Hollywood, one of my Evac Cats, is about 3-1/2 years old and, like many of the Evac Cats, has what the vet terms as asthma, but to me is more comparable to whatever the feline version of pulmonary fibrosis is called.
Hollywood's is the worst case and she's down to about 30% lung capacity now. The vet recently put her on a prednisone regimen and we're currently at 2.5mg per day. The prednisone has not provided any noticeable improvement.
I am looking for ideas and recommendations on treatment options. Has anyone else treated this?
There's no way to know what the original cause was, but since so many of them have it in varying degrees, my feeling is it was caused from a virus or an environmental agent. Needless to say, I'd like to make her as comfortable as possible for as long as possible. Obviously it's progressive, but she still feels very well. She's active and playful, and eats like a horse, even before the steroids, and weighs-in at a whopping 5.5#. She's such a little survivor and tough as nails, so she'll fight as long as she can.
Hollywood's is the worst case and she's down to about 30% lung capacity now. The vet recently put her on a prednisone regimen and we're currently at 2.5mg per day. The prednisone has not provided any noticeable improvement.
I am looking for ideas and recommendations on treatment options. Has anyone else treated this?
There's no way to know what the original cause was, but since so many of them have it in varying degrees, my feeling is it was caused from a virus or an environmental agent. Needless to say, I'd like to make her as comfortable as possible for as long as possible. Obviously it's progressive, but she still feels very well. She's active and playful, and eats like a horse, even before the steroids, and weighs-in at a whopping 5.5#. She's such a little survivor and tough as nails, so she'll fight as long as she can.