Hi, I have a Cat who is about twenty or twenty-one years old. This
year she has really started to show what I think are effects with her
age and other things, never had any problems ever with her until early
2006. She had a seizure in February/March. Took her to a vet they
couldnt find any cause of the seizure, no diseases or anything. Then
about four monthes later in around July she had another one, this time
I took her and got anti-convultion medication. She had another seizure
yesterday, her third I have seen her have of the year. I am starting
to have some thoughts of putting her down, but she does not seem to be
suffering so it is tough to do that. About an hour or two after the
seizure she is moving around pretty much normal, she still jumps up
onto chairs and things.

One thing I have noticed is that her breathing is weird, she doesnt
seem to have trouble breathing but I now notice that when she is just
standing her chest and stomach move in and out more quickly and
noticeable, like she takes shorters deeper breathes, and this is
constant. She also walks funny sometimes, she doesnt look like she is
in pain at all, but just walking she doesnt walk in a straight line,
she can wobble and things out of pattern, kind of like someone drunk
walking a straight line. Im thinking the seizures have possibly caused
some brain damage. I also think her hearing and/or eyesight is not
that good anymore, ive seen her in the dark, not pitch black walk into
doors and things like that.

If anybody has any advice, especially with the breathing, I think the
other things are related to age or possibly the seizures, but the
breathing worries me a little, I dont want to put my cat down unless
it is necessary and Im not convinced it is. I'll probably take her to
the vet again hopefully tomorrow but I dont think they even know what
to do.