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Yes my girls have asthma. One cane to me with it. One developed it for some strange reason.Does anyone have any experience with cat asthma? Felix is starting to show symptoms so he's going to see his doctor tomorrow.
He's been doing something like this:
I'm also taking out a credit card just for the vet bills because this is his second health issue in the past year.
Make sure the vet does xrays. That's pretty much the only way to diagnose feline asthma other than coughing.
Also if you can afford it I also recommend a heart ultrasound. Only because once in a blue moon a cat comes down with heart issues disguised as asthma. This isnt common but in my 5 years of dealing with feline asthma there have been a handful of cats who ended up having heart issues-but this isn't common. But it's always nice to make sure this is ruled out.
The vets dont really follow this...I came up with this as several cats in the feline asthma group yahoo ended up having issues when vet prescribed prednisolone. And pred will make heart issues more pronounced. So for me I had an ultra done on the heart to rule out.
Otherwise they probably send you home with one or two meds. One is an inhaler. Which you will need an aerokat. Check out Fritz the brave website.
The other medication may be prednisolone if the xrays show inflammation. Not all vets know about feline asthma..not really covered I guess.
Things you can do - discontinue perfumes/sprays of any kind. Air freshener, body scents etc, fabric softer or use half the usual amount, plug in glade air thingies, oil difussers. Basically anything that emits scented air discontinue.
There's an active group on Yahoo called feline asthma group which is all email and lots of great people on there.
PM me if you want to talk or need support. I was scared you know what when my new cat was coughing...understand the fear.