Perhaps many people know that cat asthma is a respiratory disease mainly caused by allergies, and cats themselves are hypersensitive. Many things we use in our daily lives may be allergens that cause cat asthma. So I don’t know if you know what allergens there are? Here is the editor’s list of several common allergens that cause cat asthma.

1. Common allergens that cause cat asthma

1. Pungent-smelling items

For example, the owner’s perfume, the air freshener used at home, and the finer cat litter with fragrance, etc. These items are common daily necessities in the family, but they are also common allergens for cat asthma attacks. If If you have a cat at home with asthma, you must not use these items.

2. Chemical products with strong smell

For example, if your home has new furniture, new paint, or new cat litter, you need to pay special attention to these situations! Cats’ noses are very sensitive, although we may not be able to smell them. What, but the taste may be very exciting for it~

　3. The smell of smoke

The smell of smoke is one of the main culprits of cat asthma. In fact, it is not just cats with asthma who cannot smell smoke. Healthy cats are also very uncomfortable smelling smoke. If they are not careful, it will cause damage to their respiratory tract. Damage, if someone smokes at home, or often puts an incense burner indoors to produce smoke, this is absolutely not allowed.

4. Inhalation of dust

There is a lot of dust floating in the air, especially in spring. There will be more pollen in grass and flowers. Therefore, owners should be careful not to take cats with asthma to these places in spring, and they must also work hard to clean up. What about home hygiene? Otherwise, excessive dust accumulation will have a great impact on sick pets.

5. The cat is too obese

Unexpectedly! Obesity in cats is also an influencing factor in their asthma. Cats that are too obese will increase the burden on their chests and cause difficulty in breathing. In addition, cat obesity is also likely to induce diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and heart disease. Vascular diseases and other diseases, so cat obesity is so harmful, owners must control the cat’s weight!

6. The impact of changes in the external environment

Some pet owners cannot bear to leave their cats alone indoors for a long time, and often take their pet cats out to play. However, what they fail to consider is that long-distance physical exertion and unfamiliar environments can cause tension and even fear in cats. At this time, the effectiveness of their body functions will decrease, causing stress reactions or directly causing disease.

2. Cat wheezingSymptoms of asthma attack

When cats have the following conditions, pet owners should pay more attention and take the cat to the pet hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time to avoid aggravating the condition and missing the best treatment time.

　1. Cats cough and sneeze

Cats will basically not cough under normal circumstances. If a cat coughs, the owner needs to pay close attention to observation. If it is a short-term cough caused by just eating, it may be choking after eating too fast, but this cough will disappear after a short period of time; if the cat coughs not in If it occurs after feeding and lasts for a long time, it is likely to be caused by bronchitis. In this case, even if it is not cat asthma, it may be caused by the cat's cold, and it needs to be checked and treated as soon as possible.

　2. Cat panting

When a cat’s bronchus is inflamed, the tracheal smooth muscle will contract, that is, the airway will become narrowed, which will increase the cat’s respiratory pressure and the sound produced by airflow friction.

　3. Make a posture similar to a hen squatting

Because cats have difficulty breathing during an asthma attack, they often sit on the ground and stretch their necks forward as much as possible so that they can breathe better. Once this happens to a cat, it proves that its symptoms are serious, and the owner should send it to a pet hospital for diagnosis and treatment immediately.

Actually, it is still difficult to determine which allergen a cat is allergic to, because there are so many substances that can stimulate a cat's allergies. Sometimes asthma attacks may be caused by a mixture of multiple allergens. However, the above are all causes of breathing difficulties in cats and even asthma.