What can trigger feline asthma?
Feline asthma episodes are often triggered by allergens or stress. Some common allergens are grass and tree pollens (making Spring-time difficult), smoke, fumes, cigarettes, dust, and aerosols of various sorts such as perfumes, deodorants and flea spray. There are classic symptoms of feline asthma, and your cat may experience them all or just a few. As an example, not all cats with respiratory disease cough but instead have audible throat gurgling, more audible when purring, swallow a lot and often lose their voice. How to spot feline asthma symptoms: An asthmatic cat suffering an attack may squat with its shoulders hunched up and neck extended, while coughing, gagging up foamy, mucus like material, and then swallowing hard. This often appears as if the cat is trying to cough up a hairball, but nothing comes up. An asthmatic cat may also breathe rapidly with its mouth open. Other symptoms include: – labored breathing – increased respiratory rate – lethargy – gagging – wheezing and or c
