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Just a quick update, after my last post our Kitty has improved everyday. The gagging stopped and his voice returned to normal. We believe it was due to all the hissing or maybe eating dry food to fast irritating the throat.

No other symptoms really except gaging and raspy voice, which seems to have improved slightly, he's not gagging as much, but once in a while will retch and did bring up some phlegm/mucus today. I am almost certain it's throat related otherwise he'd be bringing up food. It happens mostly when...

Is gaging common with upper respiratory infections because of sore throat?

It's dinner time, he's definitely hungry as per usual but having trouble eating without gagging. I think we're going to have to take him in to emergency. He's not a vet friendly cat, it's going to be a long night.

My 6 year old indoor nurtured male is having a bit of an issue, not quite sure what it is and if emergency vet visit is needed. About 4 days ago I noticed he's voice sounded more quiet and raspy but everything else seemed fine. He's eating, drinking, playing, and using the litter box. I...

I do have a question, what is considered a normal breathing pattern when exercising or playing? When sleeping Poke takes between 25-30 breaths per minute. When we play and run around he breathes more heavily, no open mouth however and sometimes takes one deep breath, almost like a sigh when we...

What is the maneuver? Currently we use clean paws dust free unccented. We did some cleaning two days ago, perhaps it picked up some dust. My wife did use firbreez around his litter box, but would it make sense for him to have a delayed reaction to it?

Poke had a minor cough/asthma attack, it was minor and went away shortly. Last time he had a coughing fit like this was a year ago when we used cheap dusty litter sand. Hasn't had any problems since then. What could it be? Is it cause for concern? He is fine otherwise.

I did thank you for sharing, the blockage part is definitely troubling.. I've been reading articles no stop. I spoke to a vet earlier, they recommend the gel and see if he improves by Monday. But it's hard to watch this wad of hair hanging out of his mouth as he tries to get it out. When your...

I do groom him about once a week and he loves it. My wife did give him a bath last weekend, I suspect he may have been licking him self dry and picked up a lot of hair. But is it normal to have a hairball hanging out of his mouth as I described?

He tried to vomit 2 more times today, with partial hairball hanging out of his mouth. I read it is better to not try and remove it and just give him space. Got him some hairball solution to help grease things up. What I want to know is this typical for a hairball? Having a part of the hairball...

Last time we were at the vet they checked everything, so about two months ago. He did not have any dental issues. Yesterday went without an incident, I fed him wet food only and he ate no problem. This morning once again he tried to vomit and I could see part of the hairball hanging from his...

As of this morning, Poke is acting pretty normal self. Meowing as he usually does every morning when hungry. Although he wasn't eating as fast as he did yesterday, he is still having trouble swallowing. I suspect it might be the dry food that is causing him to gag as I noticed he is not chewing...

Thank you for your warm welcome and advice. Today Poke had quite the appetite in the morning, ate so fast he had to gag a few times. I think moving forward I will feed him little by little instead of giving him the entire bowl. I am not sure where this hunger is coming from. He literally sounds...

I forgot to mention and perhaps it is related, he has been sneezing a bit although not too much and usually at night.

Hello everyone. We have a Tabby cat named Poke (Pokie), he is a 4 year old indoor neutered male and about 16lb. For the most part he is healthy and has not given us any trouble. Although not very often, he has passed a hairball before, usually without any warning. Today he started his morning...