Greetings All!...... I think this is the first time I've not posted anonymously but after being a reader and sometimes contributer...I don't care anymore. Wylie is about 5 and she has had a persistant, sometimes violent high-pitched, kind of wheezy cough for the last 3 days. If you are a Doctor, Nurse or Paramedic, you know what Stridor sounds like...well that's it. I paniced because Winnie made the same hacking noises before she got very sick and I had to help her cross over. I took Wylie to the ER Vet Hospital. Of course she was silent when I got there, the x-ray was normal. Lungs clear. Belly was fine. The doctor guessed maybe it was asthma or "something else", gave me clavoxin and sent me on my way. I took Wylie to my regular Vet (Yeah Dr. Schulke!!) and after a thorough physical exam came to the same conclusion that he had no clue. He offered to do lots of expensive tests or wait about a week and see. I opted for the latter seeing as how I dropped about $1000.00 when Winnie got so sick in one weekend. Well, I guess..it's gotten a little bit better but her energy level is lower than it normally is and she is still hacking once in a while. Anybody got some plausible ideas as to what this may or may not be? I was in the medical profession for almost 13 years so don't hold back if you want to get technical. Thanks in advance for your ideas and continued support. Good Health to You and Yours! Sincerely, Peter & Wylie - "Haaaaack" [Posted in FML issue 3750]