Our lovely tatty old cat, Maddie (she's 19) has a stinking cold. Her breathing has never been easy since we got her from a friend of a friend two year ago. She's always been prone to a wheezey chest. Now, our poor lovely is utterly bunged up and because she can't smell (and presumably taste) her food she's not eating much either. She's gone without two breakfasts and a dinner so far. She usually yowls for food constantly. She loves warmth and sits unnervingly close to our woodburner to have a nap. I keep nudging her to check she's still alive! I can see she's looking weak (she never was a full figured girl) and I'm giving her a long acting antibiotic to clear the infection (discharge from her nose is opaque) but how can I ease the congestion? Obviously can't help her blow her nose or give her a hot lemon. What do you do for cats? I fear she'll be finished by this. I don't have a problem with the old girl drifting off in her sleep but I can't bear the thought of her dying from a blasted cold, snuffly and uncomfortable and hungry.