Comments on: I know, but I've never heard one do it.

Question: I know, but I've never heard one do it.

31d1 — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:56:08 -0800

Can cats cough?

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:56:43 -0800

yes

By: jtron

jtron — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:23:51 -0800

Yes, by consensus.

By: dness2

dness2 — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:16:55 -0800

yes, but it usually means they are really sick.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:20:36 -0800

yes, it can sometimes mean they have a hairball and are not really sick, or they are about to puke and may or may not be really sick.

By: nakedcodemonkey

nakedcodemonkey — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:37:47 -0800

yes, and it could also be choking back something that didn't taste so good after up. or a cold, asthma, bronchitis or even heartworm.

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By: Lord_Pall

Lord_Pall — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:47:32 -0800

one of our cats coughs all the time. He has allergies.

By: kimdog

kimdog — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:28:28 -0800

My cat has allergies too, and coughs at certain times of the year. The vet checked her out. I could drug her, but she doesn't seem bothered by it at all. Shoving a pill down her throat would bother her much more.

By: teece

teece — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:09:48 -0800

My wife made my cat cough, once, by heating a bunch of diced jalapeños in the microwave. I started coughing, and then our cat started coughing (she's Chicana, and thus immune ;-).

It sounded really dainty, and not the same as when he would get ready to hack up a fur ball.

By: JamesMessick

JamesMessick — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:14:17 -0800

They can also talk in their sleep.

By: deborah

deborah — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:53:17 -0800

What jessamyn said.

One of the symptoms that had me take my cat to the vet was frequent, almost continuous, coughing. A week later we had to have him euthanized due to kidney failure.