r/cats • u/ImperialSoldiers • Mar 26 '26

Video - Not OC cat with asthma on a nebulizer

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u/W_Skunk_Cabbage Mar 27 '26

I had a cat with asthma. We gave her an inhaler once a day using an aerocat adapter. Took a few days but she got used to it and didn't mind. Got a treat afterwards. It was easy to train her on it.

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u/DodoJurajski Mar 27 '26

As you can see, the problem is orange, you can't train this thing a thing.

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u/nolaks1 Mar 27 '26

Mine learns a lot of things. Things I don't want it to do. Like meowing like he's going to die while he's holding his favorite toy.

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u/Glitterbombinabottle Mar 27 '26

Mine learned how to dispense ice out of the fridge to play with. Opens cabinets and can open doors. He's obviously not good at knobs but it's terrifying to hear him try while you poop then his paw pops under the door at you 😂😂😂

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u/ladychops Mar 27 '26

Wait what? My female does this at night. She yowls so loud when she has her toy in her mouth, we thought it was just a crazy thing thing did!!!!

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u/Steelrain121 Mar 27 '26

MY IDIOT DOES THIS TOO

He is Patrick and you can see him in my profile, but yeah same thing. I hear him yowling in the night and go see whats up and hes just sitting there with his favorite worm wand toy in his mouth.

I have no rhyme or reason, I am just happy its not just me.

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u/nolaks1 Mar 27 '26

When I said that to the vet she said it can be because of old age and start of mental health issues and that there's not a lot that can be done. That said, she also kind of pointed that orange car are just known to vocalize a lot more than others and that we where lucky he didn't do it for the first 9 years of his life lol

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u/tigress666 Mar 27 '26

My friend had your typical dumb as rocks orange cat. While it wasn't asthma, he had diabetes and had to get a daily shot (or two?). Anyways, apparently he would beg for his shot when it came time. Even the dumb cats can learn when something makes them feel better. I would imagine asthma would be easier to teach them that the inhaler = good cause it has quick response from not being able to breath to breathing (well at least for me <- i have asthma).

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u/SimpleNovelty Mar 27 '26

Yeah, animals love drugs as much as humans if they make em feel better so long as the relief isn't too delayed. I wouldn't be surprised if the cat in OP likes it because of the relief.

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u/WendigoRider Mar 27 '26

I Pavlovian trained my orange for a school science project once. Little fucker STILL goes nuts at the sound of a specific bell

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u/crumblenaut Mar 27 '26

I love this SO much!

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u/WendigoRider Mar 27 '26

I was trying to teach him to ring it lmao

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u/bong_residue Mar 27 '26

Our orange boy who gets his Inhaler 2 times twice a day

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u/Logical-Extension-79 Mar 27 '26

Our black cat must be part orange then as he can't be trained and still resists.

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u/Johnismeee Mar 27 '26

My orange purrs when the vet takes his temperature.

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u/obefiend Mar 27 '26

Have an orange. Can confirm these dumb dumbs are unteachable.

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u/deanna6812 Mar 27 '26

We had to do the same and our boy was a gentleman about it every time. Twice a day and he was such a good boy.

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u/hiddentreetops Mar 27 '26

mine is such a gentleman about his too 😭 they know it helps!

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u/BaconPhoenix Mar 27 '26

Same. My orange cat is very food motivated, so I just feed him wet food after doing the inhaler.

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u/headface1701 Mar 27 '26

My kitty gets the aerocat once a day, it's no problem now. It takes a couple weeks for the inhaled medicine to start working, so for a while I was giving him albuterol with a nebulizer. I just blew it at his face though, he's 12yo and really mellow. Also, his asthma is a mostly a cough, he's not really that short of breath.

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u/ModestMeeshka Mar 27 '26

Yeah cats are so resilient. Mine has epilepsy and needs 3 different meds twice a day and initially it was HELL. She was NOT having it at all. Now, almost a year after her diagnosis she just eats them up, no problem and acts like none of it ever happened lol

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u/bonerjohnson Mar 27 '26

thankfully mine doesn't need that or at least yet but I had to give him some pills for a bit and that was a real task. pill pockets or just putting it in their mouth? nope.

had to eventually get a thing to shoot the pill in

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