Diseases of pets can nonplus their owners. For example, not everyone knows how it is necessary to work in case the cat began to cough. However the owner can help the pet prior to a visit to the veterinarian.
Instruction
1. Define whether really your cat coughs. The mechanism of this action at cat's a bit different, than at the person. The cat at cough publishes wheezing, opens a mouth and sometimes puts out tongue. There can be an impression that the cat chokes, however most likely this effect will be had by cough.
2. Check a mouth of a cat for existence of foreign objects and lumps of wool. It can be one of the causes of cough. To open a mouth for an animal, enter fingers into a mouth from mouth corners where the cat has no teeth, and accurately move apart jaws. Be careful as the animal can strongly bite you.
3. If you found nothing in a mouth of a cat, think whether there could be cough because of allergic reaction. Some new substance which appeared in the house could cause it. Consider that at cats allergy can arise not only when eating something, but even at inhalation of a specific smell. At suspicion on any subject for a while remove it from the house. so you will be able to understand whether the cat had an allergy.
4. Also use various methods of moistening of air in the house for increase in comfort of breath for a cat. For this purpose it is possible to use, for example, the damp towel put on the working battery and evaporating water.
5. Carry out prevention of parasitic diseases at cats. Worms can become one of the causes of cough. This procedure can be carried out at home, without the recommendations of the veterinarian. For this purpose in veterinary pharmacy special medicine which the cat can add to food are sold. Such procedure will not damage practically to any cat of times a year.
6. In case the taken measures do not help and the cat still coughs, address the veterinarian. describe to him all in addition arisen symptoms and changes in behavior. It is necessary to tell the doctor if the animal began to eat, avoid less people and other cats. In this case the doctor will be able to make more exact diagnosis.