she keeps gagging like she has to let out a fur ball
but she isnt
and everytime i touch her chest she gags too!
should i take her to the vet?
she is 8 or 9 years old
please help
2007-08-05 00:32:22 · 8 answers · asked by thisscreennameisnottaken 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Take the cat to the vet immediately.
http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/first-aid-furballs.htm
2007-08-05 00:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by ruth_bader_ginsburg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just had to take my cat to the vet for that same thing....is she able to eat? Every time my cat went to eat she would make that hacking sound like something was stuck and she couldn't swallow (though she was still breathing) still freaked me out.. I took her to the vet and he looked in her mouth and she had ulcers on the back of her throat and tongue. He gave her antibiotic and pain meds, he thinks it might have something to do with an upper respiratory infection. I have to keep her on the antibiotics and canned food only (because it is soft and easier to swallow) for 10days then she goes back to see vet. That was Thursday and by Friday she was no longer making that noise, so hopefully the vet was right. So yeah, you need to take her to the vet ASAP, if she is not able to eat her major organs will start to shut down. My cat is almost 5 years old. Good luck.
2007-08-05 08:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by Darla E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't know that a furball is the problem. Take the cat to the vet if you're worried.
Chalice
2007-08-05 09:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by Chalice 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
VET, VET, VET!! Might need help in clearing the hairball it could ultimately affect her health.
2007-08-05 08:17:48 · answer #4 · answered by Cheri >^.^< 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take her to the vet ASAP, the vet has hairball medicine that she could use.
2007-08-05 07:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by seana deja 122 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a cat food made especially for furballs...if you feed her that and she continues to gag, there could be something seriously wrong...so don't wait to get her checked out...it's better to be safe than sorry...you could wait too long and that would be horrible...
2007-08-05 08:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by PatsyAnn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cats do spit haiballs and im sure u know that...but is isnt normal. U SHOULD GO TO THE VET ASAP!!!
2007-08-05 07:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a vet open do so.
2007-08-05 07:41:11 · answer #8 · answered by greylady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