Through their paws for one, and when they lick their coats, the saliva acts like sweat and cools them down as it evaporates. And if it’s really bad, they pant.
They release heat however they want and whenever they bloody-well feel like it.
Basically, they breathe with their mouths open, which becomes panting when necessary…
A common cooling mechanism, cats will breathe with their mouth open and tongue out, accompanied by heavy breathing noises, when they’re too hot. As the heatstroke worsens, the panting will increase. Panting is a perfectly normal response to overheating and should begin to subside as your cat cools down.
I didn’t mean specifically when they are in a crisis state of overheating. Dogs have their tongue out whenever they’re doing anything, which I assume keeps them from overheating in th efirst place. Cat’s don’t.
You just see more dogs running around excited than you do cats…
A cat is a solitary predator that uses stealth than pounces.
Dogs are pack predators, they get food by running around making a shit ton of noise and hoping something runs so the pack can chase it down.
That translates to modern pets day to day activity.
If you ever saw a cat run around like a dog, it would pant. If you saw a dog that acts like a cat. You’d never see it pant.
I see dogs just laying in their dog bed in the shade panting. I see cats playing in the sun on a hot day not panting.
House cats descend from African wild cats. Desert creatures well acclimated to high heat environments. In cooler climates the cat’s main priority is staying warm enough rather than cooling down. Which is why my cat is presently curled up with her nose in her tail trying to stay warm with my air conditioner maintaining the house at 75 degrees.
Dogs are descended from wolves. Arctic creatures well acclimated to cold environments. So they spend most of their lives with their mouths wide open and their tongues hanging out.
Cats can pant, I have seen it happen in times of extreme stress, and is often a bad sign. Like dogs, cats may pant if they are anxious or overheated. Strenuous exercise may be another reason, especially after a huge fight. Once your cat has had a chance to rest, calm down and cool down, this sort of painting should subside. However, even this type of panting is much more rarely seen in cats than in dogs. So, if you’re not 100% positive about why your cat is panting, it’s best to bring her to the vet.
A side note, however, I misread this as “since cat’s don’t like pants like dogs,” and wanted to point out that dogs also do not like to wear pants, before my anti-dyslexia medicine kicked in.
The correct answer to this question is pants never cover nipples unless it’s an overall. B is the only real answer
Cats DO pant like dogs when they get overheated.
I too have seen cats pant on hot days.
If I remember right though, they’re originally descended from desert animals, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they have a higher tolerance for temperature extremes than dogs do.
