Tuesday 15 September 2009
How fast is your cat breathing?
Here's a video of an interesting case that came in this evening - a cat with rapid breathing, also known as "tachypnoea". Watching the rate of breathing is one of the simple observations that you can make on a pet cat at home. Breathing should be barely noticeable, slow and shallow - around 20 - 30 per minute. This cat breathes at around 60 per minute, probably due to a benign thyroid tumour producing too much thyroid hormone, which causes heart complications. We're awaiting blood test results, but she's quite contented and comfortable in the meantime.
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What was the diagnosis?
Hyperthyroidism causing high blood pressure and mild heart failure - has responded to treatment with daily tablets
is that really breathing fast?
Uh.oh. I better take my cat to the VET ASAP!
What does it mean if my kittens respiratory rate is 80 when sleeping?
Not all the time..but sometimes.
She eats..but not as much as the other kitten. Plays constantly. But was very traumatized as a kitty...mom was eaten by rats. She is very restless...and purring often but runs away and jumps at every sound.
She was checked by a vet before we bought her, but could she have developed something already..she is only about 6 months? She just had her first heat cycle.
Thanks.
Thank you so much for posting this. I was a bit concerned that my female kitty was breathing too fast, but I also didn't know what a normal breathing rate for a cat actually was. She's asleep beside me as I type and I counted about 32 breaths within a minute, so I think that is maybe the tiniest bit above normal. She's otherwise healthy, agile, bright-eyed and vocal.
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