Bob, Have you tried to record the sounds of his breathing to replay for a vet? Suppose you told them about past episodes & effects of thorough cleaning? Jen
On Mar 6, 2017 8:33 PM, "ROBERT CHAPEL" <bcha...@optonline.net> wrote: > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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