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Cats with C.O.P.D in America

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This is the famous Scruffy i have been including in my posts.

check out this link from our friends across the Atlantic.i hope the link works just getting the photo on here has drained my limited techno ability.when you open link click on know your pet and input copd.Apparrentley horses get it too.

vcahospitals.com/

She has'n,t done a 6 min walk test yet,just a 15 second amble to her bowl in the kitchen

love to all xx

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I came across a dog with respiratory disease a few years ago - she belonged to my respiratory nurse so she was probably well catered for.

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Oh, she really is scruffy but so cute with it. I'm sure she wouldn't appreciate being called cute, not with that 'don't mess with me ' expression and belligerent eyeballing. You know who she reminds me of ? William, in the 'Just William' stories by Richmal Crompton. He wears his school cap at just the angle of Scruffy's ears and his knee socks flapping round his ankles.

In this heat even 15-second ambles can be hell. Don't overdo it Scruffy, get youknowwho to bring the food to you.

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She has a wonky eye and a wonky ear because i believe she may have been in an traffic accident at some time in her previous.i believe in the photo she was swearing at me to let her back in the house.x

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As a Iad I had all of the 'Just William' books. William Brown was my hero.👦

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Mine too Don, I thought his life of wandering the countryside and getting into scrapes was the perfect life for a 10/11/12 year old. Of course as a girl, it was a bit harder to pull off William as a role model. nobody would want to be Violet Elizabeth Bott.

Sorry Skischool, I realise I've gone off topic on your thread about animals with COPD. I will promptly cease and desist.

None of my cats have displayed any respiratory symptoms apart from occasional coughing spasms when getting up a hair ball. But two weeks ago when my sweet Splash was approaching the end, his breathing became laboured about two hours before the vet was due. We put a fan on on a gentle strength and placed it on the floor, pointing upwards to the sofa he was lying on. This always helps me and it helped him too. He cooled down, calmed down and his breathing went back to normal.

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Magpuss

What a splendid moggie! She just oozes character out of every paw (sorry, couldn't resist the pun).😸

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skischool

Unfortunately she is inclined to ooze stuff out of other orifices on the odd ocasion which is not so endearing.but still a lovable rascal.xx

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knitter

My cats were diagnosed as being asthmatic the same time as me after a bout of pneumonia .....very strange.

So we would wheeze and cough together....sadly only me now coughs and wheezes. ...no more cats now.

The horse my daughter rode ....very gently for short distances was asthmatic too.

If she met my dog Midge one of them would do a 6 minute run test. Not sure who would be in front. Scruffy looks a pretty tough puss. 😂

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mrsmummy

I remember a member querying the cause of COPD usually being given as cigarette smoking given that it has been around for many, many years in the animal kingdom. She wondered how many horses had smoked?

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I have had horses with copd its caused by dusty hay straw and allergies ,Like us it can be managed but still horrid x

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Horses suffer with COPD to x

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