Snoring a sign of advanced heart disease?

I'm asking this for educational purposes. I do not currently have a cat with this problem.

Can snoring in cats be a sign of (advanced) heart disease?

I've only had two cats with heart disease and they both started snoring about 2-4 years before they died. The heart disease was never diagnosed until shortly before they died. They had only ever been diagnosed with heart murmurs.

I hope not! Both of my cats snore and as far as I know, their hearts are strong and healthy. I've had one of my cats for 11 years and she's snored that entire time. The other cat I've had for 4 years and she's also snored the entire time.

Oh God, I hope not... Bugsy snores... I was never told that....

I had a 7 year old kitty who died of heart disease (cardiomyopathy/saddle thrombus, directly), who didn't necessarily 'snore' per se, but he did make a slight wheezing/whistling sound when he slept. i remained ignorant of his condition (as did our vet he saw each year for his checkup) until the day before he died. Looking back on it now, I realize that his wheezing was a sign of fluid in his lungs, related to his heart condition.

While snoring can be sign of being overweight, it wouldn't directly relate to heart disease.

But it could just be a sign that the cat has some residual bronchial and nasal problems. Ella, for example, has a "snork" in her purr and snores to some extent. I suspect she has sinus damage from her experience during Hurricane Katrina.

Riley sometimes has a slight snore/wheeze when he's sleeping, but he does have bronchial disease similar to asthma caused by a previous heartworm infection. He has seen the cardiologist though and had lots of testing and his heart is fine, no signs of disease or murmur.

The cats I've had with heart disease did not snore. Conversely I have some that snore from time to time without heart disease. I don't think there is a direct relationship between the 2.

This is scary, Jake has snored since he was a baby and I always worried it may be either a heart condition or something with his lungs, but the vet said that snoring is normal. When he was a baby it was even scarier because there was so much noise coming from such a tiny little body...

Originally Posted by stephanietx

I hope not! Both of my cats snore and as far as I know, their hearts are strong and healthy. .

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Originally Posted by carolinalima

Oh God, I hope not... Bugsy snores... I was never told that....

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My three snore as well, and the vets never said anything on their checkups?.

Hannah's had so many upper respiratory issues and sinus issues and she has such a tiny head and short neck that it doesn't surprise me that she snores. She most likely has some kind of permanent structural damage to her nasal passages. She was just at the vet on Thursday and her lungs sounded great, her heart rate was perfect, and her heart sounded good, so I doubt she's got any heart problems.