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Cat asthma attacks are also very different from humans in that they only last for awhile and go away without a rescue inhaler. My cat is on prednisone daily for asthma. Not a great drug to be on long-term, but it keeps him well.

My vet didn't know much about asthma. I had a video to show her and then my cat actually had an attack in her office. I don't think she had ever seen one before. They diagnosed him with a chest xray. I figured it out by googling!

Asthma attacks can also look like that. My cat has asthma and when he has an attack, it looks like he is coughing up a hairball, except no hairball comes up.

I would think the cat wouldn't stay on its back if it felt attacked either. I guess it could be playing, but it really doesn't look like my resident cat is liking it at all, so I stop it. Sorry if I hijacked your thread, OP. Just thought maybe it was ok since it is the same topic!

I was actually just going to post my own video when I saw this. My video was similar, so I let the aggressor out. Didn't turn the camera back on, but it got too aggressive in my mind. The aggressor's ears didn't lay down, but the victim's did. The victim was also high on catnip at the time, so...

Thank you. It is arriving in the mail today, so fingers are crossed!

This is exactly the problem I am having at the moment. I am unfortunately gone for about 9 hours during the day, so am leaving the new cat in a bedroom and may be enhancing his pent up energy. I am not at a point where I trust him to wander unsupervised with the resident cat, though. Do you...