Alfredo has asthma, so I do have experience dealing with it.
As far as the AeroKat device goes, good luck!
Alfredo let me use it on him [barely] twice, before he wouldn't let me near him with it. After that I just followed him around the house with it until I was afraid he would have trouble breathing.
(I have 2 other ways you can administer the medicine from the inhaler.)
The only reason Alfredo even let me near him with it, was because I had my pet psychic explain to him what it (AeroKat) was, how I would use it, and that it would help him to breathe. Alfredo was very scared when he had trouble breathing.
Turns out Dr. Thomas uses an inhaler, so she was able to come up with a way to administer the medicine from the inhaler without the AeroKat.
She suggested taking a re-sealable, plastic baggie (not a Ziplock) fluffing the baggie so that the sides are not stuck together, then re-sealing it half way.
Then, Shake the inhaler, according to directions, then discharge the inhaler into the baggie, and seal it completely closed. The baggie will have air in it as well as medicine. If it does not expand (with some air inside) there is a leak in the bag, so you need to start over with a different baggie. Cheap baggies won't work for this, buy good/$trong baggies and keep them separate, and don't run out.
Then, Holding the baggie like it was a pastry bag, with the "air" gently pushed into one corner, cut the (small) corner off the baggie, hold that corner up to your cat's mouth while gently squeezing the baggie. BE CAREFUL ... your cat will be moving around, do not get the "air" with the medicine in it, in your cats eyes.
Be careful not to inhale (much of) the medicine yourself, or let it affect other animals in the room. I always move the other cats into another room and make sure there is no breeze.
I then rinse out the baggie and dispose of it where there is no chance of any other animal getting to it. I accidently inhaled some the first time and I was dizzy for awhile.
The second way to administer the medication from the inhaler: WOW. I just learned something! I was looking for the link to a $300+ acrylic box and I found this:
Meet Tinkerbell & Chloe! GENIUS! You'd have to modify it some for use with an inhaler. I have a few thoughts if you decide to try "the box".
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Dr. Thomas
Pet Psychic and Animal Communicator Dr. Agnes J. Thomas Pets Tell The Truth charges $35 for 20 minutes. She has been a godsend to my cats. I had one, very troubled cat, Meeko, that had been trying to kill Alfredo for over a year (I had to keep them in separate parts of the house most of the time, and I had a bed in each area so I could sleep with each of them.
//www.city-data.com/forum/cats/...n-feliway.html Meeko had physical problems as well, that necessitated him being euthanized May 2013.
Dr. Thomas stayed on the phone, to be with Meeko, the entire time, no charge.
Sorry I got a little off topic, but she is so much a part of our lives, I can't imagine having to have dealt with some of the more challenging, or sad aspects of my cats lives without her.
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Thanks again!
