Hey all. Been a while since I posted. I am having some concerns over my girl, Lucy. She is approx almost 2yrs old and quite a fiesty ginger. She plays hard (always has) but loves harder but only when no one's around. She's my best friend. Since I rescued Lucy (she was spayed and had all her shots done by the rescue - quite a respectable rescue too) but I've always said at times she would breathe oddly. Or it seemed like it to me. Ive only ever lived with one other cat. Anyways, it always seemed like her belly moved more than it should, that she was taking deeper breaths than necessary. Also, she would hack from time to time, not a lot but it was like a hairball but I've yet to see her produce one. Also she dies sneeze once in a while. And I should add that she's indoor only but was found abandoned outside young and alone. Anyways, I take her to the regularly for nail clippings and I had taken her for a yearly physical, where I explained this weird behaviour (in my opinion). The vet said her heart and lungs sounded great, we talked about possible things.. I had looked up feline asthma, allergies. They said at the time to keep an eye on things, and come back for x-rays if I felt necessary etc. So a year later her we are. Lucy and I recently relocated - same city tho, and last Saturday she started breathing differently than I had seen. Short quick breaths (NOT open mouth or panting), and it almost sounded like she had a cold. Like a kid with their mouth open trying to get through cold season. It's the best way to explain. I took her in, it was too weird for me not to, had a full physical exam - same thing - told she had good sounding lungs and heart but we talked about possibiliy of asthma, allergies, pollups, FHV (feline herpes). I didn't want to do x-rays but now regret it cause tonight she's doing it again. I did start giving her lysine... Sort of like a vitamin gel type thing to help keep immune system up in case her immune system went down due to stress related to move.... But I dunno.
Sorry this is long...
Anyone experience this before? Or anything similar?
Thx!
Sorry this is long...
Anyone experience this before? Or anything similar?
Thx!