I've just gotten back from the emergency PDSA clinic with my little lad Hamilton, but am still not entirely sure what happened with him tonight. The vet said it was most likely a resp problem and I have some baytril, but I wanted to post a vid on here as I've never seen this before. When it started to happen I thought perhaps it was choking or severe hiccups or something? The way he was gasping had me in an absolute panic!
You can't actually see Hamilton until about half way through the vid when he climbs on top of his hoojcube, and then you can quite clearly see the mouth-breathing that goes with the sounds. It lasted like that for about 5-10 minutes, then for another 20 mins or so the sounds got quieter and quieter and he lay on his side in the hospital cage I'd put him in looking exhausted

He was a little colder and floppier than usual afterwards. If anybody has seen similar and knows what might have happened I'd be really interested to know - I'm quite worried about the poor lad and don't know what to do if it happens again.
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o152 ... CN1620.mp4