Thread: suspected HCM

There have been other threads on here but at the moment can't trace them,have to feel very sorry for you if you are unlucky enough to have had two cats with HCM especially as they are from negative parents,murmurs in them selves do not mean the animal has to have HCM & sometimes a low grade one can disappear, it can be caused by stress or even infection but also cats can live a full life with a murmur my daughter's cat has had one from a year old & at 13 is still leading a normal life with no medication at all. The fact that your other cat was never confirmed as having HCM is a shame, for some reason because it is recognised in the breed as a problem a lot of vets seem to go for that one straight off... Were your cats parents screened for the HCM gene or done by scan.....?
Hopefully someone will come on & give you some much needed help here,I will also try again a bit later & see if I can pick up the other threads on it. Might also pay to speak to the breeder as it looks as if they are doing all they can to try & prevent it in their lines.