From:
Mary Alvarez-Cabreras
Date: 2002-01-04 11:23:00 UTC
Subject: ERRATIC BREATHING PROBLEMS
Greetings All:
I have been having a problem with my little guy Chewy. Within two
months time, he's had these weird breathing problems on three (3)
separate occasions. All of a sudden, he'll start to breath out as
if he's trying to clear his nose but you can hear and feel this
rumbling in his body (it reminds me of when I had Bronchitis a few
years ago). It really does sound like he has phlegm in his chest
but these attacks have only lasted less than 1/2 an hour and then it
goes away and he's back to normal with no sign of the rumbling. I
put on a hot, hot shower and took him in the bathroom (but not in
the water) for about five (5) minutes to let him breath in the steam
and it seems to have worked because he would calm down and start
breathing normally.
His Vet is on vacation and but I called the covering Vet and she
didn't know what to make of it. At the time, when I called nothing
was happening and she didn't feel any immediate concern. I thought
it had to do with the Pepcid AC that he was getting at the time but
she stated that it doesn't cause that type of reaction. Either way,
he's not on it anymore and yesterday it happened for the third time.
He's also just finished his run of Amoxcil so I can't understand
him catching anything if he's just gotten off of antibiotics. He's
never done this before and he's never had the flu so I don't know
what to look for. He doesn't have any kind of discharge coming from
his nose or any other sickly symptoms. Does anyone know what this
is? Please respond.
Thanks,
Mary