It is a wonderful and admirable thing to adopt a shelter cat. However, they almost always arrive with health issues. Your new "furry child" most likely has an upper respiratory infection and the intestinal parasite coccidia or giardia. These bacterium are VERY common in shelters and catteries and wherever there are many cats.
Have you vet put her on a round of Clavamox and flagyl. That will clear up the URI and the parasite. He can also give her a shot of Ivermecten to clear out the mites.Some vets do not treat URI's in cats because they feel it is viral. However, I disagree with that method because serious secondary infections (like pneumonia and bronchitis) can develope from an untreated URI. Additionally, the weakened immune system of a shelter cat will not be strong enough to knock out the UTI without a little help.
Thank you for adopting this dear cat and saving her life. You are a wonderful person. The world needs more people like you!
May God bless you and those you love!
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