Please help me and my precious cat!
My cat has been having coughing fits on and off for a few months and they are increasing in frequency. I have taken him to the vet a few times and the vet says there is not a problem and thinks it is a mild allergy and there is nothing to be done. I just don't believe this as my cat's coughs are increasing and getting worse. He is a new vet since i have moved town and he does not seem to be very invested in his profession. More of your basic GP versus a cat specialist.
My cat is not coughing anything up but after he coughs he seems to swallow something between coughs. It may be to wet his throat between coughs but I am not sure.. He has never had hair balls and is not spitting anything up. It is a slightly moist cough, not dry and not wet just kind of a hacking. His temperament has not changed at all since this began. Some days he may only have a fit twice, other days it may be ten times. I am getting frustrated with the vet and don't know what I can do for my poor cat.
He is so important to me and I have no idea what to do. Any advice?
Sometimes the coughs are more frequent, with less pauses between them. I am very worried and will be taking him to another vet in a few days but any advice would be much appreciated. As you can see at the end of the video if it posts, the fits do not seem to bother him, he will just settle back down to whatever he was doing (in this case, sleeping
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I am trying to upload a link to one of his coughing fits and will post it if I can.
Thank you very very much for any advice, (very much!)
Very Concerned Owner
My cat has been having coughing fits on and off for a few months and they are increasing in frequency. I have taken him to the vet a few times and the vet says there is not a problem and thinks it is a mild allergy and there is nothing to be done. I just don't believe this as my cat's coughs are increasing and getting worse. He is a new vet since i have moved town and he does not seem to be very invested in his profession. More of your basic GP versus a cat specialist.
My cat is not coughing anything up but after he coughs he seems to swallow something between coughs. It may be to wet his throat between coughs but I am not sure.. He has never had hair balls and is not spitting anything up. It is a slightly moist cough, not dry and not wet just kind of a hacking. His temperament has not changed at all since this began. Some days he may only have a fit twice, other days it may be ten times. I am getting frustrated with the vet and don't know what I can do for my poor cat.
He is so important to me and I have no idea what to do. Any advice?
Sometimes the coughs are more frequent, with less pauses between them. I am very worried and will be taking him to another vet in a few days but any advice would be much appreciated. As you can see at the end of the video if it posts, the fits do not seem to bother him, he will just settle back down to whatever he was doing (in this case, sleeping
I am trying to upload a link to one of his coughing fits and will post it if I can.
Thank you very very much for any advice, (very much!)
Very Concerned Owner