Answer: Mouth to mouth resuscitation has been attempted but, because of the shape and size of the cat’s mouth, it usually not very effective. Better is to close the animal’s mouth with your hands and to blow firmly and regularly into its nose with your lips closely applied to its nostrils. As describe before, it is important to ensure first that the air passage is clear. Blowing should occupy about three seconds, followed by a two second pause, and this should be repeated continuously.
This technique may prove more valuable in providing oxygen then the pressure on the chest method of artificial respiration for those animals with a penetrating wound into the chest cavity.
