Hello All:
My remaining boy ( Magellin aka " Jelly " ) has some kind of fluid
either in his lungs or in his trachea... The oddest thing is that
despite my hearing it ALL the time ( and even frequently cupping him to
get him to cough and clear it a bit) 2 Vets have failed to hear it (
and... in fact... it seems to disappear when I've taken him somewhere to
"show" them what I'm talking about)... possibly adrenaline from being
anxious about being in the car and a new environment dries it up
temporarily.. just like we get dry mouths when we are scared?? It
concerns me even though it's not currently causing him a lot of
distress.... it's just very disconcerting when I hear him gurgling as he
eats his dinner or as he sleeps because I simply don't know what it is
and if there is something I should be addressing before it gets
worse... When I first got him he appeared to have an asthma like
condition with multiple attacks of a kind of " hacking" each day....
Interestingly that was last March as well ( when I first got him....
almost to the day today..... along his little but older "brother" who
lasted just under a year with me despite many many trips to vets and
multiple meds nearly the entire time I had him.... I call him little
because he failed to thrive from the get go...a poster cat for bad
FeLV) I still feel his loss and I will be devastated if I were to lose
this guy over something I could have done something about..... The
asthma like condition went away after I gave the rugs a thorough
cleaning, moved all the furniture away from the walls and vacuumed and
cleaned... got rid of as much dust as I could.... I did so many damn
things I'd be hard pressed to know which ( if any) were the most
useful...could have been simply that when I was finally able to open the
windows THAT did it... All that said.... just wondering if anyone has
had such symptoms with a cat ( sounds like one of us might sound after a
bad chest cold just as the mucuus is loosening up... but instead of
getting better it simply stays at the same level.... Anyone have
experience with using nebulizers with cats ( and yes I've done the
bathroom shower thing... thats a bit wasteful....).... I'm actually
wondering about these new " Vape things... ie... if I were to add a
small dose of medication to it.... they produce a HUGE amount of vapor
and could be a LOT cheaper than a nebulizer..... Wondering also if
anyone has ever given a cat a small dose of a mucolytic medication with
what result.??? Ultimately I'll do a chest Xray but... these are
rather pricey and it's spring "wedding" time now.... another cash
outlay.... Though I won't hold off if it gets worse... I've just been
home a LOT lately and have been hearing it all day long many days....
The little guy is still playful , energetic, eats well ,poops and pees
normally and is his same ultra sociable self... I just don't want to
ignore something I really should possible be paying more attention
to.....
thanks for any suggestions and experience...
Bob
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