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Help? Cat is hiding, may be overheated
Last night when I got home from work I saw the cat for just
a second before she ducked into the room where we keep the litterbox. She hid under the bed. Okay, says I, no big problem. But when it came time to go to bed, my girlfriend and I realized we hadn't seen the cat all night. I went looking and found her under the bed downstairs. She was there this morning, too. She might well have been hiding there all night, seeing as how the wet food I put out last night doesn't look touched. Looking at her with a flashlight to see better, it seemed that her mouth was perpetually open, like she was panting. So we're thinking it might be that she's too hot and is under the bed because it's cool down there. The problems there a 1) It's not really that hot at the moment. Much cooler than it has been at other points of the summer, and Penny never acted this way before. 2) We've got the air conditioner in our bedroom upstairs, and she knows this. She usually likes to sit in the window upstairs or on the bed, and has seemed quite comfortable doing that all summer. Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to get her out from under the bed tonight and have a look at her. She doesn't appear to be injured in any way, and she didn't seem to be in any great distress. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Pete |
When a cat hides it usually means that there is something wrong medically. I
would definitely get her out of there to look at her. I doubt that it is the heat. Gail "Peter Meilinger" wrote in message ... Last night when I got home from work I saw the cat for just a second before she ducked into the room where we keep the litterbox. She hid under the bed. Okay, says I, no big problem. But when it came time to go to bed, my girlfriend and I realized we hadn't seen the cat all night. I went looking and found her under the bed downstairs. She was there this morning, too. She might well have been hiding there all night, seeing as how the wet food I put out last night doesn't look touched. Looking at her with a flashlight to see better, it seemed that her mouth was perpetually open, like she was panting. So we're thinking it might be that she's too hot and is under the bed because it's cool down there. The problems there a 1) It's not really that hot at the moment. Much cooler than it has been at other points of the summer, and Penny never acted this way before. 2) We've got the air conditioner in our bedroom upstairs, and she knows this. She usually likes to sit in the window upstairs or on the bed, and has seemed quite comfortable doing that all summer. Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to get her out from under the bed tonight and have a look at her. She doesn't appear to be injured in any way, and she didn't seem to be in any great distress. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Pete |
When a cat hides it usually means that there is something wrong medically. I
would definitely get her out of there to look at her. I doubt that it is the heat. Gail "Peter Meilinger" wrote in message ... Last night when I got home from work I saw the cat for just a second before she ducked into the room where we keep the litterbox. She hid under the bed. Okay, says I, no big problem. But when it came time to go to bed, my girlfriend and I realized we hadn't seen the cat all night. I went looking and found her under the bed downstairs. She was there this morning, too. She might well have been hiding there all night, seeing as how the wet food I put out last night doesn't look touched. Looking at her with a flashlight to see better, it seemed that her mouth was perpetually open, like she was panting. So we're thinking it might be that she's too hot and is under the bed because it's cool down there. The problems there a 1) It's not really that hot at the moment. Much cooler than it has been at other points of the summer, and Penny never acted this way before. 2) We've got the air conditioner in our bedroom upstairs, and she knows this. She usually likes to sit in the window upstairs or on the bed, and has seemed quite comfortable doing that all summer. Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to get her out from under the bed tonight and have a look at her. She doesn't appear to be injured in any way, and she didn't seem to be in any great distress. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Pete |
Yes, make an appointment with the vet right away. Disease can move very
swiftly in cats. Bill "Gail" wrote in message ... When a cat hides it usually means that there is something wrong medically. I would definitely get her out of there to look at her. I doubt that it is the heat. Gail "Peter Meilinger" wrote in message ... Last night when I got home from work I saw the cat for just a second before she ducked into the room where we keep the litterbox. She hid under the bed. Okay, says I, no big problem. But when it came time to go to bed, my girlfriend and I realized we hadn't seen the cat all night. I went looking and found her under the bed downstairs. She was there this morning, too. She might well have been hiding there all night, seeing as how the wet food I put out last night doesn't look touched. Looking at her with a flashlight to see better, it seemed that her mouth was perpetually open, like she was panting. So we're thinking it might be that she's too hot and is under the bed because it's cool down there. The problems there a 1) It's not really that hot at the moment. Much cooler than it has been at other points of the summer, and Penny never acted this way before. 2) We've got the air conditioner in our bedroom upstairs, and she knows this. She usually likes to sit in the window upstairs or on the bed, and has seemed quite comfortable doing that all summer. Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to get her out from under the bed tonight and have a look at her. She doesn't appear to be injured in any way, and she didn't seem to be in any great distress. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Pete |
Yes, make an appointment with the vet right away. Disease can move very
swiftly in cats. Bill "Gail" wrote in message ... When a cat hides it usually means that there is something wrong medically. I would definitely get her out of there to look at her. I doubt that it is the heat. Gail "Peter Meilinger" wrote in message ... Last night when I got home from work I saw the cat for just a second before she ducked into the room where we keep the litterbox. She hid under the bed. Okay, says I, no big problem. But when it came time to go to bed, my girlfriend and I realized we hadn't seen the cat all night. I went looking and found her under the bed downstairs. She was there this morning, too. She might well have been hiding there all night, seeing as how the wet food I put out last night doesn't look touched. Looking at her with a flashlight to see better, it seemed that her mouth was perpetually open, like she was panting. So we're thinking it might be that she's too hot and is under the bed because it's cool down there. The problems there a 1) It's not really that hot at the moment. Much cooler than it has been at other points of the summer, and Penny never acted this way before. 2) We've got the air conditioner in our bedroom upstairs, and she knows this. She usually likes to sit in the window upstairs or on the bed, and has seemed quite comfortable doing that all summer. Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to get her out from under the bed tonight and have a look at her. She doesn't appear to be injured in any way, and she didn't seem to be in any great distress. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Pete |
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with... Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to get her out from under the bed tonight and have a look at her. She doesn't appear to be injured in any way, and she didn't seem to be in any great distress. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. She is quite possibly sick. Cats hide illness very well - take her to the vet. ------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Press any key to continue or any other key to quit. Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace ------------------------------------------------- |
Thanks for getting on me to take her to the vet. I made an
appointment for this afternoon instead of waiting until I could get home and take a good look at Penny first. She had somehow gotten her collar stuck inside her mouth. She couldn't open her mouth for almost 24 hours, and now her lips and gums are infected. Judging from the fact she now has an infection, I was wondering if this was a flea collar. Flea collars are bad news all the way around; ineffective at best and dangerous at worst. Sherry |
Thanks for getting on me to take her to the vet. I made an
appointment for this afternoon instead of waiting until I could get home and take a good look at Penny first. She had somehow gotten her collar stuck inside her mouth. She couldn't open her mouth for almost 24 hours, and now her lips and gums are infected. Judging from the fact she now has an infection, I was wondering if this was a flea collar. Flea collars are bad news all the way around; ineffective at best and dangerous at worst. Sherry |
Sherry wrote:
Judging from the fact she now has an infection, I was wondering if this was a flea collar. Flea collars are bad news all the way around; ineffective at best and dangerous at worst. Not a flea collar, no. Unfortunately, it wasn't a breakaway, either. I'd have sworn we'd bought her a breakaway collar, but obviously not. We'll get her one this weekend. I wouldn't bother at all, since she's an indoors cat, but we're moving next week, and past experience suggests she'll try to escape when we get to the new place. Pete |
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