Hi all,
I took my 10 month old female kitten to the vets this morning for her to be neutered. He checked her heart beat, checked his records asked whether she had her jabs etc.. told him she had, he then said she had a heart murmur, and we should of been told about this, then told him that we had everything done at the same vets. He then backtracked on the fact they never told us.
He said we can still have her neutered but she will be in a higher risk, or pay for a heart scan which is £185 plus medication.
He then went old to tell us this could never affect her or they could find further problems.
She isn't insured, it's been one of those things on a list you've got to get sorted. He said if she needed surgery where looking in the thousands.
As most people on here are in similar situations, we are saving every spare penny to the wedding, and haven't budgeted for this, she is my priority but he said if she wasn't fixed getting pregnant could cause strain on her heart as could the op to get her fixed. £185 is a lot to spend on a scan for them to say she is fine so I came out saying I would ring them back.
I explained as well that my partner is a self employed builder, I'm a full time student so income is low. Spoke to my mum and she told me to ring around cat charities. Rung Cat Protection, who are now sending us a voucher towards getting her fixed and I mentioned what the vet said about the heart murmur.. he said this was weird because they are doing research with University of Bristol, who are looking into hear murmurs.
He said their findings show that nearly all cats have a heart murmur and it could be that hers was today, and it could of gone back to normal next week, which has left me wondering if a. she needs a scan and b. whether the vet was telling me everything or just wanting extra money.
If anyone has any advice or has a cat with this problem, your help would really be appreciated xx
