Timeline for Why don't cats have to pant?
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| May 10 at 14:37 | comment | added | Hein du Plessis | My question is why don't you ever see a cat pant when it's hot (or any other time for that matter), while all sizes of dogs pant when it's hot. When they're idle. | |
| Sep 14, 2023 at 14:57 | comment | added | zzzp | The answer to this question should be that cats do pant when overheated. It's a thermoregulation system that they do use in extreme circumstances (aside from paw sweating). Especially after exercise (zooming up and down the stairs). It could also be a sign of disease, though, it should all be taken into context when analyzing panting (or any other behavioral cue) in cats. It's not a frequent thing to see, because of their high tolerance to heat as stated in one of the answers, but only a few days ago with all this heat waves I saw one of my cats precisely panting after a good random run. | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 13:18 | comment | added | Ben Bolker | domestic cats do pant sometimes: timeforpaws.co.uk/s/cat-panting-should-you-be-worried | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 11:39 | vote | accept | Hein du Plessis | ||
| Sep 25, 2020 at 5:43 | comment | added | jamesqf | @aliential: Depending on the breed of dog, a 20 km jog might just be a gentle warmup. Even my friends' small dogs - not much bigger than a cat - will happily go 10 km or so. But I don't think I've ever seen a cat run even 100 m. | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 3:02 | answer | added | Polypipe Wrangler | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 2:45 | comment | added | bandybabboon | Cats have low endurance, dogs can jog for 20 kilometers, endurance hunting. Besides, check videos of lions on hot days, they pant under a tree. | |
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| Sep 24, 2020 at 16:44 | comment | added | jamesqf | Do cats ever expend a lot of energy? | |
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| Sep 24, 2020 at 10:29 | history | asked | Hein du Plessis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |