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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2007Head pressing
Can anyone tell me what "head pressing" means? I have a sick kitty on my hands, and I have only been able to read very little about this behavior, which I believe he is exhibiting.( I did some searching on my own on the internet about cat symptoms.) My cat was healthy 4 days ago, then stopped eating, purring and generally acting unlike himself. He's been to the vets and his blood tests came out good and he has no infections or obvious bladder or organ problems. He was dehydrated and they gave him fluids and electrolytes intravenously, with the hope whatever was wrong would run it's course. He's home with us now, but all he does when he's awake is walk around the house in slow circles, getting into tight spaces from which i have to pull him out. I thought he may have had a stroke but we haven't taken him back to the vet again. My husband feels he should be euthanized which would break my heart, but I would do if I thought there was no chance of him recovering. The cost of continued veterinary trips is not something we can afford. He is not in any apparent pain, he's 13 and still walks o.k. I wonder if anyone out there may have had similar experience from which their cat recovered. Thanks, Laurie Zabrosky > Can anyone tell me what "head pressing" means? I have a sick kitty on my had similar experience from which > their cat recovered. Thanks, Laurie Zabrosky Sorry to hear this! maybe the kittens body is producing amonia in the eyes, and making her partially blind. I can't remember what causes this, or if it even happens in kittens. I really wish you could go to the Vet. Is your cat on any antiobiotics - how are her ears? Some cats can get a deep ear infection and and can impair balance causing them to be less coordinated and walk in circles? Does your cat have a head tilt? Is your cat able to see, are eyes dialated? Any advice given on this message board is not as good as actually taking your cat to a Veterinarian and getting professional medical advise...and I fear you are risking your cats life by not getting Veterinary care. I really wish you could go to the Vet. Is your cat on any antiobiotics - how are her ears? Some cats can get a deep ear infection and and can impair balance causing them to be less coordinated and walk in circles? Does your cat have a head tilt? Is your cat able to see, are eyes dialated? Any advice given on this message board is not as good as actually taking your cat to a Veterinarian and getting professional medical advise...and I fear you are risking your cats life by not getting Veterinary care. I HAVE taken my cat to the vets. As I said, bloodwork turned up good and his physical exam showed nothing wrong The vet said that he was in very good condition being and older "kitty" of 13+. The problem is, after spending the first $220 to determine that much, how many more tests do we do? The vet gave us special high protein food which we feed him with a syringe, and lot's of water. He moves around pretty good and doesn't have any head tilt. We let him outdoors this morning and the fresh air seemed to put a little more spring in his step, and he also urinated while out. I guess I just wish he would begin eating on his own again, and be able to use the litter pan. He sees o.k. too, because he follows his toy on a string when I drag it around, just no interest in snagging it. I'm waiting for signs of improvement I guess. Lauren, Would you please turn your html signature off when you post to this group. TIA ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') > Lauren, Would you please turn your html signature off when you post to > this group. TIA whats is doing > I HAVE taken my cat to the vets. As I said, bloodwork turned up good and > his physical exam showed nothing wrong The vet said that he was in very [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > his toy on a string when I drag it around, just no interest in snagging > it. I'm waiting for signs of improvement I guess. Circling and head pressing are signs of brain damage, seizure, stroke and encephalitis, among other things. I would get a second opinion from another vet. -L. my cats are a year old, brother's ...Rudy does the head pressing all the time and Moe doesn't....they're both in good health get this the smaller cat, Rudy is the dominate one ensoul One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~A. A. Milne Head pressing is when the animal walks into a corner or an object and just stands there pressing its head into the object, also, i would like to tell you that what your cat is showing symptoms of does not look good, but it looks very familiar; West Nile Virus, that's all i have to say, your cat is displaying almost every symptom of West Nile Virus, including the medical tests not coming back with any visible results. in fact, the statistics on infected victims who never even show symptoms of being infected are staggering. >Can anyone tell me what "head pressing" means? I have a sick kitty on my >hands, and I have only been able to read very little about this [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >I wonder if anyone out there may have had similar experience from which >their cat recovered. Thanks, Laurie Zabrosky  Signature"The truth of the matter is, practice does not make perfect, it merely makes better."
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