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Is it normal for cats to snore? Well, yes, and in fact, it's something that many cats do, although sometimes it's caused by certain illnesses or health problems, many of these conditions can be prevented. And that's precisely what this channel is about, giving you the information you need to anticipate health problems that may affect your cat. Hi, I'm Carlos and I'm a veterinarian. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Well, and also a little bit of artichoke. Come on, tell me the truth. Have you ever heard your feline companion snore? Well, I hear it quite a bit. We don't have to worry if our cats snore more or less sporadically or if they make a few noises when they're feeling really comfortable on the couch. In fact, this happens much more frequently in cats that are kittens, such as exotic or Persian cats. These cats, since their faces are much flatter, have much less space for air to pass through. So it's more common for the air to produce turbulence, and we perceive that as snoring. Although a cat doesn't have to be flat nosed to snore. When should you worry and say, well, I have to take my cat to the vet because it snores. Well, especially if your cat hasn't always snored. If it started snoring at a point in its life that you can identify and say, oh, how strange. This cat has never snored before and now it's like a tractor every night. In that case, take it to the vet because something is changing and it's indicating it to you through snoring. Also, if your cat has always snored but lately you notice that it snores louder, that the snoring becomes more insistent or deeper, which is good news, because the way your cat snores has also changed, then in that case take it to the vet's clinic and explain it to them, because many times there is nothing wrong. In fact, for example, animals that are a little older may have a little more difficulty breathing simply due to the ailments of age, and that may be the reason for their snoring. But anyway, we feel much calmer if it is your vet who makes a diagnosis and sees that there is nothing to worry about. Furthermore, snoring by definition should only occur when the cat is asleep or very comfortable. If you notice that your cat spends a lot of time lying down and even when awake with its eyes open, it snores and the air makes a sound when passing through its nose in that case, it is not normal. You should always take it to the clinic to have it checked out. And there are a couple of situations in which we have to run to the vet. We have to go urgently because it is very important that they see them as soon as possible. If you see that your cat stretches its neck, stretches its head upwards and breathes with its mouth open to breathe, that means that something is wrong and that it probably is not getting enough air. Also, if you notice that your cat's mucous membranes, that is its gums, its mouth, head, have turned a bluish or purplish color, in those cases, you have to take it to the vet because it means that the blood is not getting enough oxygen and that there is a serious problem behind it. But of course, not all situations in which our cat snores can be due to something very serious. But there are some cats that, well, do it when they have a cold because mucus accumulates inside their nose and then the air does not get in. Well, when the air enters, turbulence is generated and that causes snoring. Generally, a cold is not usually serious, and it goes away in a couple of days or three. Even if we don't give them any medication. In cats that have a cold, we will be able to see a little bit of greenish mucus in their nose or perhaps a little more watery eyes. Okay? But otherwise, so that we can say that everything is going more or less well, the cat continues to eat, drink, and have more or less normal activity at that specific moment. When it has more mucus, it is normal for it to snore more while sleeping. For these cats, if you see that their health is not getting worse, they just have that mucus and that's it. We can help them a little to expel it from their nose. How? Well, for example, by doing steam baths at home, when we go to take a shower, we can bring the cat with us to the bathroom. The steam coming out of the shower will help the mucus in its nose to become more fluid and come out more easily, which may help your cat stop snoring. First of all, I have to tell you that if you think your cat has a cold and it doesn't get better after a couple of days, you should go to the vet's clinic to have it checked out because it may need some specific treatment. I don't want you to give it anything you have at home. None of the medications we take for colds are good for our cats. In fact, I want you to know that both ibuprofen and paracetamol can be toxic to our cats. So even if you have them at home to take when you have a cold, don't give them to them. It's a different matter if at some point the vet prescribes ibuprofen for our cat, but they know the exact dosage so that it doesn't harm them, don't give them anything on your own. Other situations that might cause our cats to snore that should draw our attention are, for example, if they have gotten a splinter or some piece of plant stuck in them. This is very common in cats that go outside and walk through fields with tall grass. Well, they get a spikelet stuck in them, a piece of plant material that inflames the mucous membrane of the nose and makes it harder for the air to get in. These cats may also sneeze as if they had a cold. The thing is that the sneezing is a little more insistent, and generally, in addition to mucus coming out when they sneeze, they can also produce droplets of blood. If you see that your cat sneezes and droplets of blood come out, take them to the vet, because it is necessary to rule out that they have a foreign body stuck in there. Although these droplets of blood are not the only ones that we will see when they have gotten something stuck in them. Sometimes polyps or masses can grow inside the nose that cause a little bleeding. In these cases, you should also take your cat to the vet to rule out any of these things. Other times, when we see that our cat is snoring, it could be due to problems, for example, in its lungs because it has lung infections, or because it has some cause that prevents it from breathing well. And sometimes heart problems make our cats breathe worse, so they make a little noise, especially when they are asleep. These cats have a lower tolerance to exercise some, so they are kittens that prefer to lie down all day. They do not want to move, and with any little thing, any movement they make, they are going to look tired. They even open their mouths to breathe. I have to remind you that cats normally do not pant unless they have done very, very intense exercise. They are not like dogs. A cat only pants when it is very, very nervous, because, for example, we are taking it in the car, in the carrier, or when it has done intense exercise while playing. And generally panting, for example, in the case of play, tends to be very, very short. As soon as they are at rest, the cat quickly stops panting. However, cats that have lung or heart problems with any movement, they make it is normal for them to open their mouths to allow much more air into their lungs and therefore snore while they are sleeping. More reasons why our cat may snore well, we must not forget allergies. As I have told you, when a cat has a cold, it has mucus inside its nose. And many times allergies cause precisely that a