Feline Asthma

If your cat has been diagnosed with feline asthma, we may be able to help! Talk to your cat’s veterinarian about getting a prescription for Pawprint Oxygen to keep on hand for on-the-spot treatment or emergency trips to the vet.

According to the Blue Cross, these are the symptoms of feline asthma.

• Wheezing
• Rapid or difficulty breathing, or increased effort to breathe
• Persistent cough or gagging, like that triggered by a hairball
• Frothy mucus while coughing
• Difficulty breathing after exertion
• Keeping mouth open while breathing
• Neck extended upwards and gasping for breath
• Squatting with shoulders hunched, neck extended and low to the ground
• Overall weakness and lethargy
• Audible throat gurgling
• Increased swallowing
• Blue lips and gums

When resting or sleeping a cat will normally take in 24 to 30 breaths per minute – anything over 40 may need medical attention (remember, cats may breathe faster when excited or purring). Snoring or loud breathing when resting is not necessarily a sign of asthma.