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Thompson, the author's cat, shows off his AeroKat feline asthma inhaler. Photo: Kirsten Taylor Sometimes feline asthma can just sound like a bad hairball. But if your cat is making hacking noises without spewing blobs of hair, it might be something more serious. Feline asthma causes cats to wheeze and cough, making sounds that are often mistaken for the gagging, retching sounds that go along with hairballs. About one in a hundred adult cats suffer from feline asthma, according to the Winn Feline Foundation. Untreated, the disease can be deadly. Feline asthma goes by a variety names, such as chronic bronchitis and allergic bronchitis. "Really, [feline asthma] is a hypersensitivity to ...



