Can animals get the hiccups?…?
Posted by Pet Vet Speaks on Jun 9, 2010 in can cats get the hiccups | Subscribe
my cat was making a noise yesterday for a few minutes and it didnt sound like a hairball or anything and i was wondering if anyone knew if it could have been hiccups or if its even possible?
Yes
Why does my cat do this gulping thing?
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YES THEY CAN IT SOUNDS FUNNY WHEN THEY DO.
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Yeah my dog does when he eats too much from the table and not his dog food. lol
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i know that its completely normal for puppies to get hicups but i’m not sure about cats
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yep, I’ve seen cats get them before.
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Anything that breaths and walks can hiccup =]
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yes they do my dog gets them soo bad they have a diaphram too smart one
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Both my cat and dogs get hiccups its quite cute
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Yep
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yea cats and dogs
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Any animal with a diaphragm can hiccup, kittens and puppies do it often.
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Not sure about cats but my dog has had hiccups.
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yes
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YES, MY BEAGLE GETS THEM OCCASIONALLY
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I think they can. It is just a miscommunication between the brain and the epiglottis & diaphragm (the large muscle under the lungs). My cat seemed have them before.
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Yes, one of our cats gets hiccups occasionally and she seems startled and somewhat offended when she does.
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yes animals can have hiccups…if you type your question into the yahoo search bar it will give you some links to animals having hiccups…
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Yes. I have a miniature poodle and she gets the hiccups about once a week. I guess she swallows too fast.
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Yes animals can get hiccups.
They generally don’t make noises when they do so though. You should probably keep an eye on your cat. Make sure its eating normal, going to the bathroom, playing as usual, etc. If anything has changed, you might want to take it to the vet.
While it was probably nothing, you can never be too sure.
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Yes… my cat gets the hiccups occassionally when he goes under the covers. I just lift the covers up and give him some air. Opening a window also does the trick.
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Hi there…cats definitely can get hiccups.
There is a muscle that is located between a cats lungs and their abdomen called the diaphragm. Hiccups happen when a diaphragm gets irritated and then spasms. The spasms push an irregular breath up and across the vocal box which produces the hiccup sound.
Hiccups in cats: http://ruralroute2.com/kitten_hiccups.php
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yes its possible
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yes my cat hiccups,but my cat also burps
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Yes
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