Sheba has a huge lion belly now. She lost some weight and now this thing hangs...
it almost touches the floor!
But her skin is very loose now, tho she seems much better (almost 20 yrs old)
I would caution you not to make medical assumptions based on purring.
Purring basically is a survival mechanism and cats do it when injured or sick.
I learned this when I took our dying cat (had cancer) to be euthanized.
I thought her purring was disturbing, and the Vet explained that cats purr alot when sick or in pain.
(this was news to ME).
http://www.animalvoice.com/catpurrP.htm
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There is another clue found in a study performed by Dr. T. F. Cook, (1973) The relief of dyspnoea in cats by purring, New Zealand Veterinary Journal. A dying cat who could not breath (they were considering euthanasia), was found to breath normally once it began purring. The purring opened up the cat's airway, and improvement was "remarkable and the next day commenced to eat...." Three species of cats have a strong harmonic at exactly 100 Hz, the vibrational frequency found to relieve dyspnea. One species within 2 Hz and one species within 7 Hz of 100 Hz. It could be that the cat's purr decreases the breathlessness by vibratory stimulation.
Is it possible that evolution has provided the felines of this world with a natural healing mechanism for bones and other organs? Researchers at Fauna Communications believe so.
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Many of us think of purring as a "love" communication. But in reality cats use
it for self healing.
Our two cats with no health issues, don't purr much. Oreo the youngest shows love with her treading (more like a major massage). Tippy rarely purrs at all, and if so very quietly--you have to feel her to see if she is purring.
But the old Sheba with her arthritis etc..purrs all the time. LOUDLY.
Sheba was given about a year to live 3 yrs ago. She is still with us. She limps.
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