question on heart murmurs in kittens

hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.
thanks a bunch
Lauralai

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"Lauralai" wrote:

hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.

One of my cats has a slight heart murmur, and I don't worry about it.
My mother has one, too, and she will be coming down here to watch my
house and my cats next week while I go on a trip. She's 79 and a live
wire.

Don't fret.

Priscilla
--
The Episcopal Church welcomes you... and you... and you....

In article ,
"Lauralai" wrote:

hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.

One of my cats has a slight heart murmur, and I don't worry about it.
My mother has one, too, and she will be coming down here to watch my
house and my cats next week while I go on a trip. She's 79 and a live
wire.

Don't fret.

Priscilla
--
The Episcopal Church welcomes you... and you... and you....

"Lauralai" wrote in message
...
hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male
kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out
of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good
websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.
thanks a bunch
Lauralai

He may grow out of it. Since he has Persian blood though, it might not be
the case. Info on heart murmurs and heart disease he

http://www.felinecrf.org/related_diseases.htm#HCM1

HTH

Helen

"Lauralai" wrote in message
...
hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male
kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out
of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good
websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.
thanks a bunch
Lauralai

He may grow out of it. Since he has Persian blood though, it might not be
the case. Info on heart murmurs and heart disease he

http://www.felinecrf.org/related_diseases.htm#HCM1

HTH

Helen

"Lauralai" wrote in message
...
hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male
kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out
of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good
websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.
thanks a bunch
Lauralai


did they grade the murmur? It may close up if its a low grade murmur,
however if it doesn't they will find out why it has a murmur... there are
lots of sights out there which you can read do a 'google' search

"Lauralai" wrote in message
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hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male
kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out
of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good
websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.
thanks a bunch
Lauralai


did they grade the murmur? It may close up if its a low grade murmur,
however if it doesn't they will find out why it has a murmur... there are
lots of sights out there which you can read do a 'google' search

"Lauralai" wrote in message
...
hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male
kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out
of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good
websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.
thanks a bunch
Lauralai


Some murmurs are innocent - especially in kittens - most kittens grow out of
them. However, rather than wait and see what happens, I'd have the kitten
examined thoroughly to rule out a congenital defect.

Good luck.

Phil.

"Lauralai" wrote in message
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hi
Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
Everything was fine with the female domestic but my purebred hym male
kitten
had ditry ears which my parents got cleaner for. Also the vet listened to
his heart and said that he had a slight heart murmur and he may grow out
of
it though. I was looking on the net and couldn't really find much
information on murmurs and wondered if anyone knew any really good
websites
that are out there that I can read up on. Also I was wondering if any of
you have had cats and kittens with murmurs and what your experience with
them are.
thanks a bunch
Lauralai


Some murmurs are innocent - especially in kittens - most kittens grow out of
them. However, rather than wait and see what happens, I'd have the kitten
examined thoroughly to rule out a congenital defect.

Good luck.

Phil.

"liv" wrote in message
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My now 11 year old Maine Coon cat had a heart murmur as a kitten, and
when it was discovered he had tests, and it turned out to be fairly
minor. I had them do the tests when he was fixed, so he was only
anesthetized once. It was not particularly cheap. It doesn't seem to
necessarily be a major problem, but you might ask your vet about
options.

Cats don't need to be anaesthetised to check for heart disease. My cat is a
monster at the vet, yet he's not even sedated.

Tests done by cardiologists are not cheap - they are specialists, with
extremely expensive equipment - but I've always felt I've got good value for
money. Plus my GP vet sometimes does tests inbetween cardiologist visits and
they are not expensive at all.

Helen