My cat has a persistent dry cough after waking. What's wrong with her?

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Cat has persistent cough. Dry cough, 15 to 30 secs at a time, usually after waking up in morning and after evening nap. A course of Caricef and a course of Velosef didn't help. Gave her dewormer (half a tablet of Drontal) on Friday morning and now (Sunday night) her cough is much worse - longer spells of cough, lasting for minutes at a time, still mostly after waking up in morning and evening. What are the possible things that could be wrong with her? Chances of survival? Thanks. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 10 months old

Laura Johnson VMD · Accepted Answer

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Poor Jolly! The most common cause of coughing in cats is feline asthma which can start from lung worm, heart worm or just allergies. Siamese cats tend to be more severely affected with asthma. Ideally Jolly should see your Vet for an exam, chest X-rays, heart worm test and Baermann test of her stool. The gold standard diagnostic test for asthma is a sedated endotracheal wash to obtain fluid for cytology to look for eosinophils in the mucous. It can also look for secondary infections from bacteria or fungal infections. Feline asthma is treated with steroids and bronchodilators and sometimes antibitoics. I also recommend that the owners control the environment: no smoking, fragrant candles, etc I hope this helps and I wish Jolly the very best

My cat has a persistent dry cough after waking. What's wrong with her?

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