Cat Makes Straining Noise In Throat

[geercom]

Lately my cat makes this straining noise in his throat every now and then like he's in trouble. I don't what it is but after 5-10 seconds it clears up and goes away. It's kind of a higher sound, a little like he's using his voice he uses when he meows but it's not a meow. It's kind of a stringy continuous sound. I don't know how to describe it.

Thoughts?

 

[LTS3]

Can you record the noise and share it with the vet? Is it definitely not a purring noise?

 

[geercom]

Definitely not purring. He gets up from my lap and goes to the floor until he clears it up.

 

[LTS3]

Maybe he's trying to get a hairball out? I would have the vet check the cat out to make sure that isn't something serious going on.

 

[daftcat75]

You can offer your boy some cat grass to help him regurgitate. You can offer him raw egg yolk (1 tsp, no whites) to try to break up a hairball and pull it through. This will make a mess of your cat's next poop. If he starts eating less or vomiting, definitely take him into the vet. He could have an obstruction that won't pass or come up.

 

[geercom]

I have oral hairball medicine from the last time he had an issue. I gave him some of that.