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Just to update, we took her to the vet.  The vet said that she was a little lung to have asthma and her lungs didn't sound asthmatic.  She cleans herself obsessively, and while she doesn't get up hairballs, the vet thinks the hair could be causing some irritation.  He gave her a steroid shot and...

We actually do hear wheezing after she's been playing.  The woman from the rescue org was the one who recommended the antibiotic.  I felt a little unsure of the idea the whole time (I work in the pharma industry and hate the idea of overprescription of antibiotics), but I figured it was best to...

Thanks Stephen.  This is an occasional event we are seeing.  It has happened on maybe 4 occasions while we've been home, and it only lasts 30-60 seconds, but during this time it seems she is really gasping for air.  Unfortunately the last couple of times it has happened was after we've already...

Hi all! We adopted our kitty about 2 and a half weeks ago now. A few days after we got her, we noticed episodes where it would sound like she was gasping for breath/dry heaving. At first we thought maybe it was a hairball, but nothing ever came up. We spoke to the woman at the animal rescue we...