Kitty's meow suddenly raspy - cause for alarm?

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Harper Dean - 07 Jun 2004 16:54 GMT

My five-year-old cat's voice, her meow, has become low and raspy in just
the last twenty-four hours. Any reason to think there might be a
problem? She's not meowing any more or less than usual, if that's
relevant, and seems just fine otherwise.

Thanks :)

H.D.

P.S.
I just decided to check her throat area for a lump or mass. There is
indeed a good sized one. Damn.

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Camilla Baird - 07 Jun 2004 17:00 GMT

> My five-year-old cat's voice, her meow, has become low and raspy in just
> the last twenty-four hours. Any reason to think there might be a
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> I just decided to check her throat area for a lump or mass. There is
> indeed a good sized one. Damn.

I was just going to suggest a throat infection of some sort ;-) Take her
to the vet asap, so she can get that mass treated.
Camilla

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Harper Dean - 07 Jun 2004 23:11 GMT

>> My five-year-old cat's voice, her meow, has become low and raspy in
>> just the last twenty-four hours. Any reason to think there might be a
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> to the vet asap, so she can get that mass treated.
> Camilla

Camilla,

Thank you for answering my request for help. I don't know how you manage
to read any of the posts on this ng -- I came back just now to see if
there were any replies to mine and found dozens upon dozens of cat
torture related subject headers! I had to look away. :-(

Take care,
H.D.

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Laura R. - 07 Jun 2004 23:42 GMT

circa Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:11:43 -0700, in alt.cats, Harper Dean
(hmdean@astound.net) said,

> Camilla,
>
> Thank you for answering my request for help. I don't know how you manage
> to read any of the posts on this ng -- I came back just now to see if
> there were any replies to mine and found dozens upon dozens of cat
> torture related subject headers! I had to look away. :-(

Killfile James Marz and the majority of those posts disappear.

Laura

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Harper Dean - 08 Jun 2004 08:08 GMT

> circa Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:11:43 -0700, in alt.cats, Harper Dean
> (hmdean@astound.net) said,
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>
> Killfile James Marz and the majority of those posts disappear.

Thanks, Laura. My reader, Mozilla Thunderbird for the Mac, has a
malfunctioning filter, darnit.

H.D. :)

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Cheryl - 08 Jun 2004 00:22 GMT

In the fine newsgroup "alt.cats", Camilla Baird <mail@korat.dk>
artfully composed this message within
<news:40C49119.6000104@korat.dk> on 07 Jun 2004:

>> My five-year-old cat's voice, her meow, has become low and
>> raspy in just the last twenty-four hours. Any reason to think
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Take her to the vet asap, so she can get that mass treated.
> Camilla

I just recently read that the loss of voice (ie, weakening of
voice) could be related to a potassium deficiency. Easily remedied
if it the case. A blood test would reveal it. Hope it isn't a
serious mass. :(

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Harper Dean - 08 Jun 2004 08:10 GMT

> In the fine newsgroup "alt.cats", Camilla Baird <mail@korat.dk>
> artfully composed this message within
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> I just recently read that the loss of voice (ie, weakening of
> voice) could be related to a potassium deficiency.

Oh, I hope to heaven that's all it is. I suspect not, though.

> Easily remedied
> if it the case. A blood test would reveal it. Hope it isn't a
> serious mass. :(

I hope not too. Thanks very much for replying.

H.D.

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Cheryl - 09 Jun 2004 01:30 GMT

In the fine newsgroup "alt.cats", Harper Dean <hmdean@astound.net>
artfully composed this message within
<news:2il73rFnf7n9U2@uni-berlin.de> on 08 Jun 2004:

>> Hope it isn't a
>> serious mass. :(
>
> I hope not too. Thanks very much for replying.

Please let us know how it goes. Best wishes and kitty purrs for
yours.

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