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My male cat, Dennis, is 1 year 7 months old and is a siamese mix. He has been out of sorts for over a week now. First he developed a mild UTI and I took him to the vet who prescribed metacam (anti-inflammatory) we used this and the UTI has gone now. However not last Thursday, but the Thursday before, Dennis caught a robin and chomped it up (unsure if he actually ate any but there was blood!) he was absolutely fine and full of beans until Saturday night. He then was coughing/gagging and was sick twice (very unlike him). Since then he hasn't been sick but he is coughing alot and has been a bit out of sorts. He is still eating and playing and not overly lethargic.
I have ended up taking him to the vet three times last week, they have checked his throat as much as possible and cannot see anything lodged in there and took his temperature which was normal each time. On the last trip the vet said that there isn't much more they can do unless they do a full examination under general anasthetic.
We are currently on 1 week course of antibiotics (only one day in) and I am really hoping this clears it up because I don't want to put him through a big procedure if its unnecessary and there is no guarantee that would fix the problem in any case !
Does anyone have any ideas? Could it be a fur ball? How long can they last - its about a week now since he has been coughing and while its not getting worse its doesn't seem to be clearing up quickly. I thought perhaps his throat got scratched by a bird bone or something and its giving him discomfort but I thought that would have begun to heal by now. I hope there is nothing down there and given he is eating, assume he isn't in too much pain, just irritated/uncomfortable.
My male cat, Dennis, is 1 year 7 months old and is a siamese mix. He has been out of sorts for over a week now. First he developed a mild UTI and I took him to the vet who prescribed metacam (anti-inflammatory) we used this and the UTI has gone now. However not last Thursday, but the Thursday before, Dennis caught a robin and chomped it up (unsure if he actually ate any but there was blood!) he was absolutely fine and full of beans until Saturday night. He then was coughing/gagging and was sick twice (very unlike him). Since then he hasn't been sick but he is coughing alot and has been a bit out of sorts. He is still eating and playing and not overly lethargic.
I have ended up taking him to the vet three times last week, they have checked his throat as much as possible and cannot see anything lodged in there and took his temperature which was normal each time. On the last trip the vet said that there isn't much more they can do unless they do a full examination under general anasthetic.
We are currently on 1 week course of antibiotics (only one day in) and I am really hoping this clears it up because I don't want to put him through a big procedure if its unnecessary and there is no guarantee that would fix the problem in any case !
Does anyone have any ideas? Could it be a fur ball? How long can they last - its about a week now since he has been coughing and while its not getting worse its doesn't seem to be clearing up quickly. I thought perhaps his throat got scratched by a bird bone or something and its giving him discomfort but I thought that would have begun to heal by now. I hope there is nothing down there and given he is eating, assume he isn't in too much pain, just irritated/uncomfortable.