Dave's feline asthma attack #2

I filmed this after giving Dave her (yes *her*) medication -- it takes a few minutes to take affect. Dave has feline asthma and she coughs uniquely when she has an asthma attack. Pet sitters and friends have asked how to tell if Dave is having an attack, so I made this video after giving her her medication. About twice each year we have to take her to the emergency veterinary clinic for an injection to snap her out of an especially bad attack.

Dave had asthma attacks for several years before it was diagnosed -- we thought she had hairballs when in fact she was gasping for breath. Hopefully other cat owners will watch this and realize that their cats need medical attention.

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[davemc1958]

My 14-year old cat has asthma, which for a while we tried steroid shots. Then she became diabetic, probably from the steriods. What can you do?

[bunktrudy]

Hi davemc1958 -- talk to your vet. Mine recommended Flovent, and inhaled medication, to be used in combination with the aerokat pet inhaler; google 'aerokat' and you will get lots of information about it. If your vet has never heard of Flowvent and aerokat, get a new vet!

[bunktrudy]

anddawede -- We have a AeroKat inhaler for emergencies. Luckily we have only had to use it twice. When Dave had her first big attack the Vet put her in an o2 chamber, too.

[bunktrudy]

Hi doubters -- Dave has asthma, I kid you not. It's a medical condition, diagnosed by a veterinarian. When you compare x-rays taken of Dave's lungs when she's having an attack vs. when she is not, you can clearly see the inflamed areas of the lungs during an attack -- little loop-like areas called "doughnuts". My vet put her on Prednisone, an asthma medication also taken by humans, and she went from having 1 minor attack per month to 1 every 6 months, often longer.

[Luubelaar]

Glad to hear that Dave is doing ok. I think my cat has asthma too as she coughs like that a lot and has been doing so for years, but our vet isn't really convinced.

As for *her* name being Dave, a work colleague has a female cat named Kevin. She gets a lot of people respond "don't you mean *he*?" when she refers to Kevin as a she.

[DJBUCKSHOT187]

@bunktrudy thats wat they did to mine 2day its nerve wreckin huuu? well we gotta do what we gotta do!!

[SusiQ73]

My cat has asthma too. He has it badly though. Episodes of deep breathing from his tummy and with his mouth open, also wheezing. For those of you who don't think cats can get it, I have had 4 different vet opinions and they all said he had it. One weekend it cost me almost $400 to save his life at an emergency clinic. He does well now with liquid albuterol and liquid prednisolone compounded to taste like fish. Sometimes he gets benadryl as well. Asthma does exist in cats (and dogs too).

[Scarlettexashes]

Thanks for posting this, most videos of cats with asthma are usually more serious or not as sublte (open mouth breathing, violent head shaking) Things my kitty doesnt do, he simply jsut gets down low and wheezes sometimes similar to this- kinda just happened out of the blue, never had any other attacks , he started having fits (we thought they were hair balls) he hacked something up, but continues to have the fits without producing another hair ball.

[BattleintheSkies]

My 3 yo girl has kitty asthma. We take her for acupuncture, she has an inhaler, we have holistic and prescription medicine for a humidifier, and still my little girl can't seem to get it under control. We thought it was hairballs for a few months, but realized there was never a hairball. Not one. She ended up in the ER on Christmas eve, and got numerous steroid shots, etc. We almost lost her. People need to care about their pets and be more aware. How is your kitty now, anyway?

[Halfbloodalchemist]

if you read the info it says that he video taped this to show pet sitters AFTER he had given her her medication.

[Rbuzz73]

read the comment. The video is taken AFTER the medicine was administered. The video is helpfull to cat owners (like me) who until now did not know what asthma in felines looks like.

[punkrockprincess323]

is he ok now he looks like my uncles cat shed, but he had a wife who was vishis and mean and kept him in a shed and never let him in. but when he duvorced her he took the cat with him, but in cuort the mean wife aunt sindey took him back! she wuz soo mean.

[Zer0nite]

Poor kitty =(

[LeskaTV]

My cat had the same symptoms posted in your video. Believe me, I never knew this could happend until my cat woke me up at 4:30 AM with the worse breathing problem. He was recently diagnosed with Asthma.

Thanks for sharing this video with us!!