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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 14 year old cat with a likely heart murmur. It does not appear to cause any discomfort and honestly the vet is guessing based on listening to his heart. Yes they have to go to a specialist vet to get the scans to confirm or rule it out.

Cat HATES going to the vet. He's getting old. Am I going to go to a specialist to get a cardiogram (for several thousand dollars apparently) in order to be told he either (1) does have a murmur and it can be treated with expensive medication he also won't like until he dies of natural causes in a few years anyway with no clarity on whether the treatment in any way prolonged or improved his life or (2) he doesn't even have a murmur.

NO because my concern here is giving my cat a nice life at home not prolonging his life to the max and wasting money on crap I could instead spend on literally anything else. If my concern was propping up the veterinary medicine industry (which is primarily run by private equity funds now) and helping some vet specialist pay off their ridiculous loans then I would go get the test. But I do not view those things as my -- or my cat's -- problem.[/quote]

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