Can anyone help me? Asthma and prednisone.

dolphin143 · Nov 25, 2014

I hv a 12yr old male Himalayan Persian that is my world. He was diagnosed with asthma a yr ago. I started prednisone every other day. He was responding to the steroid very good. He wasn't coughing anymore. Within the last 4 months the prednisone has started to not work. He has been coughing a lot every day, only peeing once a day, wont get off couch. When I shake the treat container he used to come running, now I hv to take treats to him. He used to follow my every move, now he just lays there w me all day literally. The vet checked him out n he lost 1 pound, n sd to give prednisone every day. But he just keeps getting worse. Does anyone have any suggestions to help me?

jcat · Nov 26, 2014

Sorry, I don't have any experience with a cat with asthma, but I'll bump this in the hopes that somebody who does will see it.

dolphin143 · Nov 26, 2014

Ok thank you.

stephenq · Nov 26, 2014

Dolphin143 said:
I hv a 12yr old male Himalayan Persian that is my world. He was diagnosed with asthma a yr ago. I started prednisone every other day. He was responding to the steroid very good. He wasn't coughing anymore. Within the last 4 months the prednisone has started to not work. He has been coughing a lot every day, only peeing once a day, wont get off couch. When I shake the treat container he used to come running, now I hv to take treats to him. He used to follow my every move, now he just lays there w me all day literally. The vet checked him out n he lost 1 pound, n sd to give prednisone every day. But he just keeps getting worse. Does anyone have any suggestions to help me?

I would discuss with your vet using a rescue inhaler. There is a device that is sold that attaches to one and that is designed for a cat's face. quite easy to use with a couple minutes of instruction and I have seen a lot of badly asthmatic cats respond very well to this.

See links below:

http://plaza.ufl.edu/johnsonn/Aerocat1.jpg

http://plaza.ufl.edu/johnsonn/catasthmameds2.htm

dolphin143 · Nov 26, 2014

Thank you, I will definitely check it out.

stephenq · Nov 26, 2014

Anytime :-)

Here's an example on Amazon.

LTS3 · Nov 26, 2014

Here's a good web site to learn about asthma and treatment options: http://www.fritzthebrave.com/

My previous cat had asthma which was treated with inhaled Flovent. The Flovent inhaler is used with the AeroKat chamber: http://www.trudellmed.com/animal-health/aerokat

Can anyone help me? Asthma and prednisone.

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