Young Cat Gagging But Not Producing Throw Up

Hi,

I've never posted on any forum, ever, but I have a young cat that I love dearly and he seems to be having some trouble. Yesterday I noticed that he had less energy, was licking his lips and swallowing a lot, along with gagging, but not producing any vomit.

He's only 11 months old, indoor only, on canned food mostly with access to some dry throughout the day. He still has a healthy appetite (ravenous) for both his food and treats. Wondering if it's a hairball he's just working out or if maybe it's something more serious? 

We unfortunately just recently (last week) paid for our only other cat to have some treatments done at the vet that were not cheap (spent around $1,000), so before heading straight back, I just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts...The other cat is only 2, indoor only, as well and is now healthy after the treatments his had done. 

Thanks for reading.

Just want this little guy to feel better. : (

catclev said:

 
Hi,

I've never posted on any forum, ever, but I have a young cat that I love dearly and he seems to be having some trouble. Yesterday I noticed that he had less energy, was licking his lips and swallowing a lot, along with gagging, but not producing any vomit.

He's only 11 months old, indoor only, on canned food mostly with access to some dry throughout the day. He still has a healthy appetite (ravenous) for both his food and treats. Wondering if it's a hairball he's just working out or if maybe it's something more serious? 

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My Aby went through something similar maybe 2 years ago: coughing, gagging, swallowing, etc with nothing ever being produced I took a video of an episode and showed it to the vet. The vet did an exam and then another vet looked into my cat's throat with a scope. The only thing of note found was that some of the tissue at the back of the throat kind of behind the roof of the mouth had a cobblestone-like appearance instead of being smooth. A biopsy was taken but didn't show that anything was wrong. The vet was pretty much stumped and said my cat was weird and otherwise healthy. My Aby still occasionally has these coughing/gagging/etc issues.

My experience probably isn't much help to you. Maybe keep an eye on the cat and if anything changes, definitely take the cat to the vet. You can try giving some hairball treatment, too, just in case thre is a hairball that your cat can't quite get out. Keeping household allergens to a minimum (dust, etc) might also help. And try using a humidifier. Dry air can irratate throats which leads to coughing.

Have you had him wormed?

Thank you for all that info! I have some gel that I've been using on his paws. If he doesn't start looking any better in a few days, we'll definitely take him to the vet. 

He came de-wormed from the rescue we adopted him from. At least it says that he was dewormed in the paperwork he came with?

If the paw-gel doesn't work, you may consider having his stool re-checked.