Well, she has a tinier little respritory system so her breathing will
probably be faster somewhat. I will also say this, when my Sugar was that
age (and basiclaly until she turned one) she did not have an OFF when it
came to play. *I* had to be the off switch and control the rate of speed of
the play because she would run and play herself to a frenzy, panting and the
whole nine yards. So as long as the panting stops within a minute or so of
play stopping its probably OK. I did not have that problem with her
brother, even as a kitten. When he got tired he stopped, but not Sugar. She
did eventually learn however.


"Rick Vigorous" wrote in message
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I have a 4 1/2 month old female kitten that's been with me for six weeks.
Aside from coming home with a tapeworm, which has now been eliminated, she
seems the picture of health. Enormous appetite, weed-like growth, and
possessed of astonishing energy and strength (she'll jump 5 feet straight
up to grab things out of my hand).

The only thing that concerns me is that she breathes more rapidly and
shallowly than my other two cats. When running around or otherwise
active,
she breathes about 60 - 70 times per minute, sometimes even panting
briefly. When my other two cats sleep, they breathe so slowly that
sometimes I've occasionaly awakened them to make sure they're still alive.
With the kitten, her sleep-breathing is still fast and shallow.

She doesn't cough, wheeze, or vomit, and shows no signs of breathing
distress. She's very active, and will romp around for hours without
stopping.

Is this, rapid shallow breathing cause for concern?