A friend's indoor cat (little exercise) has asthma. His vet says he should make it swim to give it some exercise and "clean everything out". Sounds strange to me. Any comments or other ideas?
Thanks.
A friend's indoor cat (little exercise) has asthma. His vet says he should make it swim to give it some exercise and "clean everything out". Sounds strange to me. Any comments or other ideas?
Thanks.
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that seems a little odd unless the cat already enjoys swimming. start by decreasing the food by 10% and increase the activity a little by little. my cat is on albuterol. and actually really hasn't needed it in the last few months. I tried taking him off of it and it has been about 4 months since I consistantly was giving him albuterol and he hasn't had an attack in over a year now.
when he was first diagnosed with asthma I would get out the string toy and sit down and play with my cats and sometimes I would only be able to play with them for 5 mins before he started mouth breathing but as time went by and he was on the albuterol and starting to loose some weight now I tire before he does.
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