Cats may be coughing like choking, which is a respiratory tract symptoms and common causes: viral infection, cold, mycoplasma infection, asthma. Common clinical symptoms of colds include sneezing and coughing. You can take amoxicillin clavulanate orally for 3-5 days. Mycoplasma infection is common for coughing, snot and sneezing. If your mental and appetite is normal, you can take doxycycline orally for 7-10 days. If there is no significant improvement or the condition worsens, you need to take it to the hospital for examination to rule out viral infection and asthma.
1. Cold
Cats usually have a large temperature difference and seasonal changes, and their mental and appetite will not be affected. Common clinical symptoms include sneezing and coughing. Generally, the symptoms will disappear after 5-7 days of using anti-inflammatory drugs.
2. Mycoplasma infection
Mycoplasma infection in cats, common clinical symptoms include sneezing, coughing, and snot. The medication time for treating Mycoplasma will be very long. It is generally confirmed by PCR. If mycoplasma infection is confirmed, the medication time will be at least 3 weeks.
3. Virus infection
Common respiratory viruses are infections with herpes virus and calicivirus. The main clinical symptoms are sneezing, snot, cough, conjunctivitis, stomatitis, etc. Once infected, they are basically full of poisoning, and usually clinical symptoms appear when immunity is low. The main treatment plan is to relieve clinical symptoms and improve immunity.
4. Asthma
is not common in cats, but if it occurs, it is often caused by allergies. In severe cases, if not treated in time, it is prone to death. Therefore, if a cat coughs for a long time, opens its mouth and vents its tongue, and has cyanosis, it needs to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment immediately.