Please help! Is my cat breathing okay?

[Katieannee]

Hi my 8 year old cat Marcy has been breathing like this sometimes when asleep/resting. She went to the vets a couple months ago for some x rays which all came back clear. She’s always has snored in her sleep but only started this noise early this year. She is a bit overweight which I’m trying to get down and doesn’t have any upper infection symptoms or any symptoms at all really
9 September 2022

 

[betsygee]

Perhaps nasal polyps? That’s what our vet suspected when our cat was breathing funny and was off her food a bit.

 

[FeebysOwner]

I had trouble making out the sound on your video, but it does sound a bit like something Feeby just started (18+yo). If it is the same, it is almost like a sort of soft moaning, for lack of a better way to describe it. It could be related to Marcy's snoring in some manner - what did the vet attribute the snoring to - a form of apnea?

Feeby does not have any of that, but she does have a leaky heart valve that may or may not be connected to this more recent 'moaning'. I have not pursued this new 'thing' with Feeby because she has so many other health issues that I have suspected this might have to do with one of them. She is overly tired, and I wonder if that might somehow tie to how well she sleeps, hence the moaning.

Nonetheless, an echocardiogram might be helpful to see any malfunctions in the heart. And, if the x-rays were not done of her head, to look for obstructions in her nasal passages, as mentioned above - as well as her throat, those might be other options to pursue.

Have you shared this video with the vet? That might be something else to consider.

 

[Katieannee]

I thought it could be nasal polyps but she just doesn’t have any symptoms at all except for the breathing. I think if it it was nasal polyps she would be breathing like it all the time and not just sometimes as well

 

[Katieannee]

Marcy had echocardiogram when she had her X-rays as they wanted to make sure she had no fluid around the heart, everything came back fine. The vet didn’t really say anything about the snoring after the X-rays so I’m guessing they aren’t concerned since the X-rays are clear. Maybe I’m just being silly but I just don’t like how it sounds

 

[betsygee]

It’s hard not to worry when you notice something different.