https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/18104/flop-eared-cat Hi all, Bonnie is about 4 yo FN DSH cat with very severe asthma. She was on Ventolin and becotide inhalers, but the owner thought that she ( herself) was getting odd side effects from the becotide so she requested oral preds instead. Bonnie neededen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109861?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:24:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:93c5ee54-694e-469f-96e9-2851d02cd9a8Andy Elliott<p>I understand that the pinnal cartilage changes is indeed due to the steroids. At a recent CPD course Stephen Shaw (dermatology specialist) had a photo of a cat just the same.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109660?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:24:17 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:59793549-5099-4453-9608-b6ee0d193e14Richard Carter<p>cat coat colour is temperature sensitive and cortisone affects surface temperature, suppresses thyroid, mast cell activity etc etc. Rather have a cat that can breath than worry about if the belly is getting flabby and the hair changing colour.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109641?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:43:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:5c85386f-2ca8-4630-a636-a1f97b44af53Robin Grimmer<p>Maybe it&#39;s a Scottish Fold <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Sad_smiley.png" alt="Sad" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109639?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:33:18 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:18b3175e-f972-4f12-851b-a2d55f4a0f00Suzanne Kelly<p>Thanks guys! I&#39;m not in the clinic again until Monday, but I&#39;ll quiz the owner on diet and also get a urine sample as a start</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109629?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:13:49 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:2c4b25b6-780d-467e-afb1-f7d519014ca0Nicola Lawlor<p>Have you checked for diabetes mellitus? A google search suggested a similar case on a pet owners forum but that cat was an unstable diabetic. I don&#39;t hold much faith in the scientific evidence from that particular forum but just started to wonder if the steroids had induced a diabetes in your patients and this was somehow linked? </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109618?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:23:03 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7ad7a597-9976-4768-ac5c-59de44af6f99Michael Woodhouse<p>If the cat is well on the pred the owner just needs to live with the floppy ears. You don&#39;t have to treat everything.......</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109617?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:10:34 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:fbb531c9-117d-40d1-8569-6706fea01f82Charlie Lyon<p>I would go with steroid related effects on cartilage for ears, guess pred could have possible connective tissue effects too re patella luxation but only theorising there! Shame that the O isn&#39;t keen to use the inhaler... maybe the cat is just sensitive to pred, does sid work?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/109532?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 04 Mar 2014 08:00:04 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d8bdbc4c-d457-4929-ba5b-04de7e7bbe8dSarah McGurk<p>Not seen it in cats, and&nbsp;probably someone more expert may come along&nbsp;but the coat colour change immediately made me think of copper deficiency in cattle. Don&#39;t know whether that&#39;s a possibility but there is a site here suggesting it may cause some odd changes:</p> <p><a target='_blank' href="http://www.provet.co.uk/health/diseases/copperdeficiencycats.htm">http://www.provet.co.uk/health/diseases/copperdeficiencycats.htm</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>