We recently got a new toy that Shelly goes bonkers for. It's a wand toy, and we make him run and jump for it. But after just a minute or two of play, we can hear him breathing really hard. Making kind of noises. It's not like when we play with Lazlo with the feather wand toy - Lazlo growls when he grabs the feather. Shelly's noises are different. He doesn't appear to be gasping or anything - but neither of the other two cats appears to breathe as hard when playing/running/jumping.
Shelly doesn't appear to be struggling to breathe, but it is like "hard" breathing combined with a noise that's hard to describe. It's not wheezing, and it's not a gurgling noise - something kind of inbetween.
Should we take him (and the toy) to the Vet to have him checked out? Or is this simply his "kill" noise?
We've never noticed it before (and for those of you who don't know me, he's been here since July). But this toy makes him go more nuts than other other toy we've had before. He'll jump about four feet into the air for it, do backflips, and run like a banshee.
??????
Shelly doesn't appear to be struggling to breathe, but it is like "hard" breathing combined with a noise that's hard to describe. It's not wheezing, and it's not a gurgling noise - something kind of inbetween.
Should we take him (and the toy) to the Vet to have him checked out? Or is this simply his "kill" noise?
We've never noticed it before (and for those of you who don't know me, he's been here since July). But this toy makes him go more nuts than other other toy we've had before. He'll jump about four feet into the air for it, do backflips, and run like a banshee.
??????
