If you can spare a purr or so...another request

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...
1.Tucker has panted very easily ever since we've known him and after
talking
with Megan I'm going to take him to get checked out by the vet tomorrow --
(hoping to rule out feline asthma or cardiomyopathy) -- it's going to be
hard on the little guy so any purrs would be appreciated. Anyone here
have
experience with panting cats?

and

2. Could you please purr for a possible d*g adoption at the local humane
society -- My daughter, Celeste, worked with a very sweet border
collie/heeler mix at the Camp Love A Pet session this summer and we've
just
checked and found out that "Arne" still hasn't been adopted. A family at
my
daughter's school was interested in adopting a dog and I told them about
Arne; they're going to look at him tomorrow. It would be quite wonderful
to
know that he might find a good home at last.

Many thanks!
Christine


purrs enroute.
Brenda

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...
1.Tucker has panted very easily ever since we've known him and after
talking
with Megan I'm going to take him to get checked out by the vet tomorrow --
(hoping to rule out feline asthma or cardiomyopathy) -- it's going to be
hard on the little guy so any purrs would be appreciated. Anyone here
have
experience with panting cats?

Only when it gets really really hot here, so sorry, no. Purrs on their way,
though.

2. Could you please purr for a possible d*g adoption at the local humane
society -- My daughter, Celeste, worked with a very sweet border
collie/heeler mix at the Camp Love A Pet session this summer and we've
just
checked and found out that "Arne" still hasn't been adopted. A family at
my
daughter's school was interested in adopting a dog and I told them about
Arne; they're going to look at him tomorrow. It would be quite wonderful
to
know that he might find a good home at last.

Awwww, Fluffy is a border collie / blue heeler cross and I can't imagine a
more lovable or faithful dog (not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree,
but with a huge heart and a great sense of humour). Many purrs & wags for
Arne to find his onetruefamily.

Yowie

Wow, Ginger-lyn, that was very interesting and helpful and I appreciate the
info! Makes me glad I'm getting him checked out ... and thank you so much
everyone who has been thinking of both Tucker and Arne and sending
supportive purrs.

I took Tucker in this afternoon and the vet did suggest we do the tests
(ultrasound and x-ray) and we had to schedule it for Sunday (as the male
doctor who does this will be going on maternity leave after that date!). So
we'll see what we find out and I'm trying to stifle those groans re more vet
bills.

Tucker was a brave little furball and behaved himself at the vets even
though he was quite scared...he has come a long way and he came to me for
comfort there and hid his face in my arm.

I will maybe hear tomorrow if the people got to visit Arne and let everyone
know what I find out.
regards,
Christine

"Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:40:31 -0600, "Christine Burel"
wrote:

1.Tucker has panted very easily ever since we've known him and after
talking
with Megan I'm going to take him to get checked out by the vet
tomorrow --
(hoping to rule out feline asthma or cardiomyopathy) -- it's going to be
hard on the little guy so any purrs would be appreciated. Anyone here
have
experience with panting cats?

and

2. Could you please purr for a possible d*g adoption at the local humane
society -- My daughter, Celeste, worked with a very sweet border
collie/heeler mix at the Camp Love A Pet session this summer and we've
just
checked and found out that "Arne" still hasn't been adopted. A family at
my
daughter's school was interested in adopting a dog and I told them about
Arne; they're going to look at him tomorrow. It would be quite wonderful
to
know that he might find a good home at last.

Many thanks!
Christine

Purrs for little Tucker's tests and also for Arne to find a forever
home.

I have experience with cats panting -- more than I care to! There can
be several reasons behind it, I have found. At worst, there is as,
you mentioned, cardiomyopathy. My beloved Mojo (RB) panted terribly.
I asked the vet at the time (no longer my vet) about it, and he told
me there was no problem and that it was "just his quirk". A month
after that statement, Mojo was at the Bridge. He blocked, and the
emergency vet said "Do you know this cat has a fairly serious heart
murmur?" Yes, I did, but I could never get the vet to confirm it :-(
Just a week or so before Mojo died, I did research on the Internet,
and discovered that panting was a major sign of cardiomyopathy.
Before I could figure out what to do (change vets, or whatever), he
was gone. Although I did not have a necropsy done, I am 99.9% certain
that Mojo had cardiomyopathy.

When we first got Wolfie six months after we lost Mojo, *he* panted,
and you can imagine how terrified we were. Not having funds for
expensive tests, we decided to wait and watch him. Mojo had panted
*badly* -- he would run and play and pant to the point that I would
have to take him upstairs into the air conditioned room, and it could
take him 10-15 minutes to stop panting, even in the a/c. Wolfie, on
the other hand, would stop panting within a minute or so after he
stopped playing. After a few months, he apparently found the right
point at which he got overly excited by playing, and he has not panted
since.

