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First of, I'm calling my vet first thing in the morning.
Now I have a 8 - 9 week old rescued kitten, she's been a stud so far.
But the past couple of days I've started to notice strange things, which I do not like, at all.
Firstly, she's always been very active and playful and had no trouble breathing;
The past few days I've noticed that she's having trouble breathing through her nose, and occasionally coughs and sneezes. I hear her blowing air out her nose in a quick and hard fashion occasionally as well.
Something that had never happened before was when she's running around a bit, she pants like a dog now, mouth open breathing.
Secondly, I have seen it once when she was only 3 weeks old and see it all the time now. While sleeping, she stops breathing for 2 - 3 seconds and I see no movement in her body/lungs, at all. After a couple of seconds the breathing resumes and her body/lungs move as usual. I've been observing her the past 20 minutes and it has happened 3 - 4 times, which I do not like at all, reminds me of apnea. Which makes me think it's a heart thing.
Thirdly, related to the second, she has episodes while she's sleeping where she breaths way too fast, like she's in the middle of running a marathon. She even once woke up during one and started panting with her mouth open.
Her nose is also always very dry, if that means anything
I'm usually not one to panic rapidly, but these are highly concerning to me, I have a feeling there is a genetic defect in her heart and or lungs, or at least something is going on.
I'm always a positive person, but I do fear for my little one
Has anyone had similar experiences with their cat(s)?
I'd like to hear if you have and what exactly it was or what caused it
How did you treat it, if even possible, and what the outcome was
Any feedback is greatly appreciated
Now I have a 8 - 9 week old rescued kitten, she's been a stud so far.
But the past couple of days I've started to notice strange things, which I do not like, at all.
Firstly, she's always been very active and playful and had no trouble breathing;
The past few days I've noticed that she's having trouble breathing through her nose, and occasionally coughs and sneezes. I hear her blowing air out her nose in a quick and hard fashion occasionally as well.
Something that had never happened before was when she's running around a bit, she pants like a dog now, mouth open breathing.
Secondly, I have seen it once when she was only 3 weeks old and see it all the time now. While sleeping, she stops breathing for 2 - 3 seconds and I see no movement in her body/lungs, at all. After a couple of seconds the breathing resumes and her body/lungs move as usual. I've been observing her the past 20 minutes and it has happened 3 - 4 times, which I do not like at all, reminds me of apnea. Which makes me think it's a heart thing.
Thirdly, related to the second, she has episodes while she's sleeping where she breaths way too fast, like she's in the middle of running a marathon. She even once woke up during one and started panting with her mouth open.
Her nose is also always very dry, if that means anything
I'm usually not one to panic rapidly, but these are highly concerning to me, I have a feeling there is a genetic defect in her heart and or lungs, or at least something is going on.
I'm always a positive person, but I do fear for my little one
Has anyone had similar experiences with their cat(s)?
I'd like to hear if you have and what exactly it was or what caused it
How did you treat it, if even possible, and what the outcome was
Any feedback is greatly appreciated