Hi, everyone- my Siberian cat is 11 months and about 6 months ago he had something that I thought was asthma. He would breathe through his mouth and have a wheezing sound when breathing. I took him to the vet and they told me it was some respiratory distress and it was going away with time- charged me 200 dollars just to tell me to put him in the shower to breath the vapor.
Long story short, I took him again to the vet to get him neutered at 11 months and the test before the surgery gave abnormal for NT-proBNP. Now he has a cardiologist appointment tomorrow and I can’t stop crying since I’m pretty sure it’s HCM.
Could you please share your stories and how have you managed the symptoms? Also lifespan. I will really appreciate it. Also, is this the breeders fault? Is there any reason that he developed that?