skneisel74
03-01-2005, 11:22 AM
Hello Everyone,
My name is skneisel and I have an 11 month old neutered male cat. I took him in at about 5 weeks old. He was a feral kitten from my sis in laws farm. I raised him on baby cereal, and warm milk. I got up every 3 hours to feed him. I am the Mommy, and he is my angel kitty. Last Friday I took him to the vet to get him neutered, only to find out from the Dr. on Monday that he has an enlarged heart. The vet was not sympathetic to my need for further info. Thus my questions are still unanswered, the only thing she would or could tell me was that it is an inherited trait from imbreeding. That he could last a nite or years. She stated that they could do an ultrasound, but that would only tell us how enlarged the heart actually was. She found the enlarged heart after his surgery, his blood pressure was too high and after 15 mins of it continuing to get higher she did chest x-rays to find that his heart was 3x it's normal size. This really has me in a panic. I am hoping someone out there can give me some information, some encouragement, even some direction as to what is best for his health. I would appriciate anyones help!!!!!
PLEASE EMAIL ME AT [[email protected]]:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
My name is skneisel and I have an 11 month old neutered male cat. I took him in at about 5 weeks old. He was a feral kitten from my sis in laws farm. I raised him on baby cereal, and warm milk. I got up every 3 hours to feed him. I am the Mommy, and he is my angel kitty. Last Friday I took him to the vet to get him neutered, only to find out from the Dr. on Monday that he has an enlarged heart. The vet was not sympathetic to my need for further info. Thus my questions are still unanswered, the only thing she would or could tell me was that it is an inherited trait from imbreeding. That he could last a nite or years. She stated that they could do an ultrasound, but that would only tell us how enlarged the heart actually was. She found the enlarged heart after his surgery, his blood pressure was too high and after 15 mins of it continuing to get higher she did chest x-rays to find that his heart was 3x it's normal size. This really has me in a panic. I am hoping someone out there can give me some information, some encouragement, even some direction as to what is best for his health. I would appriciate anyones help!!!!!
PLEASE EMAIL ME AT [[email protected]]:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: