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As many of you know, my cat has had a number of issues the past few months. Last week, she did the "hairball hack" several times over 4 days, but didn't bring anything up. I took her to the vet this past Monday to make sure she wasn't ill, and nothing abnormal came up on a general exam. Her vet felt it might just be the extremely dry air in my apartment and to watch her other behaviors. She is eating and drinking normally. She might be just a bit lethargic, but I have been sick myself so I haven't been playing with her quite as much the past couple of days. Last night she did the "hack" again. She has had two hairballs in the past and made this same noise. It's not really a cough, but sounds like she is trying to clear her throat or bring something up. She does a lot of swallowing afterwards and kind of grumbles and groans-but the noise is in her throat not like a groan of pain or distress. She almost sounds like she has pleghm in her throat. This whole process lasts about 20 minutes and then she goes and gets a drink of water. She also hasn't pooped in 2 days but is peeing normally. No vomiting or fever. I have a call into her vet this morning and am waiting to hear back, but was wondering if anyone else had some feedback on this problem. Her vet did say if she got worse or started eating/drinking poorly then we should do some x-rays...thanks for any ideas anyone might have while I wait for her vet...