greater amount of mucus and also more tears. Tears pass from the eyes to the nose through a duct called the nasolacrimal duct. And if there is liquid inside the nose, I don't care if it is mucus or tears because the air will pass through more poorly and when it enters, it will generate turbulence that we will perceive as snoring. In this case, unlike when they have a slight cold, the mucus is usually not greenish in color. It is usually completely transparent, although not always. These kittens may also make a little more noise when they are awake, but it is simply because the air enters a little worse. It is not that they choke or pant. In addition, when our cat is allergic, there are other small alarm lights that may be occurring in their body and that go unnoticed by us. For example, it is very common for them to have frequent otitis or for their skin to itch and scratch themselves non stop, or for example for them to have episodes of diarrhea or slightly softer poop. This may be related for example to their diet because the proteins they take in their food cause their body to react, causing them to have an allergy. Or also to changes in the weather because there is more pollen in suspension or because there are more mites in suspension. So there are many times when people do not associate these signs with allergies and yet this disease may be behind them all in these cases, even if it is not a life threatening emergency for the cat. I do recommend that you take everything into account and take it to the vet as soon as you can so that they can take a look at it and say, hey, by the way, lately its poop is a little soft. Or I've seen it scratching behind its ears a little more and I've noticed that it is breathing a little worse. It that will give the vet a lot of guidance and they will probably start doing tests to find out what the cat is allergic to and prescribe a remedy. There is a slightly more extreme case also of the allergic type that usually occurs in cats, which is asthma. In this case, the cat is not sneezing but coughing. The thing is that many people do not know how a cat coughs I'm tired of repeating myself here on the channel, but in this video, I have to do it again so that whoever sees it can at least identify how cats cough. When a cat coughs, most people say, oh, my cat is having trouble with hairballs. It's trying to expel them and can't, so they give it malt. And the cat's problem isn't the hairballs. That cat is coughing because when our feline companions cough, they adopt a very characteristic position. They place their paws very close to the ground and their bodies are very stretched out. They also stretch their necks, and it seems like they're trying to expel something that's in their throat, but what they're really doing is coughing. You'll see real examples of cats coughing in this video that we made on the channel and that I'll leave a link to in the description box just in case you have any questions right now. Another thing, a cat being chubby. And I always say this is not synonymous with good health. That may be precisely the reason why a cat snores. And this does not happen when the cat is slightly overweight. But when the cat is very overweight, it may be that it has to move much more fat with its rib muscles. This will make it harder for air to enter its lungs. And sometimes this snoring also occurs precisely when the cat is sleeping. In an obese cat, you will not be able to see the line of its hips, and its belly also hangs down quite a bit. If you touch its ribs, you will not feel them with slight pressure. And if on top of that, your cat has started to snore at the same time that it has started to gain weight, then this may be the reason for this sound. Well, okay. Our cat snores, and it does so for one of the reasons I just told you about in the video. What can we expect? It will stop snoring. It will continue snoring. Well, in veterinary terms, what is the prognosis? As you might suspect, it depends on the cause of the snoring. If it's a cold, it usually stops in two or three days or a week when the runny nose clears up. For example, if the cat was allergic and we give it a remedy for the allergy, the runny nose will stop, and that's why it will also stop snoring. Or if it's a chubby cat, it will have to lose weight for other causes. We'll have to investigate a little more at the vet's office to find out what the reason is what the origin is. Generally, the snoring itself is not what we should worry about, but rather a little like the tip of the iceberg, which should indicate that something may be wrong with our cat. And that's why we need to give it some kind of remedy. Obviously, there are other types of snoring, as I've already said, that are completely harmless. In this case, the cat snores a little from time to time when it's comfortable. It's not a constant thing. It's not a very loud snoring. Usually when he turns around or changes position, he stops snoring, at least for a while. In all these cases, everything is probably normal for your cat. Like for example, with the kociofo, who snores from time to time and you have nothing to worry about. On the other hand, if the snoring more or less continues, it's a little loud. It continues whenever our cat lies down or goes to bed. And even if he changes position, it doesn't go away. Well, in all these cases we would have to start taking action. Unless you are aware and observe the rest of the things I've told you during the video. Well, I've already told you that this gentleman here snores a little from time to time and makes noises that really make me die of love. Now it's your turn to tell me if your feline companion has ever snored a little more than usual and if he has been quieted down by doing so. In any case, if you really enjoyed the video, give us a like and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. And if you really, really want to support us, you can give us a super thang. We have a secondary channel here on YouTube called Questions and Answers from a Veterinarian. Come on over and check it out. And before we go, we have to meet these three little ones who greet us from Mexico City with their human companion, Elvira. Their names are Bonnie, Cody and Princess. And this precious little one greets us from Lima. His name is Osiris, and he does so from there with his human companions, Daniela and Marcos. Sony and Lemmy are two Brazilian kittens who greet us from Foss Doigasu, and from there they watch us with Johan and Mercedes. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families Channel. The cachufo also thanks you and we'll see you in the next video. And bye and bye. This one just wants to snore on the couch, where.

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I've already made you the owner of the channel. Is it normal for your cat to snore? I can tell you right now that it is. No, it's not. Of course there are many cats that do it. And I want you to know right now, although I don't want you to be alarmed. Is it normal for cats to snore? Well, yes, and in fact, it's something that many of them do. And I don't know how it is. Although there are other situations in which snoring occurs. Uh, I don't know how I said it. See you later, the cat. If you want all that, I'll say it all together here with the different causes. Okay, I'm going. That's it. I'm going to. Okay. Do you like the video better this way? A cat within a cat with. I'm going to stand here because the microphone is on this side us small if your feline companion has ever snored. That said, that's horrible.