So recently my cat Bruce had started panting occasionally. It would be happen after he had been running around, and the panting would generally last for 5-15 seconds.
Bruce is a 1 year old, orange and white, domestic short-hair. I got him back in late February, and when he first came home, he had some occasional panting, but I chalked that up to the fact that he hadn't been able to run in months. This eventually went away.
Bruce has always had some "snoring" sounds. I noticed them since the day that he came home, and the vet checked him out, and said he wasn't at all concerned.
He's always had this "snoring" sound occasionally, but just recently he has started panting again. When Bruce was a kitten (according to the SPCA records) he nearly died from a severe URI (upper respiratory infection). He was given some heavy-duty drugs to help him out, but he did finally come out.
The panting isn't constant, it only happens a handful of times per day, and it doesn't last long (anywhere from 5-20 seconds). He's still eating well, he's still running around and playing, and he doesn't appear to be in any kind of distress. (In other words, he's acting like a perfectly fine kitty, aside from the panting.)
I took him to the vet today, and the vet checked him over. He said that his heart sounded fine, as did his lungs. He checked his mouth and he didn't see anything in there, and he was able to determine that he didn't have any kind of invasion tumor in his nasal passage. Overall, he wasn't concerned with him.
He said that his best prediction is that he has some type of tissue damage, or nerve damage in his nasal passage or throat that was either there when he was born, or that was damaged when he was sick. He said that if this was the case, it'd affect him for his entire life, but it's not by any means a serious thing. He said that he could do a chest x-ray, but due to the fact that he didn't have any reason to think that he'd find anything, he said that there was no point.
Again, Bruce is acting perfectly fine, and the vet said that nothing "jumped out" at him. He just told us to keep an eye on him, and assuming that the panting doesn't get worse, and assuming that he continues to act fine then there should be no worries....
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Bruce is a 1 year old, orange and white, domestic short-hair. I got him back in late February, and when he first came home, he had some occasional panting, but I chalked that up to the fact that he hadn't been able to run in months. This eventually went away.
Bruce has always had some "snoring" sounds. I noticed them since the day that he came home, and the vet checked him out, and said he wasn't at all concerned.
He's always had this "snoring" sound occasionally, but just recently he has started panting again. When Bruce was a kitten (according to the SPCA records) he nearly died from a severe URI (upper respiratory infection). He was given some heavy-duty drugs to help him out, but he did finally come out.
The panting isn't constant, it only happens a handful of times per day, and it doesn't last long (anywhere from 5-20 seconds). He's still eating well, he's still running around and playing, and he doesn't appear to be in any kind of distress. (In other words, he's acting like a perfectly fine kitty, aside from the panting.)
I took him to the vet today, and the vet checked him over. He said that his heart sounded fine, as did his lungs. He checked his mouth and he didn't see anything in there, and he was able to determine that he didn't have any kind of invasion tumor in his nasal passage. Overall, he wasn't concerned with him.
He said that his best prediction is that he has some type of tissue damage, or nerve damage in his nasal passage or throat that was either there when he was born, or that was damaged when he was sick. He said that if this was the case, it'd affect him for his entire life, but it's not by any means a serious thing. He said that he could do a chest x-ray, but due to the fact that he didn't have any reason to think that he'd find anything, he said that there was no point.
Again, Bruce is acting perfectly fine, and the vet said that nothing "jumped out" at him. He just told us to keep an eye on him, and assuming that the panting doesn't get worse, and assuming that he continues to act fine then there should be no worries....
Anyone have any thoughts on this?