Was going to cancel the visit because he improved a lot but I took him in anyway because it was scheduled. Felt a little silly, but I'm new to FIV! They did some baseline blood work instead because he had never had any before.
I have been giving him lysine powder every day for the past week. Maybe that has an effect idk. The vet said I can just give that to him forever if I want and it shouldn't hurt anything.
Verdict is that he will likely always have one watery eye, possibly due to a mild anatomic abnormal. And he might have very mild allergies or very mild asthma which does not really affect his life too much.
But I guess he needs to lose 1-2 pounds so we'll work on that next! He also has some tartar buildup so I'll have to see if I can get him to use dental chews.
He is nonreactive to catnip, silvervine, and valerian root lol ๐
My previous cat didn't give a damn about catnip etc either, but she still liked that flavor of dental treats. I have my doubts about whether they actually taste like catnip or contain any, because nobody is getting high off them. Also my present cat, who does react to dried catnip/silver vine, didn't eat any of the catnip plant I put on the windowsill. She does eat grass every day (and hair ties to such a degree I had to ban them, but that's a different story) so I think real catnip isn't tasty. I like them better than the salmon flavor because they don't smell like fish. And she doesn't care for the chicken flavor.