ReRe: Cat making a Chewing Like Movement all the time

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pompless - 21 Jun 2004 08:08 GMT

Rex, this problem sounds very similar to what my cat is experiencing.
See the message I just posted entitled "HELP! Chewing and breathing
problems" for more details. Have you learned anything new from the
vet? Let me know.

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Hello,

After spending almost a grand, there seems to be not one Vet in Canada
that
would diagnose this problem with our cat.

He moves his head from left to right frequently with a chewing motion.
I
know it is hard to explain but I'll try ...

Imagine a human vigourously chewing gum and at the same time nodding
his
head.

We thought initially it was hairball but that is not the case. It has
been
going for a month now and his eating has almost stopped even though he
takes
a few jabs of his food here and there and generally seems to be in a
poor
health.

Had anyone had or heard of this problem with cats.

Thanks in advance.

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PawsForThought - 21 Jun 2004 13:44 GMT

>After spending almost a grand, there seems to be not one Vet in Canada
>that
>would diagnose this problem with our cat.

How many vets have you seen? Is there a specialist you could take your cat to?
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-L. : - 22 Jun 2004 08:38 GMT

> Rex, this problem sounds very similar to what my cat is experiencing.
> See the message I just posted entitled "HELP! Chewing and breathing
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> I
> know it is hard to explain but I'll try ...

Your cat is having seizures. Get him to a feline specialist, or at
least get a second opinion.

-L.

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MacCandace - 23 Jun 2004 04:21 GMT

<< Your cat is having seizures. Get him to a feline specialist, or at
least get a second opinion.

-L. >>

I don't know about that...My late cat did exactly the same thing when he was
elderly. I've seen seizures in cats, it's not like. It's just like it's hard
for them to chew, kind of like they don't have total feeling in their mouth
anymore and can't quite tell where the food is in their mouth. Actually, this
happened to my father also when he was diagnosed with cancer...he could not
feel his mouth well and had a hard time eating.

Candace
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-L. : - 23 Jun 2004 17:39 GMT

> << Your cat is having seizures. Get him to a feline specialist, or at
> least get a second opinion.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> I don't know about that...My late cat did exactly the same thing when he was
> elderly. I've seen seizures in cats, it's not like.

Not all seizures present the same way. It sounds like it
*could* be a seizure - or a handful of other things. I also thought
about foreign body (string, thread) wrapped around the tongue -
sometimes they can be missed if the wiggle to the base.

It's just like it's hard

> for them to chew, kind of like they don't have total feeling in their mouth
> anymore and can't quite tell where the food is in their mouth. Actually, this
> happened to my father also when he was diagnosed with cancer...he could not
> feel his mouth well and had a hard time eating.

Humm...could be. Either way I'd get him/her to a feline practitioner.

-L.

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