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raggablue · Feb 22, 2008, 10:45 PM

I have a 13 year old no previouse medical problems
3 or 4 time a day she has been coughing like as if it's a furball but nothing comes out. Never had problems with furballs before. She is of siamese build if that helps.
Tha hacking can last for a few minutes at a time, what's going on?

N0help4u · Feb 22, 2008, 10:57 PM

Is she outside a lot? It could be an allergy or asthma or worms.
Try giving her some fish oil or a little olive oil and see if that helps
If you think it could be worms I would take her to the vet so they can determine what type of worm medicine would be best.

morgaine300 · Feb 23, 2008, 09:52 PM

How long has this been going on? This could also be respiratory. Does her breathing seem labored or she's just doing a try hacking sort of thing? I had a cat that would do this for a while during the fall, which I think was due to dryness in the air, but it was never at this time of year. (Of course, I don't know where you're at.)

She may not have had previous problems that you know of. Cats hide things very well and we are then surprised when something is wrong. I would at least call a vet and see if they think you should bring her in. If you aren't doing it, at her age, and being Siamese, I would be getting lab work done on her a couple of times a year.