Happy New Year to you all too! We hope you and your kitties good health and happiness in 2008, hugs and purrs Amanda and Silver chan . [Non-text portions of...
Can anyone help me with their experience? Milli hasn't got HCM, but has a large hole in her heart and all the chambers connect. The valves are badly damaged...
Hi Lyn! My Oliver does not have HCM but rather mitral valve dysplasia; tricuspid valve dysplasia; and resolving/static left and right congestive heart...
Hi Shannon, With all of that change in the household, that could be part of the reason why Spice stopped eating. Some cats do better with change and...
... It's evidently given to cats with HCM (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) , but it says in the "precautions" to not give it to cats with congestive heart failure...
Can we the general public get access to a suitable machine for home testing blood pressure in cats? I mean would it have to be a special kitty machine or is it...
Hello from italy, I am Valeria, and I have a sweet wonderful 5 months femail kitten of british shorthair,Narcisa, who is affected by tetralogy of fallot. She...
Just wondering aloud, does anyone have a cat who takes Digoxin? The cardiologist was thinking of adding that to Missi's regime at some point. That'd mean...
Josie's resp rate has increased over the last week from aroun 32, which seems to be her normal range, to 50's-60's. I upped her lasix to 5mg twice daily...
Hello Valeria I am so sorry to hear of your kitten. Unfortunately I can not offer a lot of advice as I have never had a cat with this disorder. My Milli has a...
I am so sorry to hear that Josie is having problems. Nessi's cardiologist has told me again and again to watch the respiration rate; it should be stable. The...
Thanks Judith, How do you judge if Nessi has fluid on her lungs? I have gone by resp rate. Only once, before she first started the lasix, has it sounded by ...
... ice ... no ... and ... I live in Melbourne Victoria (Australia), and it's not meant to get this hot this early ... I'm only 30, but I remember when I was ...
Hi Kim, Yes you can check it at home. The vets uses a Doppler blood pressure monitor. The brand that our vets use is made by Parks Medical. It's model #811-B....
Oh, I forgot to mention the prices. A new unit with everything will run you somewhere between about $850.00. I bought mine used for around $400 with...
Hi all, Well looks like I'm back to this awful disease with a different kitty, I lost my Mr Tim after 3 mo after being dx w/unclassified HCM last February and...
Hi Rainy I am so sorry to hear you have a second cat with possible HCM. Certainly it s eems they have inherited the same gene. I'm in a similar situation with...
Kim, I've had a BP unit at home since June 2005. I have the Vet Dop unit from vmed technologies and I love it. Regarding the cuffs Carol mentioned, a #3 may...
Hi Lyn and Group; ... Pepper is having to take Lasix and Pro Pectalin at the moment, as well. He keeps developing explosive diarrhea if we are not careful...
I took Kitsu in today for his scheduled appt, but there was a bit of a mixup. My cardiologist fell yesterday and broke her shoulder in two places so they ...
Glad to hear that Kitsu is doing better. This is something I worried about with Hoagie (DCM), too, since he had 100 cc of chylous effusion removed around...
I posted that Milli had gone into CHF at New Year and looked like she had swallowed a basketball in her tummy. It swelled quickly and we got her to the vets,...
Hi all I am here in East and my vet has no clue what so ever on where to get the tablet form of Pimobendan for my cat Molly Brown. Please could you call your...
Cherie, Pimobendan is generally given for DCM. However, there are kitties that are taking it with HCM and RCM. You should know there are risks with pimobendan....
I got mine from: MASTERS INTERNATIONAL UK Ltd Phone: +1-954-495-8896 Fax: +1-954-495-8441 URL: www.masters-uk.com although I understand that you can get it in...
Cherie, What Leah states in her e-mail are so true. Our cardiologist advised the same. Pimo is risky. For me, with my cat Oliver, who does not have HCM...
Hi Cherie, You wrote 1/2 a baby aspirin every day, then later every 3 days. It should be the every 3 days not every day. Aspirin is very damaging to the liver,...
I know this isn't heart related, but someone here might be able to help as Milli has a heart problem as you know. Milli came home from the hospital last night...
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