Hi! I have come to this site to see if anyone has any idea what is wrong with poor Manny. He is 5 years old and a strictly indoor cat. About a year ago he was diagnosed with feline asthma and was put on an oral steroid to open his airways. We had brought him to the vet originally because he was vomiting multiple times a day and was vomiting up food which apparently is quite rare unless over feeding is an issue which is not the case here. He never showed a loss in appetite and seemed to be in good spirits. Then he stopped eating and we noticed a gagging/wheezing fits which we later learned was an asthma attack. The vet noticed it was a breathing issue and did the testing and X-rays and treated him for the asthma, leaving the vomiting and lack of appetite a mystery. The meds for the asthma seemed to also stop the vomiting and loss of appetite completely which still confuses my vet to this day. With no idea what the vomiting issue is we have been treating him for the asthma and have seen no problems with him at all while he is off the meds. About a month of not being on the meds he starts the vomiting again and we end up putting him back on them.
About a month ago we woke up and his thrid eyelid was swollen and the eye had discharge under it. My vet put him on an antibiotic which didn't help the eye at all. She recommended an optomologist. Took him there and he was diagnosed with "cherry eye" which is common in dogs but very rare in cats. In fact it is really only seen in the Burmese breed which Manny is suspected to have in his shelter cat gene pool. I can't help but think that all of his rare mystery conditions are related and all symptoms of one underlying issue. If anyone has any ideas please throw them out there because Manny is our baby and he is only 5 and has so much life to live and I hate to see him with all of these issues. If you can please help! Thanks for reading this rant. :-)
About a month ago we woke up and his thrid eyelid was swollen and the eye had discharge under it. My vet put him on an antibiotic which didn't help the eye at all. She recommended an optomologist. Took him there and he was diagnosed with "cherry eye" which is common in dogs but very rare in cats. In fact it is really only seen in the Burmese breed which Manny is suspected to have in his shelter cat gene pool. I can't help but think that all of his rare mystery conditions are related and all symptoms of one underlying issue. If anyone has any ideas please throw them out there because Manny is our baby and he is only 5 and has so much life to live and I hate to see him with all of these issues. If you can please help! Thanks for reading this rant. :-)