Is my cat coughing or having an asthma attack?

“My fluffy butt buddy, Odin, has had these weird, wheezing fits since he was a kitten.”source ↗

“adopted this guy off the street about three weeks ago! we handed him off to a family friend and he's done this about five times while we had him and we're not sure what's going on.”source ↗

“First, let me start this off with she’s been to the vet four times this year already for ear infections. I’ve explained to the vet about her doing this, but the vet kind of dismissed it, and I feel inaccurately diagnosed her with feline herpes.”source ↗

“Today I finally caught it on video so I’m just wondering if this is something cats with feline herpes do or if it’s much deeper than that I was reading about the symptoms with cats that have it and honestly none of the symptoms really fit her.”source ↗

“My car does this exact same thing when she has a hairball.”source ↗

“A couple of weeks ago I noticed a strange noise coming from him, almost like a sneeze? Any idea what’s causing him to make this sound? I hear him make it almost everyday and it’s starting to worry me. Sometimes his breathing sounds like a build up of phlegm as well.”source ↗

“She did just eat a quarter of wet food and she’s acting fine now. She’s purring and laying down fine/normal. I’ve never seen her do this before.”source ↗

“Hi all, I’ll start by saying we have sought vet care three times for this issue without a cure.”source ↗

“Our cat is about 18mo old and has had some form of this cough since we adopted her 6 months ago.”source ↗

“We finished the steroids on Sunday and she seems to have had more frequent coughing fits over the past 24hrs.”source ↗

“he just started doing this coughing thing and it’s worrying us both!! can anyone help as to what it might be or if he needs a vet?”source ↗

“please excuse me in the video i am super panicked about this! it just started this minute”source ↗

“My girl Lando has had this cough for a month now, at first we thought my ceiling fan was bothering her during the night and it would perhaps dry her up because she would only cough A. At night B. When the fan was on”source ↗

“I'm so worried about her does anyone know if this is asthmatic or anything else ? I'm just so paranoid with her having FIV, anything that sparks is suddenly the end of the world apparently😭”source ↗

“He has been doing this every one in a while. He has one episode around every 2 weeks... After a few seconds, he's back to normal. Is it something I should worry about?”source ↗

“Is it asthma? I'll definitely take her to a vet as soon as I can, but until then, I want to know if cat parents think it's serious.”source ↗

“This is the 3rd time in a month that she has done this, and every time it has followed her purring in a calm state.”source ↗

“I mean looks kinda weird to breath like that but his purring nicely.”source ↗

“barely grooming anymore.”source ↗

“I've been hearing him make this noise for a while now and I've been thinking if it could be asthma? He doesn't have any other obvious (to me at least) symptoms. I'd appreciate help and opinions.”source ↗

“Is this what asthma looks like?”source ↗

“Now I’m wondering if she has had asthma all the time?”source ↗

“He just scared me to death cause he started howling like crazy before he vomited.”source ↗

“One of my cats has very occasional asthma issues where she does the classic head forward coughing for a minute and then is fine for another month.”source ↗

“This has been happening for a few weeks now, not two frequent but like once every two days maybe once a day at most so i wanted to ask if it’s a normal thing or not”source ↗

“Could be asthma. For me, it was an irritant in my house. Turned out to be a feliway diffuser.”source ↗

“I have 2 asthmatic cats and this is what their asthma attacks look like. They get low to the ground and thrust their head out as far as they can.”source ↗

“My cat does the same thing but my vet said its not asthma its just a hairball, even if they never cough anything up”source ↗

“My cat just vomited up. He's never thrown up before, he seems to be fine.”source ↗

“That’s what i initially thought. But they have thrown up in front of me but that would make slightly different sounds, more like gurgling, coarse. This one sounded different, like coming from her respiratory system and I am thinking does she have asthma.”source ↗

“If it is asthma, what do cats need for this? Also, he doesn't vomit.. actually...Ive owned 3 cats so far and I don't think any of them have ever actually thrown up hair.... Is it something I am doing wrong?”source ↗

“When my first cat started doing this I rushed her to the emergency vet at 1am. Diagnosis: hairball”source ↗

“My cat does this too. My vet told me this is called reverse sneezing and it’s usually harmless and nothing to worry about.”source ↗

“When I bring my kitty in and they ask when something unusual happened I can never exactly remember.”source ↗

“I've never heard a cat breathing like that, so I would think he is wheezing.”source ↗

“I’ve always suspected that he might have asthma or something like that because he usually only makes these noises after playing for a bit. But he makes other odd breathy noises sometimes too. The coughing tho concerns me.”source ↗

“Same, we can’t use scented litter.”source ↗

“My kitty does that too! It’s concerning.”source ↗

“No i haven't gone to the vet to get her checked out yet, i'm unfortunately just a bit broke and I'll have to wait awhile😓😓”source ↗

“She came to us with fiv, her papers said she has and our vet says she has it, so, again, i am a bit worried. She always has a low posture and sticks her neck out while she coughs, and it usually happens once.. again.. i probably am incredibly paranoid, she could just have hair stuck in her throat because of grooming herself, but it's weird that it always happens at night”source ↗

“omg my cat did start doing the exact same thing. very curious what it is!”source ↗

“One of mine is om the severe end of the spectrum of feline asthma. She takes 1 pill a day and 2 inhalers. The inhalers typically cost arpund $180 ish for 2 and i get them fro. Canada cloud pharmacy.”source ↗

“He does these coughing fits often and they last 5-10 mins. It seems like something is lodged in his throat”source ↗