Gwen and Morris
Member Since 2009
Just wondering if anyone knows what normal is for a cat's blood pressure? When Morris went in for his dental a few weeks back, my vet was concerned with his pre-op BP, but thought his BP during the surgery was just fine. When I took Morris in for his post-op check the other day, we checked his BP again - it was better than his pre-op BP, but still a little high.
My vet fully admits that they do not do BP on cats routinly on regular vet visits - they mostly just do it when the cat is having surgery, so she does not have much data on cats & BP. The 'rules' she was taught was that, generally speaking, a cat's BP should be less than 150.
As part of Morris' pre-op work up, he had an ECG done. It came back with a diagnosis of possible cardiomyopathy. My vet did a chest x-ray just before his dental, and it looked fine. Morris has had an abnormal heartbeat for at least the past 2 years - he drops a beat about once per minute.
Morris' pre-op BP was 190. During our post-op visit, they took 5 readings - 110, 140, 175, 175, 175
Morris has to go for another post-op check in a few weeks as his mouth hasn't finnished healing quite yet. We will check his BP again at that visit. My vet is also going to check around in her world to find suggestions. She is considering putting Morris on some type of medication because of his high BP & possible cardiomyopathy. She is concerned, however, about putting Morris on more medication considering he has diabetes & his pre-op labwork showed his first abnormal results for his kidney functions as well.
My vet wants me to do some research on this board (she is a wonderful vet who appreciates all I have learned from this website & shared with her) to see what information I could find out.
My vet fully admits that they do not do BP on cats routinly on regular vet visits - they mostly just do it when the cat is having surgery, so she does not have much data on cats & BP. The 'rules' she was taught was that, generally speaking, a cat's BP should be less than 150.
As part of Morris' pre-op work up, he had an ECG done. It came back with a diagnosis of possible cardiomyopathy. My vet did a chest x-ray just before his dental, and it looked fine. Morris has had an abnormal heartbeat for at least the past 2 years - he drops a beat about once per minute.
Morris' pre-op BP was 190. During our post-op visit, they took 5 readings - 110, 140, 175, 175, 175
Morris has to go for another post-op check in a few weeks as his mouth hasn't finnished healing quite yet. We will check his BP again at that visit. My vet is also going to check around in her world to find suggestions. She is considering putting Morris on some type of medication because of his high BP & possible cardiomyopathy. She is concerned, however, about putting Morris on more medication considering he has diabetes & his pre-op labwork showed his first abnormal results for his kidney functions as well.
My vet wants me to do some research on this board (she is a wonderful vet who appreciates all I have learned from this website & shared with her) to see what information I could find out.
