Hello all, not sure if any of your bengals out there get many hairballs? my Percy is 5 months and he doesn't get hair balls, however some times at night I hear him coughing really loudly, almost sounds like he is trying to cough up a hair ball but he never coughs anything up. he only does it when he is in the bathroom trying to drink out of the tap, so he isn't choking on anything solid. maybe water went down the wrong hole? didn't think bengals were prone to getting hair balls, especially percy being so young?

Raiden hasn't had any problems with hairballs and he never coughs. Sometimes he sneezes.

Jasper has had a hairball one time and it kinda took me off guard to be honest. If he is coughing a lot I would pop by the vets and let them make sure nothing is going on. If everything is fine you can get a hairball remedy, I use laxatone and it's salmon flavored so they eat it right up.

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Yes definitely monitor the cough, there are so many reasons it could be happening. Most of the time it's nothing to worry about, just natural.

Kai stepped in liquid detergent and licked his paw and got VERY ill for about a day. After 3 days he was back to 100% but he has a cough leftover. The vet says certain chemicals like liquid detergent burn and most of the time they dont make your cat as sick as Kai got, but they will hurt the throat and tummy and cause a bad cough for a week or so.
The reason I bring up my situation is Kai only coughs when he eats or drinks because it hurts his throat as it is healing.

Mind you, it is more likely your kitty just has a hairball or something stuck in his throat. Or perhaps he ate a toy (EEK!!). Or maybe he's just trying to clear his throat to get your attention :) lol. Like I said, there are so many possible causes that its hard to tell! Just make sure you monitor and if it persists or seems to get worse I would bring him for a checkup to the vet. That never hurts (except your wallet).

Good luck

Kitten was trying to shift hair every otherday and often puking up. I've started brushing her (as much as I can) daily and giving her eukanuba hairball dry food with her normal food, now she coughs once a week or so, but she's not sick any more.

hairballs don't always get coughed up, so you'll hear them coughing, but with no obvious product.

Sometimes coughing is cat asthma. It sounds really similar to them coughing up a hairball but there is no hairball.