{"id":933,"date":"2010-07-12T22:41:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T04:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruralroute2.com"},"modified":"2020-12-22T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:32:58","slug":"kitten-hiccups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/articles-2\/kitten-hiccups\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitten Hiccups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can kittens (and cats) get hiccups?<\/p>\n

The answer to that question is — yes.<\/p>\n

After I rescued four two-week-old kittens who were orphaned when their mother was killed, I became the “momma cat” and started feeding them kitten formula with a syringe.<\/p>\n

When I took the kittens to the vet clinic for a checkup, the vet asked me if they had gotten hiccups yet.<\/p>\n

“No, they haven’t had hiccups,” I said.<\/p>\n

“They will,” the vet said with a smile. “It happens sometimes when they eat too fast.”<\/p>\n

“Should I do anything to help them if they get the hiccups?” I asked, wondering what in the world I could do for kitten hiccups. Tell the kittens to hold their breath? That’s what works for me.<\/p>\n

“You don’t have to do anything,” the vet said. “They’ll go away on their own.”<\/p>\n

Not long after that — sure enough, the kittens got hiccups. And sure enough, after a while, the hiccups went away.<\/p>\n

That was more than 13 years ago. I still have the “kittens” (three of them, anyway; one died in October 2004 from chronic renal failure). And even today, as adult cats, they will occasionally get the hiccups. The hiccups last for a half a minute or a minute and then that’s the end of it.<\/p>\n

So — if your kitten (or cat) develops hiccups, don’t worry about it. The hiccups will go away sooner or later.<\/p>\n

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