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I have a 5 year old cat who recently developed asthma. He has been to the vet to confirm this. However I cannot really afford to get medication from the vet all the time. Does anyone know of an inexpensive but effective treatment which I can use?

2007-07-22 03:13:49 · 5 answers · asked by ponderer 2 in Pets Cats

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Ours had a short term asthma, we treated it with three weeks on prednesone, a steroid. It did clear up the problem and the pred wasn't expensive. It does need to be tapered off, not stopped suddenly, but that was part of the three week course of the pills.

2007-07-22 10:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0 0

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2016-07-27 09:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by Armando 3 · 0 0

Asthma is an allergy and is triggered by something. The best non medication treatment for asthma is learning your triggers and avoiding them. Common triggers are smoke, dust, mold, mildew, plants, dust mites, pets and grass/weeds.

If you can not figure our your triggers, you may need to see an allergist and have allergy screening done. This may point out your triggers.

The National Asthma Prevention Program and the Expert Panel of Diagnosis and Management of Asthma both agree if you have to use a prescription inhaler such as albuterol more then two time per week, your asthma is NOT in control and you will need a prescription controller medication.

Controller medications are steroids (Asthmacort Asthmanex, Flovent, Pulmocort), Leukotriene modifier (Singulair, Aculade, Zyflo) or mast cell stabilizers (Cromolyn sodium, Intal, Tilade).

You may want to talk to your doctor about several strong controller medications and maybe Xolair shots.

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2016-05-14 16:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

My cat also was diagnosed with asthma, however, even though she never had allergy symptoms our vet suggested that seasonal allergies may be setting off her asthma symptoms. The vet was right, one allergy shot cleared her asthma right up! The shot would last for up to 3 months, fortunately by the time the shot wore off the season had usually passed and we wouldn't need to repeat the shot until the following year. I'm not sure what kind of treatment your vet is offering for your cat so far, but I would ask them about an allergy shot. When the shot would wear off my cat would still have MILD asthma symptoms but not enough to worry about, and we found that getting her 1 - 2 shots per year was very easy to fit into our budget (i think it was about $30 per shot). I don't know if your cat will be in a similar situation but it may be worth a try to look into.

2007-07-22 05:39:31 · answer #4 · answered by noobiedoo2 2 · 0 0

Give it a good cleaning with a wire brush. Should cure it up.

2007-07-22 03:17:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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