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Hello! The past couple days I’ve noticed my cat Stella (8 y/o) has been kind of gagging or like… gulping? But only when she is purring. She swallows and kind of moves her head forward at the same time. Since it only happens when she’s purring, that makes me think she has something bothering her in her throat (maybe kind of like when a human has a frog in their throat). I thought maybe she has a hairball she’s trying to get out, so I’m trying to help her with that but nothing yet. She won’t eat treats or wet food/churu so I haven’t bought any of the special hairball remedies I’ve seen for sale, but I got some petroleum jelly and put it on her paw to try to get her to lick it off because I read that can help with digestion. She didn’t like that either!! She hid under the bed and I’m not sure if she actually ingested much of it after all. I will try again tonight but I can see I have pretty limited chances to bug her with that lol.
I’m taking her to the vet tomorrow if she’s still gagging, but just wanted to see if anyone has experienced something similar with their cat or had any advice?
I’m taking her to the vet tomorrow if she’s still gagging, but just wanted to see if anyone has experienced something similar with their cat or had any advice?