Who knew cats can get bad colds as well.

United States
October 6, 2008 9:53am CST
My cat has had some ongoing problems that got a lot worse a few days ago. He's a young cat, but was having hair loss problems, and a few days ago he lost his voice. I wasn't too concerned with the hair loss because I know we have fleas and I was sure that was the cause of it, but the loss of his voice really scared me. As it turns out... fleas are the problem for his hair loss, so I got him some more medicine to treat the fleas. The loss of his voice was due to a cold! I couldn't believe it. I mean I knew cats got the sniffles sometimes and all that, but I'd never known of a cat to lose his voice due to a cold! He's doing much better now and getting back to being his loud mouth self!
2 responses
GreenMoo
@GreenMoo (11833)
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23 Oct 08
I'm glad his hair loss problem is cured. Losing hair because of flea irritation must be horrendous! I only have to think about head lice and I start to itch, so the thought of having fleas like that is terrible. They multiply so quickly though that I'm keeping a very close eye on my cats just now. I've never experienced a cat who lost his voice! That's really strange. One of my cats often behaves as if she has a feather stuck in her throat, but I've never heard of losing the voice. I know you do need to be careful if your cat gets a sniffle type cold though, as it can be the first sign of cat flu which can be fatal and it's really contagious if you have more than one cat.
beautyqueen26
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
9 Oct 08
Poor baby! About a year ago, my cat lost his voice too. I wish I'd known it was a cold. I thought he was dying. He had trouble going to pee in his box and he lost weight and spit up clear liquid. He couldn't chew either. I should have taken him to the vet. But at the same time, my daughter had a horrible virus that made her sick to her stomach constantly, so I was more worried about her at the time. The cat is better now. He got over it. Best of luck with your cat.