Cats may cough like asthma or be caused by allergens, which is often referred to as cat asthma; or a cough may occur due to the accumulation of hair balls in the intestines and the friction between the hair balls and the throat. Cat asthma will cause standard cat asthma postures such as hen squatting and other behaviors. In order to prevent and treat severe coughing in cats, you can remove allergens, clean the room, and feed hair removal cream.

Cats cough like asthma or due to allergies

Cats can also suffer from asthma. Feline asthma is the same as human asthma, which is the commonly heard chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Cat asthma is mostly caused by allergies. When stimulated by allergens, it causes the contraction of the trachea. Usually, the asthma in cats will gradually worsen, eventually leading to bronchiectasis and emphysema.

Cat allergens include grass, pollen, smoke, perfume, deodorant, cat litter, flea powder or food allergies. It is generally impossible to identify the allergen when cats are allergic. If the allergy is caused by an allergen, most cats will only have an attack for a few seconds to a few minutes, and some cats may only have an attack once every few months.

When these allergic substances are inhaled into the nasal cavity and irritate the nasal cavity, symptoms of asthma and coughing will appear, but most of them are strong gasping reactions. Cats will also stretch their necks to pant, making it difficult to breathe. The cat may even have shortness of breath and open its mouth to breathe. In severe cases, the cat's face will appear blue and purple. At this time, the cat is already hypoxic and must be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately.

A standard asthma symptom in cats is squatting

Cats may have standard asthma symptoms. At this time, the cat will squat down like a hen, stretch its neck as close to the ground as possible, and then make a rough gasping sound, sometimes accompanied by coughing. , and as the severity of asthma changes or the frequency of allergens appears, some cats will continue to perform this behavior throughout the day, while others will only have an attack once every few days, and cats with mild symptoms may also have mild symptoms for several months or several. It only happens once a year.

Cat coughs like asthma or due to accumulation of hair balls

When the number of hairs in a cat’s body accumulates to a certain amount, the hair balls in the intestines and stomach will irritate the throat and cause the cat to cough. Frequent wheezing may be caused by trying to spit out the hair ball but not being able to spit it out. The friction with the hair ball in the intestines and stomach can cause asthma, just like retching in humans, where there is something in the throat but cannot spit it out. caused.

However, you cannot judge whether the accumulation of hair balls is caused by panting alone. You must also check whether the cat has retching, vomiting, or vomiting.Symptoms of difficulty in defecation and loss of appetite. If hair is found in the stool, it is basically confirmed that the asthma is caused by hairball syndrome. At this time, you can give the cat hair removal cream, so that the hair balls in the body can be smoothly discharged, and the owner does not need to worry too much.

The treatment of cat coughing like asthma should reduce allergens

If no hair is found in the cat’s feces, and the cat frequently coughs like asthma and exhibits the above-mentioned standard posture, then it can be basically determined that it has feline asthma.

If your cat has asthma, try your best to put away perfumes, sprays, potted plants and other allergens that may cause allergies, and place them in a place where the cat cannot approach or smell them.

When choosing cat litter, try to choose dust-free cat litter, such as crystal litter, clay, etc. If the cat litter dust is left to spread in large quantities, it will become a pathogen.

The owner should also clean the room regularly to keep the room hygienic and tidy to reduce the irritation of dust particles to the cat’s respiratory tract.

If it is hair ball disease, the owner should feed some hair removal cream during the change of seasons to prevent throat discomfort caused by hair ball disease.