IMPORTANT! Always assess both the height (strength) and the width (duration) of the pulse. This is what I like to call the pulse profile. This will allow you to estimate the pulse volume which mirrors the stroke volume (the volume of blood pumped by the heart per beat). Take the pulse rate and check whether the pulses are regular or irregular (regularly irregular or irregularly irregular)? Are there early or late ones or irregular gaps? You can get good enough to feel the pulse profile in cats but it takes a LOT of practice.