Runny Nose in an adult cat

It sounds like a chronic URI [upper respiratory infection [complex]]. Symptoms are runny nose/eyes, sneezing, coughing, and sometimes fever. The most likely causes are feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) and feline calicivirus (FCV).

Take her to the vet.

Even if the cat has feline herpes it won't always affect their appetite. There is an upper respiratory infection that is very prevalent and any cat that has had shots is not very suceptible to it and that may be why the others are fine. Albon or Amoxicillin will most likely take care of this. I have had lots of cats when I had my cat shelter that had it. How are her eyes? Do they puss up and close with a scab-like coating? If they do then it probably is the feline herpes but it can be controlled with medication. I hope you find the answer.

Under some advice of a friend we gave her some claritin and this seemed to clear her up. But it is still there and the claritin seems to give her some nausea after a couple of weeks. As far as her eyes go they are almost always runny and look sometimes as though there is a red mucus buildup in the corners of her eyes. I wash her face with a warm rag three sometimes four times a day. I haven't given her any more Claritan for quite sometime. It seems as though some days her nose runs very clear. Then a day or two later it will be green and thick. I cannot afford a vet while being unemployed. Any more advice would be greatly appreciated.

You can get an eye ointment for the cat. It will keep that mucus out of her eyes. It really sounds like she may have a herpes virus. It will come and go but you can control it.

sorry but if you cant afford the vets bills you should not have the animal, not to be able to afford vets bills to my mind is cruelty itself.