Agonizing Pregnant Cat Is Suffocating From Build-Up Fluid In Lungs 😫Coast To Coast S7E3 | Bondi Vet 

I agree

Can’t save everyone, but always good to remember we’ve saved more than we would have if we didn’t care!

We're so happy she's doing good now 🥰

DR WHO DIAGNOSED THE PREGNANT CAT WAS DEFINITELY SO ON POINT WITH ALL THE PRECAUTIONS AND EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS! I lost my baby from undiagnosed Cushings disease by my primary vet and because of that, the emergency vet couldn’t diagnose the acute respiratory distress causing him his life 😢 I wish I had these vets in the video to properly treat and possibly saved my babies life

35:54 The baby's didn't live

Spoiler much 😕

@@trishgilbert6342 how U came to the comments you only have your self to blame

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Vets. Well do their best, fix and try to save them

We have a poodle! She's a sassy girl

I'm guessing it was a URI (Upper respiratory infection) the more severe the URI is, or the longer it's been left without treatment, the mucus build up in the lungs becomes harder to clear out. That's only my guess though, could be something completely different..

You can't drain fluid out of lungs, that is just not possible. What you saw on other episodes must have been cases where the fluid builds up in the chest cavity, making breathing hard and can end up being fatal by "robbing" the lungs the space they need to expand during breathing. Those "free" fluids that build up in the chest or abdominal cavity can be drained. Though not without risk it is a short time solution that buys time to figure out the problem. But when the fluid is INSIDE the lung, like in this cat, it can't be drained, all a vet can do is administering a diuretic, also medicine that stimulates the kidneys and helps the body to get rid of fluids and hope that is works in time. So: This vet did everything she could and more than a lot of vets would have done. Seeing the lung that "good" on the ultrasound is a VERY bad sign already. Air is black on an ultrasound, so a healthy lung is hardly to examine that way at all. Then she also heard that the lungs sounded bad and the x-ray showed hardly any part of the lungs that is capable of getting Oxygen in and CO2 out. A lot of vets would have stopped trying and even that would have been understandable That looked really, really bad and the chances of getting enough oxygen into that cat until the diuretic had time to work where really slim and if that had worked the reason why the lungs are so bad would not even be diagnosed. The kittens did not stand a chance. Mummy cat was extremely skinny and even if she had by some kind of miracle pulled through her organism would not have been strong enough to heal and keep the pregnancy, let alone survive the birth and spare even more resources to lactate.. If she had pulled through and didn't loose those kittens it would have been sad but right by mummy cat to terminate the pregnancy. So: They did everything they could to save her, there was nothing else they could have done and most vets would haven "given up" while this one and her team where still fighting. Sometimes we can't help... no matter how hard we try and how much we want our patients to live.

I lost my 2 year old to FIP too, he started having problems with breathing on easter night so no veterinarian was open, on the next day in the morning we went to only vet open and she gave him medicine but in the evening it was so bad we had to put him to sleep… there was no previous symptoms just that he didn’t was to eat on eastern evening and we decided to go to the vet next day with him if he didn’t eat in the morning too. In his case the illness went really quickly and strongly, he had A LOT of fluid in the lungs, when he was falling asleep blood with liquid just went out of his little nose and mouth…I got him when he was young rescue, he was still drinking from the bottle ❤ Anyway just wanted to share my story too and love to anyone who is going or went through something similar. I just with there was a bit more awareness about FIP in cats especially more accessible medicine since in my country the medicine for FIP is illegal and you have to order it from other countries.

Animals are often in shelters for a reason sadly, behavioural issues, health issues, trust issues etc. and some can require very experienced owners to accommodate them. Adopting a kitten from a reputable breeder is very different to adopting a cat with a heart condition. Especially when it comes to pet insurance as not all insurance companies will cover already established long term health issues but can offer to cover long term conditions that develop after insurance has been bought. In my instance I live at the top of a block of flats and don't have access to a private, fenced in garden but do have an entire beach just a 5 minute walk away and several walking trails in the area. Adoption shelters I've reached out to ask about adoption have refused me either because of no garden access or the fact there's stairs. But if I were to buy a puppy I could teach that puppy to get used to me carrying them down the stairs and waiting until they've left the building to do their business and probably teach them to walk off the lead right to the beach. I can also desensitize my puppy so it doesn't react badly to things like being groomed, examined by vets etc. which would be harder to do with an adult dog. Basically it often boils down to a person's personal living circumstances and adopting, even with the best of intentions, isn't always the best thing. What matters is shopping responsibly and picking an experienced breeder who has traceable background and health checks for all their breeding animals and one that is happy to take the animal back if circumstances change and the new owners can't look after the animal.

