How to Give Your Cat CPR

Your Cat is Unconscious, Not Breathing, and You Can't Detect a Pulse - What to Do Now?

How to give your cat CPR. Your cat is unconscious, and/or your cat isn't breathing, and you can't detect a pulse-what to do now? Learn how to give your cat CPR in this article.

Firstly, you want to make sure your cat is, in fact, unconscious. It may simply be in a very deep sleep-something for which they're very much known. If, in fact it is unconscious, next you need to check to see if if is breathing. If it isn't breathing, then you need to check for a pulse. This is important, even if it isn't breathing, and I'll explain why in a minute.

How do you check to see if in fact it is unconscious? Try calling his/her name, of course-particularly if you know the cat, and/or shake it in an effort to get it to wake up. If after all of your quickly performed efforts you can't get your cat to wake up, next you need to check to see if it's breathing. Be cautious, too, even if it is your cat, since it may react in a fearful way and try to scratch you or bite you if it's been startled and doesn't have it's bearings for some reason. Accidents and/or trauma can make people, let alone animals, act different than they normally would.