Thank you for you responses! Great. It can be difficult sometimes to distinguish coughing versus gagging, but it sounds likely that she may truly be gagging. This could be caused by nausea, esophatitis, gastritis, or even foreign objects in the stomach.

I recommend having her seen by your regular vet. I would start with a physical exam (looking carefully under her tongue for strings) and x-rays of her chest/abdomen. This can help to rule out any respiratory issue as well as look for possible foreign material in her GI tract. After these, hopefully we will have a diagnosis and be able to start a treatment plan.

In the meantime, you can give her 1/4 tablet of Pepcid AC twice a day. Offer her two meals, morning and late evening. Sometimes a low carb canned food will help. If your vet sees nothing of note on the x-rays, I would also start sucralfate in a slurry (your vet would show you how to make this) 2-3 times daily.

Good luck!

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