My cat breathes heavily after playtime. Is this a health concern?

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When I play with my cat, he starts breathing heavy and he's pushing air out pretty hard. It's not hard to spot. Even when he breathes like that, he still wants to keep going with his play session. His mouth isn't open and I don't see any other signs showing that he is having a hard time breathing in. He has A LOT of energy so I can understand why he doesn't want to stop. His regular breathing is fine but after playing with him, should I be concerned?

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

I would definitely be concerned about this. Without actually seeing the incident or knowing a little bit more about your kitty, it's difficult for me to tell you what this might be. That being said, what you are describing definitely sounds like episodes of feline asthma or some other inflammatory / obstructive pulmonary condition. If your kitty is an older individual, the chance that this is something more harmful like a respiratory cancer or infectious process would be higher. In very young kittens, I would always suspect upper respiratory infection over any thing else until proven otherwise. An x-ray is usually good enough to diagnose feline asthma though in some cases it can prove challenging. Hope you and your vet can figure things out. In the meantime, I would tune down the playtime.

My cat breathes heavily after playtime. Is this a health concern?

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