My 3-year-old male cat makes a loud sniffing noise. He’s been doing it for a few months but it’s gotten worse and louder. He sounds fine when he’s breathing. It’s only when he sniffs it sounds similar to a wheeze. Any thoughts?
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Is the nose running? Maybe allergies? If it has been going on for a while and is becoming worse, I would go to the vet to double-check. This could be an upper respiratory infection.
@Lilkimmiixx Thank you for replying. His nose is not running. He had a health crisis a few months ago, and his liver enzymes were elevated and he was lethargic. Spent 2000 on testing, including a chest x-ray. There were no concerns discovered (which was unusual). He took antibiotics and was better after two weeks. He definitely have upper resp because he came from a shelter and was sick when we got him, but it’s weird that it flared up like this (prior to the health issue a few months ago). I’m assuming allergies or asthma, but it’s unusual that it started this year, when he was three. Sorry for the wall of text lol.
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@Ill_Opportunity_4642 No worries, our one girl had a chronic sneeze, which the vet finally diagnosed as a benign tumor after ruling out seasonal allergies and infection. She was otherwise fine. Perhaps it is a seasonal allergy that develops into an infection? I believe they can put her on antibiotics, and if she improves, it will be apparent that she had an infection. However, the reason may always be present. We got to the point where our vet gave us medicines to give her when her nose started running from the sniffles. It might be beneficial, but I would always return for unexplained reasons.
@Lilkimmiixx Thank you for your advice! It’s so hard when they can’t tell us what’s wrong. We spend so much tryinThank you for your advice! It’s so hard when they can’t tell us what’s wrong. We spend so much trying to figure it out at the vet and sometimes get no answers, so frustrating! g to figure it out at the vet and sometimes get no answers, so frustrating!
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I would see if he’s getting into anything too. Our one boy was climbing the pipes in our basement ceiling and would be covered in dust when he came upstairs lol