Please Help!! Cat Can't Breathe!!!

[Emeraldgreen]

Thank you so much Mary and thank you Candace too! I think I might be taking a float plane to get to the vet. I'm hoping that it's not going to freak Tiger out too much but it's cheaper and fast than taking the ferries and using our truck with all the gas it needs. I'll make sure to cover his cage with a blanket to keep him calm.
I might wait until Tuesday to see what if any results come back from the fungal panel and/or the fecal test.
I'll definitely keep you posted. Thanks.

[Catty1]

Hoping the best for Tiger!

[Emeraldgreen]

Thanks Candace!
Well, the fungal panel results came back today from the vet and everything was negative so I'm glad I followed my instincts and stopped giving him the anti-fungal meds two days into his treatment. It was making him worse and now it turns out he didn't need it anyway. I have heard that a fungal infection can show up as negative but the odds are that the results are correct. The panel covered things like aspergilllus, blasto, crypto-coccous and things.
So, on with the plan to see the new vet on Thursday morning. Picked up an asthma inhaler today and will see if he'll 'let me' use it on him. I'm sure I could force it but I'm trying to be extra gentle with him because I can only imagine what it must feel like trying to get enough air and you can't and then your 'mom' is coming at you with this crazy aparatus covering your face. I wish he could understand that I'm trying to help him. He's such a sweetie, I hope we make it through this.

[jennielynn1970]

Poor Tiger... I hope you can find what is wrong and get him to start feeling better. Poor boy.

Thoughts and prayers for Tiger and your family.

[kimlovescats]

Bless your poor baby and you for having to listen to and watch him struggle for air! I watched his first video and it broke my heart. He sounds like he has something hung in his throat and it is choking him! Surely all of the endoscopies would have shown that though. Gosh, I know you must be so very frustrated!!!

BIG HUGS and prayers that a vet is soon able to get this figured out!

Kim

[mars]

So sorry to hear about your little guy.

My sister's cat recently died from something that sounds fairly like what you describe. He developed a kind of gasping breathing, not because something was in his airways, but because his chest cavity had filled with fluid and his lungs could not fill with air. He was treated initially for hairballs, and then allergy. By the time they figured out it was congestive heart failure, it was too late to put him on any kind of treatment.

I am not trying to freak you out, and I apologize for sounding this distressing note, but if this is what your cat suffers from, and you catch it soon enough, perhaps it can be treated.

Best wishes to you.