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Hi all, I have creeped this site when needed over the past decade+ but never felt the need to join till now. I am extremely worried about my senior 15 year old cat, Bentley. He broke out in some sores and was losing hair in patches so I took him to the vet on Tuesday and he was given a Coevnia shot and prescribed 5MG Prednisolone daily for suspected allergies, split between two 2.5MG doses twice a day, which I was supposed to cut down on to 2.5 once daily after a week. Today (Friday) I began day 3 of the treatment and gave him his morning dose, and about an hour later I noticed he had labored breathing and was even breathing with his mouth slightly open sometimes (not panting or wide open like a very stressed or exhausted cat would though). By labored breathing I mean there is a bit of noise and more than normal movement in his chest and upper abdomen, and his nostrils are flaring a bit more than usual, but his resting breathing rate is still in the upper normal range. I called the vet immediately and they told me to stop the pred completely and keep a close eye on him, and that if things worsen or don’t get better in a day or so to page their emergency line since the normal office is closed weekends. I live in a very rural area with only this vet. I was told it would take about 24hrs for it to leave his system but it has been almost 12 hours now and he has not improved at all breathing wise. He seems a bit agitated but not distressed, and has been eating like normal and coming to sit on my lap and such, so acting mostly normal otherwise, but since cats can hide their symptoms so well I am worried he could be suffering more than he is letting on, so I really don’t know what to do or what to think.
Has anyone experienced a reaction like this to pred before with their cat? Or any reaction for that matter, and if so, did the symptoms subside once it started to wear off? I don’t think it’s the covenia as he has had it multiple times in the past with no issue. Any advice is appreciated, I’ll probably be up all night.
Has anyone experienced a reaction like this to pred before with their cat? Or any reaction for that matter, and if so, did the symptoms subside once it started to wear off? I don’t think it’s the covenia as he has had it multiple times in the past with no issue. Any advice is appreciated, I’ll probably be up all night.