That is true, but respiratory distress in a cat should never ever be ignored. This cat just sounds so compromised and ill that I would at least consider that this might be irreversible and signaling the end. I certainly don't wish that on anyone and not this poster or her cat, but having just had a perfectly healthy (other than FELV+) cat develop what initially seemed to be an URI and then to have him crash within days, open mouth breathe, and nearly die on the way to the ER vet (who then put him in the oxygen tent only to see him NOT get any relief) and to later (after PTS) discover that it was lylmphoma, I am very sensitive to this. I saw my Herbie stuggle to breath, I heard him yowl in pain, and remember how just weeks ago, my vet said he was in pain...
I've had other, small FELV+ kittens go into this type of distress as well, that was the signal (in those cases) that we were beyond repair. I truly hope this can be resolved and the cat made better. Please keep us posted. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: 5/31/2007 7:01:15 PM Subject: Re: Anyone have experience with respiratory distress likelycausedbyanemia? I know there have been other members here who lost cats in respiratory distress. Personally, if it has been on-going, but not worsening, I would go to the vet where the cat could be put in an oxygen cage for a while and treated (possibly with steroids like Dexamethasone or Depomedrol, or both). It's certainly not a sure sign of the end, by any means. Yes, sometimes it does happen that way, but then there are also many causes of respiratory distress, most of which ARE treatable. Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources http://www.iGive.com/html/refer.cfm?causeid=21303 Sign up for iGive and a percentage of your purchases helps save animals!
