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I was reading some other posts here and in one it mentioned a cat panting and the responders were talking about CHF. How common is this in cats? (both the panting and the CHF?)
About the cat... she is a ragdoll (mix?) just under a year old. We took her in from a lady on craigslist who needed to get rid of her due to landlord issues several months ago. We took her to the vet, got her shots and spayed, and she has been fine. She is a bit of an odd duck... and we tease her about being a little too inbred... but she is sweet, silly, energetic, definitely nocturnal as she plays all night long and always checks with me to see if its time to get up yet or not - but when I let her know its not she runs off and plays for another half hour or so. good appetite. She is very vocal, and we call her a big cry baby, but we feel its the siamese in her. It doesn't seem like she is in pain. She has this thing she does where she is always bringing you a toy and begging for treats. If she doesn't get a treat she will either curl up beside you and wait, or else run off and find something else to amuse herself. I mean to say, she always wants something when she cries. I am not sure her coat is healthy, its very fuzzy... she is not quite long haired and looks like she static in her hair all the time. She is a chocolate point and to us looks like siamese, but the lady we got her from kept saying no, she is a ragdoll. We have never had a ragdoll, so maybe their coats are just like that.
I have seen her on several occassions panting. Usually its when we take her outdoor in the daytime - she loves going to PetCo and PetSmart with us, but everytime we put her in the car, she is panting before we are even a quarter of the way there (with ac on). There have been other times, but I don't really notice it indoors so maybe she is just sensitive to the heat? She will pant sometimes when I take her for a walk in her stroller, but when I let her walk oni the leash, I don't notice her panting as much, she is much to distracted by everything else there is going on.
Does anyone have a healthy cat that pants?
If it were CHF, wouldn't the vet have caught this prior to spaying her?
Is this something that could develop so suddenly in a cat so young?
What are some of the other signs?
What are some other things that can cause a cat to pant all the time?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts.
I was reading some other posts here and in one it mentioned a cat panting and the responders were talking about CHF. How common is this in cats? (both the panting and the CHF?)
About the cat... she is a ragdoll (mix?) just under a year old. We took her in from a lady on craigslist who needed to get rid of her due to landlord issues several months ago. We took her to the vet, got her shots and spayed, and she has been fine. She is a bit of an odd duck... and we tease her about being a little too inbred... but she is sweet, silly, energetic, definitely nocturnal as she plays all night long and always checks with me to see if its time to get up yet or not - but when I let her know its not she runs off and plays for another half hour or so. good appetite. She is very vocal, and we call her a big cry baby, but we feel its the siamese in her. It doesn't seem like she is in pain. She has this thing she does where she is always bringing you a toy and begging for treats. If she doesn't get a treat she will either curl up beside you and wait, or else run off and find something else to amuse herself. I mean to say, she always wants something when she cries. I am not sure her coat is healthy, its very fuzzy... she is not quite long haired and looks like she static in her hair all the time. She is a chocolate point and to us looks like siamese, but the lady we got her from kept saying no, she is a ragdoll. We have never had a ragdoll, so maybe their coats are just like that.
I have seen her on several occassions panting. Usually its when we take her outdoor in the daytime - she loves going to PetCo and PetSmart with us, but everytime we put her in the car, she is panting before we are even a quarter of the way there (with ac on). There have been other times, but I don't really notice it indoors so maybe she is just sensitive to the heat? She will pant sometimes when I take her for a walk in her stroller, but when I let her walk oni the leash, I don't notice her panting as much, she is much to distracted by everything else there is going on.
Does anyone have a healthy cat that pants?
If it were CHF, wouldn't the vet have caught this prior to spaying her?
Is this something that could develop so suddenly in a cat so young?
What are some of the other signs?
What are some other things that can cause a cat to pant all the time?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts.