who out there has cats?

[mmmstrongbow]

i have a 9 month old kitten who keeps having these coughing fits, they sound really dry and painful for her and her whole body shakes with them!?

is this just furballs??

how do you get rid of them?

please no suggestions of the old black bag/river "cure" as my missus wouldnt be to happy about that.

thanks for any ideas

[Kinvig]

i have a 9 month old kitten who keeps having these coughing fits, they sound really dry and painful for her and her whole body shakes with them!?

is this just furballs??

how do you get rid of them?

please no suggestions of the old black bag/river "cure" as my missus wouldnt be to happy about that.

thanks for any ideas


Have you been to the vet?!!!

[SoulKiss]

Have you been to the vet?!!!

Must agree with Kinvig here.

1 Vets opinion is worth more than 1000 replies on a biker forum :P

[mmmstrongbow]

i would take her but, i only just got out of hospital today and the misses is at work

[shonadoll]

I work in a vets, and would say she needs to be seen. If it is a respiratory tract infection, the sooner the better, she may need antibiotics. Has she had her two vaccinations?

[mmmstrongbow]

yeah she has, ill get my gf to take us down when shes bck in from work. thanks

[454697819]

does it happen after the kitten has had a drink?

Cold water or milk can make cats cough... it sure does ours.. but it goes away after a min or two....

[mmmstrongbow]

nope its jst kinda random ive only been in the house since 12 and its happened 4 times since then

5 times

[kwak zzr]

we got 2 cats but i know nothing about them other than the mess they make sowwwie.

[Speedy Claire]

Whenever my cat has had hairballs he doesn`t cough..... just gags and his whole body heaves! hope it`s nothing too serious

[mmmstrongbow]

thanks for the responses, took her to the vet and shes running a bit of a fever and has a crackley cheast so she got an antibiotic injection, thanks again people

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

Glad to hear everything is ok, or atleast on the up, but what a random thread!! :P

[mmmstrongbow]

well i was on here when she was doing it so i thought id open it up to the eternally greater minds of the sv riders out there

[Alpinestarhero]

Maria's cat coughs sometimes, i was freaked out when he first did it in front of me...sounded like a seal!

He also managed to rip a claw out of his foot...while scratching his head. We found the claw in his head

Silly kitty

Matt

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

Ahhh that last one went through me! Reminds me of when we left our puppy in the house when we first had her. She scratched the door so much she managed to plane quarter of an inch of wood off and removed 4 of her claws!

[shonadoll]

thanks for the responses, took her to the vet and shes running a bit of a fever and has a crackley cheast so she got an antibiotic injection, thanks again people

Great, she should improve quickly since she had an injection, works better than tablets do sometimes. Wish all pet owners were as good to theirs as you are.

[Kinvig]

Phew!

Though, do you think she's allergic to you?! ;o)

[Richie]

Sorry miss read it...

who out there hates cats?

[mmmstrongbow]

Phew!

Though, do you think she's allergic to you?! ;o)

i think she mite be!lol i have been spending a lot of time in the house recently