My cat pants like a dog after playing outside and snores. Is this normal?

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Now that our cats have been neutered and chipped, we are slowly introducing them to the outdoors. Pepper absolutely loves it, runs around in the garden and chase flies for hours. Yesterday however, I noticed that he kept panting, exactly like a dog would, on and off for maybe 5/10 seconds each time and then clothes his mouth. He's never done this inside, but he does snore a bit when falling asleep. Is this normal? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 7 months and 4 days old | 6.8 lbs

David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

The panting outside is normal, cats tend to get overexcited sometimes, their body heats up a little too much and this is how they cool themselves. snoring is also something many cats do when sleeping, it's not considered to be a problem.

My cat pants like a dog after playing outside and snores. Is this normal?

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