kitten with murmur

Hi all,

I am new to the forum, I basically joined because I am so upset, I bought this beautiful devon at the beginning of the year & we (my family & I) have just totally fallen in love with her. Months after buying her we found out she had a heart murmur, I took her to the vet as she had cat flu, she had cat flu when I bought her but the breeder said it would clear up.
At that first vet visit I went to they found the murmur and they said it was congenital & they told me she would prob not live to be an adult cat as when her body grew her heart might not be strong enough to keep her alive.(as it is a bad murmur)
It is her 1st birthday in about two weeks and she'll be an adult and today she collapsed on the floor after heaving, vomiting and coughing. She has been at the vets all day and we are monitoring her tonight.
I have children and If we lose her so quickly they are going to be devestated!
When the murmur was first found, we had already taken her in as apart of her family and I wasn't going to give her back to the breeder, I just figured she was meant to be with us, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still make me upset that the breeder didn't sell me a healthy cat.

If I lose her I've decided I will contact the breeder, We paid a lot of money for her and this doesn't seem right.

What would you do?

Absolutely the breeder should be informed, should already have been informed. If this is a genetic defect that breeder has a lot to answer for. I wonder how many other broken hearted families they are responsible for.

I'm very sorry your beloved baby is so ill. Welcome to TCS and please, keep us posted.

I am not sure what kind of kitten you adopted, but I recently lost my cat to an undiagnosed heart disease call HCM. I did a lot of research, and it is believed that this is genetic in maine coons and ragdolls, and they can screen these cats for a marker to see if they will get it. My cat was neither, but it is believed that it is genetic in other afflicted cats as well, they just haven't discovered the marker yet. My cat was originally a street cat, so I imagine he spread his genes around before he was rescued. I know you and your family must love this kitty, but you need to evaluate his quality of life, and the pain for he and your family.

Contact the breeder ASAP-not just to try to get your money back. If this breeder cares she will look into the others/stop breeding parents and make sure they are ok.

I have a kitten who goes tom to the reg vet for another listen and then tom we will make the decision if he needs to go get ultrasound or if theres any improvement.

If you signed a contract there may be stating something far as your to contact them if anything pops up health wise and you could be at fault.