cat coughing. video

She has been for almost a month. Not often. Usually does it at night.Cat coughing:

Have you taken the cat to the vet yet? If not, please do. Coughing can indicate allergies, asthma, or some other health issue. Show the vet the video as well because it's unlikely your cat will cough for the vet.

Looks like classic asthma. See YouTube videos to compare.
Definitely need to see vet for diagnosis and treatment.

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I had a cat with Asthma many years ago, and one of my new kittens had a dry coughing /hacking episode a couple of months ago, followed by another one a week later, and and then again the morning after the second episode. She looked at me helplessly, with her eyes, saying "mommy, help me, I can't breathe" (her last two attacks were severe). I took her to the Vet later that day, to rule out any other possible UR condition. Her lungs were clear, no sign of any underlying condition. Having been through this before. I knew it was Asthma, and asked the vet for a very short acting steroid (methyl prednisone) shot. If the coughing goes away after receiving steroids, then there is no question, it is Asthma.

I did not want my kitty to be dependent on methyl prednisone for the rest of her life; I looked online at various holistic /homeopathic remedies available. I choose Newton Homeopathic , Cough-Asthma formula. I gave this to my kitty right after she had a mild asthma attack, and have had terrific results. I have had her on it for a little over a week; she has had no attacks, so I will go down to once or twice a week, and titrate her accordingly.

Best of luck to you.

Yep, looks like asthma. A cat that I used to have did exactly the same thing. She did well on medication and breathing treatments. I had to keep her on the medicine her whole life to control the symptoms though. She lived to be 14 and died from an unrelated illness.

Just a quick question. How can you generally tell the difference between coughing and trying to get a stubborn hairball up?

I had a cat who was very prone to bringing up hairballs but would also have bouts of coughing/hacking with nothing to show for it. We used to apply hairball paste when that happened. He had no respiratory ailments.

I currently have two cats and from time to time they will both bring up a hairball but also have a small coughing bout with nothing being brought up. I always assume it's a trapped hairball that will eventually work it's way out.

How can you tell if it's a lodge hairball or a cough. Would it tend to be frequency of how often it was happening?

That could be asthma, for sure.  But if your kitty goes outside and hunts, it could also be lung worms.  My guy has had both (the asthma went away when we moved out of a moldy rental house)- and the treatment is very different. It sounds like time to go see a vet, who will listen to your kitty's lungs, and can check a stool sample- and might have yet another idea of what's wrong.