My husband and I have been vaping for 2 1/2 years. About 6 months ago, one of my cats, Saber, developed a cough. We took him to the vet and was told he had a slightly enlarged heart, asthma and something in his lungs, but they couldn't tell what it was. She said his lungs should show black, but he had all this white showing up. A month later, Saber quit eating and ended up dying from not being able to breathe (we had to rush him to the vet to put him to sleep). Two months later, our second cat, Cougar, quit eating. He ended up not being able to breathe and the emergency vet put him in an oxygen cage overnight. The next day he wasn't getting better and we had to put him to sleep. His x-rays also showed a whole bunch of white stuff, even worse than Saber's. We had an autopsy done and was told he had chronic and acute injury to his lungs due to chemical inhalation. They said he had very little normal lung tissue left. There was diffuse thickening and bloody fluid buildup. There were multiple areas of blood clots. These were both 9 year old indoor cats - never left the house. I have no idea if vaping could have caused this. The only other things I can think of is we partially shampooed our carpets about a year and a half ago using a rug doctor and we got the whole interior of our house painted. I wanted to write this to find out if anyone else has had any lung issues with pets to see if it was possibly due to vaping. We also have a cockatiel and she is fine.
UPDATE: AFTER ALL THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE AND TALKING TO OTHER VAPERS, AS WELL AS VETS, I DO NOT, NOR DOES ANYONE ELSE - VETS INCLUDED, BELIEVE THIS WAS DUE TO VAPING.