Then we have Merlyn. Last summer, Merlyn started panting terribly,
even if she was not running or playing at full speed. Took her to the
vet, who diagnosed her with "panting of unknown origin". Could not
afford the $350 or so for the test to see if she had cardio, and I
didn't think she did. And I have come to the conclusion that Merlyn
simply has a heat intolerance. So this summer, the a/c is on 24/7,
and she can go into the Cool Room any time she wants. She has spent a
*lot* of time in there this summer. She is very high strung, and very
long-haired, and it seems heat really bothers her. Since we started
letting her get cool whenever she needs it, she almost never pants,
except when she is downstairs and being fed.

I have two other cats, Sabra and Internet, and both are asthmatics. I
believe Internet's is heat-induced, and Sabra's is the old-fashioned,
clear-cut asthma. Internet will occasionally pant open-mouthed, but
Sabra never has. From what I have seen with Sabra, in true, pure
asthma, panting is usually not seen. What you see is a difficulty
breathing, with the lungs moving in and out with difficulty (look at
the sides of the cat, and you can see it easily). You can also hear
wheezing with Sabra's asthma if he is having an attack.

So, from my experience, open-mouthed panting can be a sign of
cardiomyopathy, especially if it does not stop quickly upon the cat's
resting. It can show up with asthma, but it does not always.
Sometimes, in a kitten, it is merely a sign that the kitten has not
yet found out what his or her limits are in play. And some cats do it
because they are heat intolerant or high strung, or both.

Hope that helps, and best wishes for a good diagnosis for Tucker.

Ginger-lyn

Purrs for tucker that everything is ok.

Hugggs,

Fuga

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:06:50 -0600, "Christine Burel"
wrote:

Wow, Ginger-lyn, that was very interesting and helpful and I appreciate the
info! Makes me glad I'm getting him checked out ... and thank you so much
everyone who has been thinking of both Tucker and Arne and sending
supportive purrs.

I took Tucker in this afternoon and the vet did suggest we do the tests
(ultrasound and x-ray) and we had to schedule it for Sunday (as the male
doctor who does this will be going on maternity leave after that date!). So
we'll see what we find out and I'm trying to stifle those groans re more vet
bills.

Purrs that the test show that nothing is seriously wrong.


Tucker was a brave little furball and behaved himself at the vets even
though he was quite scared...he has come a long way and he came to me for
comfort there and hid his face in my arm.

Sounds like amazing progress is being made, he trusts you now


I will maybe hear tomorrow if the people got to visit Arne and let everyone
know what I find out.

Continuing purrs that Arne will find his onetruehome soon, and I think
it would be great if it turns out that it will be with someone you
know so that Celeste can have visiting rights. I didn't think about it
before, but has he been fostered. It's seems like a real shame if he's
been kenneled all this time

regards,
Christine

"Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:40:31 -0600, "Christine Burel"
wrote:

1.Tucker has panted very easily ever since we've known him and after
talking
with Megan I'm going to take him to get checked out by the vet
tomorrow --
(hoping to rule out feline asthma or cardiomyopathy) -- it's going to be
hard on the little guy so any purrs would be appreciated. Anyone here
have
experience with panting cats?

and

2. Could you please purr for a possible d*g adoption at the local humane
society -- My daughter, Celeste, worked with a very sweet border
collie/heeler mix at the Camp Love A Pet session this summer and we've
just
checked and found out that "Arne" still hasn't been adopted. A family at
my
daughter's school was interested in adopting a dog and I told them about
Arne; they're going to look at him tomorrow. It would be quite wonderful
to
know that he might find a good home at last.

Many thanks!
Christine

Purrs for little Tucker's tests and also for Arne to find a forever
home.

I have experience with cats panting -- more than I care to! There can
be several reasons behind it, I have found. At worst, there is as,
you mentioned, cardiomyopathy. My beloved Mojo (RB) panted terribly.
I asked the vet at the time (no longer my vet) about it, and he told
me there was no problem and that it was "just his quirk". A month
after that statement, Mojo was at the Bridge. He blocked, and the
emergency vet said "Do you know this cat has a fairly serious heart
murmur?" Yes, I did, but I could never get the vet to confirm it :-(
Just a week or so before Mojo died, I did research on the Internet,
and discovered that panting was a major sign of cardiomyopathy.
Before I could figure out what to do (change vets, or whatever), he
was gone. Although I did not have a necropsy done, I am 99.9% certain
that Mojo had cardiomyopathy.

