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12-17-2004, 08:00 PM
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kitty makes strange noise
the new kitty I adopted about a week and a half ago, a male DSH about 4-5 months old, started doing something this afternoon I haven't seen before:
he tucks his head down, opens his mouth wide, and makes a kind of "squelching" sound. he's now doing this every couple minutes. the only thing I can think of is gagging. however, he ate supper normally, then slept for a while, and didn't do it while sleeping. he looks and acts normal, except for this odd thing, and doesn't seem to be in any distress. any idea what he's doing? should I be concerned?  thanks!! Tim |
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12-17-2004, 10:16 PM
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Maybe he has a hairball? My cats each have their own distinct hairball sound. They sound nothing alike. Thomas sounds like he's hyperventalating/coughing and Kitty sounds like she's vomiting.
I don't know, I've never heard either of my cats make a squelching noise. Maybe someone else will know. |
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12-18-2004, 01:25 PM
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I was kinda worried about that because there was a pom-pom ball missing (although how he could swallow that, I don't know!!), but it turned up this morning. I just came back from Petsmart to buy some more hairball remedy, and the store manager checked me out, and she turned out to be a cat person with four cats. She told me one of her cats does the same thing, and it's a hairball. So that's what I'm going to keep treating for, and hope she's right. Naturally, this didn't start until my vet closed for the weekend.
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12-19-2004, 01:56 PM
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He wouldn't eat the whole pom-pom ball but he could have swallowed pieces of it..or whatever else. Some cats, specially young ones will swallow any small object_pen caps, thumb tacks, pillow stuffing, specially feathers, anything! and if it's too big they'd bite it in smaller pieces
 , etc, etc_ he just make an squelching sound but other than that he seems OK? If he has a raspy breathing the foreign object is in the larynx and he should see a vet by all means..don't mean to alarm you Tim but it is cause for concern..pls keep us posted.
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12-19-2004, 02:06 PM
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thanks for your concern! he's breathing OK as far as I can tell. he's sleeping and playing. he's eating, drinking, peeing and pooping, so I don't think he's blocked up inside. poop seems less than it should be, though. might be constipated.
the on-line articles I've read about treating hairballs with a petrolatum-based remedy seem to indicate that the cat should expel it within a day or so of treatment. as he's been doing this since Friday evening, if I don't see a hairball come out by tomorrow, I'm going to call the vet! Tim |
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12-19-2004, 02:08 PM
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Forgot to add that's Madam's 'technique' (tucking head down, etc..) so probably it is a hairball, tho keep in mind young kitties will swallow anything interesting (one of mine threw up pieces of paper yesterday and couldn't figure out where he got it from, then I found a wastebasket laying on its side
..my husband keep saying it can't be worse than cat hair..still these were big pieces)
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