Sick cat won't sit near the humidifier
Cats with URIs and severe congestion often refuse to put their faces near a humidifier machine. To provide relief without forcing the cat close to the machine, owners have to improvise attachments like an aluminum foil tray topper to direct the moisture.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1improvising a tray topper with aluminum foil to make the humidifier setup more tolerable for the catDid this help you?
- 2Running a high quality air purifier to reduce pet danderDid this help you?
- 3Nebulizing the cat in a bathroom or making a nebulizing chamberDid this help you?
- 4Using a drop of hypertonic salineDid this help you?
- 5Diffusing cat-safe herbs like basil or rosemary in a small closed roomDid this help you?
In their words
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“Got diagnosed with URI and on antibiotics but she’s been so congested. She did not like having her face near the machine so I had to improvise with an aluminum foil tray topper”source ↗
“I’ve been looking into that. We have 2 other cats and 2 dogs so I’m hoping it’ll keep the pet dander down.”source ↗
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