

I think it must depend on the strain of virus that they get. Some seem to get it really bad & they get quite distressed, but others just get a mild form & get over it quite quickly.

they had 2 lot of pills i dont think they ever recover it becasue they still cough now and then

Trouble is, it's a virus, and the body never really gets rid of a virus - your body just learns to deal with it.

Its awful to see him like this This mornin he seems worse, he's just laid asleep and i've noticed every so often he will tremble when inhaling. Still has his appitite tho so have given him a small meal and his pill.

did the vet give a jab of something the vet give me sam something and it help alot but then when my xena got it 4/5 days later she didn't get one and she struggle alot more with it

No he wasn't given a jab. Just the pills and we've got to go back Thursday fot the vet to see how he's getting on. Poor Sam in that video, thats what Ted looks like.