So we have this little 5 month old Siamese kitten who like to play and run.. a lot. So here is the lowdown.
She will chase a toy around, whether it be a wand by us or a ball or mouse by her, until she begins panting really hard. She will then take a break for like 3 minutes and start it up again until, once again, panting really hard. At this point this is kind of normal for a cat that likes to play. The issue arises in that she will continue this until she can only drag herself towards her target and then pass out in exhaustion. She becomes so non-responsive that the first time it happened we took her to the vet fearing she fell into a coma! But no, she woke up in the waiting room looked around for a few seconds and was ready to go again. So far we have taken her to two vets a good amount of times each (thank god for pet insurance), both say that she has no issues; her heart, lungs, digestive track, and brain are in top notch shape and that it is just a behavioral issue.
So my question more comes down to this. Does anyone else have a cat like this and if so how do you get them to stop? We don't mind running until a little sleepy, heck if running out a cat wasn't an option I think our Bengal would have destroyed our home by now, but it is worrying that she will run herself into a catatonic state. We've already tried taking away her toys when she gets tired, but she will just chase invisible things until again she collapses.
Note: This whole process takes about 45 minutes to an hour, so its not like she suffers from tiring too easily she just doesn't know when to stop. If anything her cardio is 5 times better than our Bengal, whom gets tired and wants a nap after just like 15 minutes of running around.
She will chase a toy around, whether it be a wand by us or a ball or mouse by her, until she begins panting really hard. She will then take a break for like 3 minutes and start it up again until, once again, panting really hard. At this point this is kind of normal for a cat that likes to play. The issue arises in that she will continue this until she can only drag herself towards her target and then pass out in exhaustion. She becomes so non-responsive that the first time it happened we took her to the vet fearing she fell into a coma! But no, she woke up in the waiting room looked around for a few seconds and was ready to go again. So far we have taken her to two vets a good amount of times each (thank god for pet insurance), both say that she has no issues; her heart, lungs, digestive track, and brain are in top notch shape and that it is just a behavioral issue.
So my question more comes down to this. Does anyone else have a cat like this and if so how do you get them to stop? We don't mind running until a little sleepy, heck if running out a cat wasn't an option I think our Bengal would have destroyed our home by now, but it is worrying that she will run herself into a catatonic state. We've already tried taking away her toys when she gets tired, but she will just chase invisible things until again she collapses.
Note: This whole process takes about 45 minutes to an hour, so its not like she suffers from tiring too easily she just doesn't know when to stop. If anything her cardio is 5 times better than our Bengal, whom gets tired and wants a nap after just like 15 minutes of running around.
