Hi all,

My cat, approx. 12 years old, presented this evening with some strange
symptoms. He was walking slowly around the room, always hugging one
wall, seemingly disorientated. Ollie is an insulin-dependent diabetic
cat and has also been suffering from hyperthyroidism.

We've seen similar behvaiour in a previous diabetic cat when it was
associated with a hypoglycaemic attack, so we squirted some sucrose
solution down his throat and got him to eat some cat food. After a
while, the symptoms seemed to get somewhat better. However, a few
hours later, and he still seems disorientated, restless and keeps
slowly moving his head from side to side. The persistence of symptoms
for this long, after he's eaten well, seems inconsistent with
hypoglycaemia.

We'll be off to the vet tomorrow morning, but I wondered whether
anyone had any thoughts as to what's going on.
--
Henry