Thanks for your insight!​@@ArtzyZero

@@butchieblock9118 No problem! :D

@@ArtzyZeroI want to add that even animals that were brought to the shelter through no fault of their own (when I used to volunteer I saw SO many who were brought in because the owner could no longer afford to care for them) the very situation of being placed in a shelter can be traumatic in itself. It's better than the alternative of course, but IME it does take some work to get an adopted pet to start feeling comfortable in a home again, while the puppies my family has gotten from breeders settled in pretty quickly.

Animals that are in shelters are usually there for a reason. Some animals were given up due to behavioral issues. Some animals eere given because their owner couldn't care for them any more but the environment of a kennel and shelter can be traumatising because they're not getting that bond that they need and they're constantly hearing other animals but often can't see them. Some animals are dropped off at shelters because they have health conditions that their owner couldn't afford to treat. My friend is about to have a baby and they are also looking at getting a puppy once they have settled in their new family life. They can't afford a dog with a pre-existing health issue and they can't risk getting a dog with behavioral issues as it could harm the baby.

It may have been as little as an hour or two depending on the reason for the build up, sometimes it doesn't even take that long.

@@rustyhowe3907 with the extent of damage to her lungs it seems unlikely that it would've been so quick.

@@allyyyyyyp You could be right on the money, it could very well have been a growing problem that went undetected which then went into turbo speed to flood the lungs. It's a very sad and tragic case.

Difficult to say for certain but also one problem is until fluid builds up to a certain extent it can be difficult to tell that a cat is sick as it's not like they can tell you. We had no idea fluid was slowly filling up our cat's lungs until it reached a critical point of respiratory distress. The severity of damage does seem like perhaps someone could have brought her to the vet earlier but cats don't always make their suffering obvious

I had a 22 year old cat die in Oct. 2023 of a similar illness. She lost a lot of weight as well. She had been to the vet who said she was dying of old age. I took her home to die at home instead of being put down at the vet's office. She lived almost 2 weeks after seeing the vet, and never lost her appetite. She still ate like a horse. 3 cans of food every day, and stole food from my other 2 cats as well. She died in my lap. (Jan Griffiths).

@kpepperl319 I wanted to know more, you know it's a show, I see good vets, wanted to know what time cat arrived and how fast they try to administer treatment or how long did they wait because when it comes to breathing it's life and death situation with their tiny body and organs I have similar situation when doc listen to rattling lungs and told nurse to give antibiotic right away while drain fluid, intubate and give breathing treatment, was happy to see cat breathing again but I cried so hard when she did not make it after ventilator, I just want closure on how fast they try go save cat's life, time is critical, I know they are good vets😢😭😭

@@ednaalvarez5975did you even watch? The cat didn’t wait in the waiting room. They went and got the cat and immediately started working on her. Didn’t you hear the vet say they didn’t think she was going to make the trip to SASH?

@@annajosullivan GOD bless you for being so sweet, I have cat charities I donated to for neglected, abandoned and abused dogs and cats, I was wondering how long the cat had the symptoms before it got this bad, did not know all the details, did not watch the whole thing after the cat was breathing I was happy and left, I know the are good vet docs, do you know if the cat was stray or feral? Thank you

@@ednaalvarez5975 They didn't say if it was a stray. Given that she was pregnant (and really far along) but that skinny I would think that if she has owners she is either some kind of a farm cat with owners that don't care that much or her people are just very inexperienced. But to be fair: cats tend to be masters in covering up that they feel bad and sometimes they can do it until it is too late. But given the "all around situation" experienced owners should have sensed that something is wrong for at least a few days.

Did you finish watching it? They give an update.

They didn't make it.

You obviously didn't watch. She died the babies did too

Excuse me!

Babies probably weren't developed enough to come out. Can't take them out superpremature

Way too early for them to be viable and it wouldn't have helped anything

Since cats and dogs have a way shorter pregnancy then humans the window for puppies stand a chance if delivered to early is almost non existent and since no one expected her to be pregnant there was no way of telling how old the kittens were. In her situation she also would never have survived a c-section, so trying that would have meant sacrificing Fetti's life to deliver kittens who did not stand a chance. Also: if mommy suffers from getting no oxygen in and no CO2 out, so do the kittens and their tiny bodies were even more unlikely to make it than Fetti was and her chances were catastrophic when she came in already.

She and her kittens unfortunately passed away. RIP. (Jan Griffiths).