question on heart murmurs in kittens

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Lauralai - 23 Aug 2003 20:48 GMT

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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Priscilla Ballou - 23 Aug 2003 21:07 GMT

> hi
> Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
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> 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

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Helen - 23 Aug 2003 22:54 GMT

> hi
> Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
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> 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 here:

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

HTH

Helen

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~*SooZy*~ - 24 Aug 2003 10:00 GMT

> hi
> Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
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> 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

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Phil P. - 25 Aug 2003 07:54 GMT

> hi
> Yesterday my parents took my two 12-14 week old kittens to the vet.
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> 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.

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