Why is my cat wheezing?

My cat is wheezing ... he does it about once a day. It sounds like he is going to vomit but he doesn't ... he is short hair ... do they get hair balls too? He never actually brings one up... just was a little concerned.

How old is the Cat ? most Cats 2 years or older can get a URASDO You migth know it is as Asthma, If you are giving any Milk ( Stop) Keep the diet to Beef or Chicken for a week or 2 see what happens , you should have some luck

Hair ball, will not matter if it is a short hair

Yes short hair cats get hair balls they all lick them selves so they swallow hari their is an easy rememdy for this they have it in all pet stores it's a paste that you put on your cats nose and they lick it off in no time they will stop wheezing!!

just make sure he is getting enough water

My cat was doing this an i thought it was a hairball, but it actually sounds different. This is not caused by a hairball. Take your cat to the Vet immediately. It could be a respiratory problem or asthma.

your cat smokes 2 much lol thats why it wheezzes

if your cat has hair balls than you can go to your vet and get hair ball medicine I think its called laxotone but just ask your vet if they carry medicine that helps the hair ball thing.

Short haired cats can get hairballs, too. The problem may be with that, but it doesn't sound like it. I have a long-haired cat who has hairballs, and when she gets one, she throws up several times in a row, and I give her the laxatone that I got from the vet, and then she does fine. Normally, cats with hariballs will cough/wheeze for longer periods of time and there is usually some vomiting involved. If it's very severely blocked because of hairballs, the cat may even stop eating.

Cats can get upper respiratory infections, even if they are indoor cats. That will cause a lot of sneezing (sometimes including tremendous sneezing fits that [rarely] involve bloody noses), colored nasal discharge, ocular discharge, and lethargy.

It is also possible for cats to have asthma. If the wheezing usually occurs after exercise (wild rampages through the house), it could be related to asthma.

Some new research has shown that cats can get heartworm disease like dogs do, but there's no 100% way to test for it, and it's a lot more deadly. One of the symptoms is sudden death. Another is wheezing, because of the pressure of the worms on the lungs.

Any time a cat has heart problems that causes the heart to enlarge will put pressure on the lungs and trachea, and will cause the cat to wheeze.

It's also possible for cats to have seasonal allergies that cause wheezing. That's something that you may not even worry about, as long as the symptoms don't get worse, and your cat is fine otherwise.

ONLY YOUR VETERINARIAN can tell you with more certainty what your cat's problem. As you can see, there are some serious and not so serious ailments associated with a cat wheezing. Please do the right thing for your cat and take him to your vet to make sure that it's just a hairball, or something much more serious.