Turns out that my little Amaya has developed allergies and as a reaction, her throat closes up. She was given a shot and will be taking a number of pills for the next two weeks to see if that helps. The vet says she could be allergic to the forced heat coming through the heater vents. The filters are clean and I havent even turned the heater on in about a week so that cant be where she is getting her allergies from. Only my bedroom has rugs but i've seen her react in the living room and kitchen so its not isolated to one room. I'll have to find out what it is. Hopefully its nothing major and she'll get over it within a week. I would hate for this to be the start of a long battle.

Thanks for all of the great advice!