yesterday our cat, short hair calico, Harriet, 10 years old, part siamese...started sqeeking.
She acts fine.
Purrs eating , drinking, happy cat but is now squeeking instead of her usual talkative self.
She stopped squeeking today and is only "talking" in a very quiet manner. like whispering her usual talking that she does.
Any one have a cat who knows about this.
Hate to make a wasted vet trip...she hates hates to go to the vets.
I guess we will watch and see.
I was reading up on line about cat coughs etc....if she were sick she would show some signs like not eating or tiredness....lethargic etc.
thanks
bizi

can get colds like you or I.

If she continues...
1) eating more?
2) pestering you more?
3) losing weight?

These are signs of hyperthyroidism in cats. That requires a vet visit.
Swollen thyroid compresses the larynx and changes voice.

But then she may just have a "cold". If so that will pass. The other will stay.

Bizi, does she tend to get hair balls?
Did she ever sound like a Wheeze? Our cat has allergies and wheezes.
Good sign that purring and eating OK, If tthings are going in, and coming out, is good.
Oh, I guess as she is purring there is no chance she got into something eating it and got caught?
De;s youngest cat is always walking around with ribbon, feathers, pices off Katie's feathery Boa, hair from a brush....
Hope it sonds better soon,
Di

thanks you two!
She is overweight....has quite a hanging pendulum...
we call her a ham loaf..lol
no wheezing
Never thought about her thyroid but it does seem to be some sort of blockage perhaps...I was even thinking a tumor but hubby thinks that it would not come on that quickly.
She has sqweeked in the past but only once or twice with months inbetween.
WE are going to watch her...she is like a goat and will eat anything plastic bags rubber bands candy wrappers, etc....
She is very lovable and our baby....
and so cute when she now sqweeks to us...purring happy as can be.
I will keep you posted.
bizi

our old mama cat {15yrs??}{part Siamese} squeaks when I pick her up - she's petite but has pendulum belly too.
but other than the squeak everything else seems normal.

Sheba has a huge lion belly now. She lost some weight and now this thing hangs...
it almost touches the floor!
But her skin is very loose now, tho she seems much better (almost 20 yrs old)

I would caution you not to make medical assumptions based on purring.
Purring basically is a survival mechanism and cats do it when injured or sick.

I learned this when I took our dying cat (had cancer) to be euthanized.
I thought her purring was disturbing, and the Vet explained that cats purr alot when sick or in pain.
(this was news to ME).

http://www.animalvoice.com/catpurrP.htm
Many of us think of purring as a "love" communication. But in reality cats use
it for self healing.

Our two cats with no health issues, don't purr much. Oreo the youngest shows love with her treading (more like a major massage). Tippy rarely purrs at all, and if so very quietly--you have to feel her to see if she is purring.

But the old Sheba with her arthritis etc..purrs all the time. LOUDLY.
Sheba was given about a year to live 3 yrs ago. She is still with us. She limps.