Other Notes

Mrs Tibbs arrived at Mayhew at the start of February as a stray cat found outside. She has been behaviourally assessed and given preventative treatment at Mayhew in the form of microchipping, neutering, vaccinations (at least first) and flea and worming treatment. On arrival Mayhew vets noticed that Mrs Tibbs had a grade 3/6 heart murmur. This means that additional sounds are heard as well as the usual lub dub sound of the heart when the vet has listened to her chest with a stethoscope. Mrs Tibbs heart Murmur was audible with a stethoscope however this disappeared when under general anaesthetic so the heart murmur could be an innocent or physiological murmur brought on in a stress situation. Heart murmurs in cats can be innocent in around 50% of cats, or they can be a sign of a structural heart problem or other health condition. Even when there is a structural problem with the heart this does not always lead to heart disease. If there are no other signs of disease, and the murmur is graded less than 5 out of 6, no further diagnostics are performed at Mayhew, however adoptive owners may choose to have further investigations done at their own vet. For now things would be monitored and no treatment is currently required.