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I have a 7 year old cat, Philly, who's been having some hacking/coughing issues for the past few months. The symptoms seem to come and go, sometimes he will only have what seems like an episode a couple times a week, other times it will be almost once a day for several days in a row. It's really hard to describe what he's doing but it really looks like hes trying to throw something up but can't get it out, but from the videos i've watched it could very well be a reverse sneeze as well. He has threw up a couple times in the past few months and one of those was just a hairball. I did see another hairball a couple days ago but i'm not sure if that was him or another cat I have that also throws up hairballs once in a while. He seems to be okay otherwise, hes eating/drinking, he hasn't lost weight in the past 5 months since the symptoms started and he doesn't seem lethargic. The only other concern I have is that I saw him have loose stool a few days ago with some gas.
I sent a video to the vet and they thought it could be reverse sneezing or a feline herpes flare up since my other cats have had flare ups recently. Philly seems to be the only one of the four that hasn't had any herpes symptoms. I'm skeptical though that it has to do with that since it's been going on for so long now, probably around 4-5 months.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar with their cats? When I google it, asthma keeps coming up too so I'm wondering if it might be that. I'm also wondering if it could be some type of digestive issue as well since hes been having/has loose stool. Is there anything that I can give him until I get him into the vet? I've been giving him catlax and just started giving him Proviable.
Thank you
I have a 7 year old cat, Philly, who's been having some hacking/coughing issues for the past few months. The symptoms seem to come and go, sometimes he will only have what seems like an episode a couple times a week, other times it will be almost once a day for several days in a row. It's really hard to describe what he's doing but it really looks like hes trying to throw something up but can't get it out, but from the videos i've watched it could very well be a reverse sneeze as well. He has threw up a couple times in the past few months and one of those was just a hairball. I did see another hairball a couple days ago but i'm not sure if that was him or another cat I have that also throws up hairballs once in a while. He seems to be okay otherwise, hes eating/drinking, he hasn't lost weight in the past 5 months since the symptoms started and he doesn't seem lethargic. The only other concern I have is that I saw him have loose stool a few days ago with some gas.
I sent a video to the vet and they thought it could be reverse sneezing or a feline herpes flare up since my other cats have had flare ups recently. Philly seems to be the only one of the four that hasn't had any herpes symptoms. I'm skeptical though that it has to do with that since it's been going on for so long now, probably around 4-5 months.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar with their cats? When I google it, asthma keeps coming up too so I'm wondering if it might be that. I'm also wondering if it could be some type of digestive issue as well since hes been having/has loose stool. Is there anything that I can give him until I get him into the vet? I've been giving him catlax and just started giving him Proviable.
Thank you