Alright, I need some opinions on Sinatra here...
Every once and a while (maybe once or twice a week) I hear him coughing for about thirty seconds, and then nothing comes up. Today he scared me because he stuck his tongue out and looked rather displeased while he was doing it. He has never had a hairball in the two years we have had him and he does get brushed but not as much as I would like (he hates it). Now, I know he needs to be checked out by the vet before I can rule anything out, and he is going sometime in the next week because he needs his shots updated, but what do you all think? Do you think he is swallowing a hairball? He does swallow afterwards. Or do you think he is coughing? We have had some problems with black mold in this apartment (we are moving in two weeks), and I am on an inhaler because of it so I assume it can hurt him too, but Nutmeg hasn't had any issues with it. I'm asking for your opinions not because I don't want to take him in, he is going in anyway, but I will feel really dumb to get blood work and x-rays done if the boy just has hairballs. Has anyone had a asthmatic cat? Does anyone have an opinion on the situation? Please let me know, thanks.
Every once and a while (maybe once or twice a week) I hear him coughing for about thirty seconds, and then nothing comes up. Today he scared me because he stuck his tongue out and looked rather displeased while he was doing it. He has never had a hairball in the two years we have had him and he does get brushed but not as much as I would like (he hates it). Now, I know he needs to be checked out by the vet before I can rule anything out, and he is going sometime in the next week because he needs his shots updated, but what do you all think? Do you think he is swallowing a hairball? He does swallow afterwards. Or do you think he is coughing? We have had some problems with black mold in this apartment (we are moving in two weeks), and I am on an inhaler because of it so I assume it can hurt him too, but Nutmeg hasn't had any issues with it. I'm asking for your opinions not because I don't want to take him in, he is going in anyway, but I will feel really dumb to get blood work and x-rays done if the boy just has hairballs. Has anyone had a asthmatic cat? Does anyone have an opinion on the situation? Please let me know, thanks.