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cat 2yrs. old (Chas)

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Question
chas was born in my house.  when he was born we noticed he would open his mouth and no sound would come out.  He did out grow this problem within months.  The problem is back, and on top of that he rarely purrs anymore, or it's a soft purr.  Chas has always had a very loud purr.  When he was 2 months old a vet checked him and found his body temp was 5 degrees below normal and that he had a heart murmur.  All the reasons we loved and decided to keep him. Any ideas?

Answer
Hi Kathy.  Being that Chas does have a heart murmur, I would definately get him to your vet promptly.  Open mouth breathing can be very serious.  He may need to be on some medication for his heart that may correct this problem.  Please keep me posted!
Wishing Chas well!
Hilary