Hello everyone 
My female kitten (Senna) has been breathing fast since the day I got her at a local rescue. I thought it would normalize by now but it hasn't and it is worrying me. I adopted her when she was 8 weeks old and now she is 3 and a half months old. She was underweight at a mere 1.13 ounce during the first vet visit and since then she has gained a little over a pound.
Her respiratory rate is around 60-70 bpm at rest and around 120-140 bpm when she is awake. I mentioned this to the vet during the first visit and the second visit but they found nothing wrong. Told me that her breathing sounds fine and she is a healthy kitten. I also brought up the fact that she has been getting off and on diarrhea since the day I got her and thus our vet prescribed us some antibiotics to give her during the second vet visit. Her stool has been getting a bit better since but her respiratory rate is still not normal. We also brought a stool sample to the vet for testing and it came back negative.
I brought her to a different vet due to a possible feline herpes outbreak (noted by the red inflammation) around her right eye, which went away by the time I got to the vet. I brought up the topic of her respiratory rate and they told me the same thing... that her breathing is fine.
Besides her breathing, she eats well (high quality 3oz wet food three times per day), is active and will play with her brother (Frank) who is also the same age (she will initiate play fights). She does get stressed easily when meeting strangers, vacuum, and other things. She meows softly (can't hear it sometimes) and her purr is dead silent. Very shy kitten.
Should I just trust my vets? Not sure what to do here.
As I type this, Senna is on my desk chasing after the mouse pointer on the monitor
My female kitten (Senna) has been breathing fast since the day I got her at a local rescue. I thought it would normalize by now but it hasn't and it is worrying me. I adopted her when she was 8 weeks old and now she is 3 and a half months old. She was underweight at a mere 1.13 ounce during the first vet visit and since then she has gained a little over a pound.
Her respiratory rate is around 60-70 bpm at rest and around 120-140 bpm when she is awake. I mentioned this to the vet during the first visit and the second visit but they found nothing wrong. Told me that her breathing sounds fine and she is a healthy kitten. I also brought up the fact that she has been getting off and on diarrhea since the day I got her and thus our vet prescribed us some antibiotics to give her during the second vet visit. Her stool has been getting a bit better since but her respiratory rate is still not normal. We also brought a stool sample to the vet for testing and it came back negative.
I brought her to a different vet due to a possible feline herpes outbreak (noted by the red inflammation) around her right eye, which went away by the time I got to the vet. I brought up the topic of her respiratory rate and they told me the same thing... that her breathing is fine.
Besides her breathing, she eats well (high quality 3oz wet food three times per day), is active and will play with her brother (Frank) who is also the same age (she will initiate play fights). She does get stressed easily when meeting strangers, vacuum, and other things. She meows softly (can't hear it sometimes) and her purr is dead silent. Very shy kitten.
Should I just trust my vets? Not sure what to do here.
As I type this, Senna is on my desk chasing after the mouse pointer on the monitor
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