When we first got Wolfie six months after we lost Mojo, *he* panted,
and you can imagine how terrified we were. Not having funds for
expensive tests, we decided to wait and watch him. Mojo had panted
*badly* -- he would run and play and pant to the point that I would
have to take him upstairs into the air conditioned room, and it could
take him 10-15 minutes to stop panting, even in the a/c. Wolfie, on
the other hand, would stop panting within a minute or so after he
stopped playing. After a few months, he apparently found the right
point at which he got overly excited by playing, and he has not panted
since.

Then we have Merlyn. Last summer, Merlyn started panting terribly,
even if she was not running or playing at full speed. Took her to the
vet, who diagnosed her with "panting of unknown origin". Could not
afford the $350 or so for the test to see if she had cardio, and I
didn't think she did. And I have come to the conclusion that Merlyn
simply has a heat intolerance. So this summer, the a/c is on 24/7,
and she can go into the Cool Room any time she wants. She has spent a
*lot* of time in there this summer. She is very high strung, and very
long-haired, and it seems heat really bothers her. Since we started
letting her get cool whenever she needs it, she almost never pants,
except when she is downstairs and being fed.

I have two other cats, Sabra and Internet, and both are asthmatics. I
believe Internet's is heat-induced, and Sabra's is the old-fashioned,
clear-cut asthma. Internet will occasionally pant open-mouthed, but
Sabra never has. From what I have seen with Sabra, in true, pure
asthma, panting is usually not seen. What you see is a difficulty
breathing, with the lungs moving in and out with difficulty (look at
the sides of the cat, and you can see it easily). You can also hear
wheezing with Sabra's asthma if he is having an attack.

So, from my experience, open-mouthed panting can be a sign of
cardiomyopathy, especially if it does not stop quickly upon the cat's
resting. It can show up with asthma, but it does not always.
Sometimes, in a kitten, it is merely a sign that the kitten has not
yet found out what his or her limits are in play. And some cats do it
because they are heat intolerant or high strung, or both.

Hope that helps, and best wishes for a good diagnosis for Tucker.

Ginger-lyn

(Ginger-lyn Summer) had some very interesting
things to say about If you can spare a purr or so...another
request:

So, from my experience, open-mouthed panting can be a sign of
cardiomyopathy, especially if it does not stop quickly upon the cat's
resting. It can show up with asthma, but it does not always.
Sometimes, in a kitten, it is merely a sign that the kitten has not
yet found out what his or her limits are in play. And some cats do it
because they are heat intolerant or high strung, or both.

Felix does so when in a car for very long. He *hates* car travel [poor
kid loses bladder control, he's so upset].

--
Seanette Blaylock
"You attribute perfect rationality to the whole of humanity, which has
to be one of the most misguided assumptions ever." - Alan Krueger in NANAE
[make obvious correction to address to send e-mail]

Lots of purrs for the tests to be negative and not too expensive,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...
snip I took Tucker in this afternoon and the vet did suggest we do the
tests
(ultrasound and x-ray) and we had to schedule it for Sunday (as the male
doctor who does this will be going on maternity leave after that date!).
So
we'll see what we find out and I'm trying to stifle those groans re more
vet
bills.

Seanette Blaylock wrote:

Felix does so when in a car for very long. He *hates* car travel [poor
kid loses bladder control, he's so upset].

That's one of the few times I've ever seen any of my cats panting, when
nervous in the car, although obviously, as Ginger-lyn mentioned, there are
many other reasons, so glad you're checking it out.

Ann

--

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak

Christine Burel wrote:
1.Tucker has panted very easily ever since we've known him and after
talking with Megan I'm going to take him to get checked out by the
vet tomorrow -- (hoping to rule out feline asthma or cardiomyopathy) -
- it's going to be hard on the little guy so any purrs would be
appreciated. Anyone here have experience with panting cats?

and

2. Could you please purr for a possible d*g adoption at the local
humane society -- My daughter, Celeste, worked with a very sweet
border collie/heeler mix at the Camp Love A Pet session this summer
and we've just checked and found out that "Arne" still hasn't been
adopted. A family at my daughter's school was interested in adopting
a dog and I told them about Arne; they're going to look at him
tomorrow. It would be quite wonderful to know that he might find a
good home at last.

Many thanks!
Christine

Purrs on the way
--
Adrian
A House Is Not A Home, Without A Cat.

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...

I took Tucker in this afternoon and the vet did suggest we do the tests
(ultrasound and x-ray) and we had to schedule it for Sunday (as the male
doctor who does this will be going on maternity leave after that date!).
So
we'll see what we find out and I'm trying to stifle those groans re more
vet
bills.

Tucker was a brave little furball and behaved himself at the vets even
though he was quite scared...he has come a long way and he came to me for
comfort there and hid his face in my arm.

Wow, this is great, he has come a long way! Purrs that Sunday goes well for
him.

I will maybe hear tomorrow if the people got to visit Arne and let
everyone
know what I find out.

I hope its an Arne weekend!!