Cat Dry Cough Causes
The possible causes of dry cough in felines include: 1  Hair balls can get suck in your cat's throat. 2  The presence of these will lead to acute coughing episodes followed by spitting of the hair ball. 3  Asthma. 4  If the cat also sneezes, but has no other symptoms between the coughing episodes, asthma is the probable diagnosis.