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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2006Cat seizure/uncoordination
Twice within the past month, my 13-year old neutered female cat acted like she's had a seizure, except that I'm not sure if it really was a seizure. During those times I found her scrambling around acting uncoordinated and frightened, but after some petting and reassurance, she recovered fairly quickly. Since then, I've been keeping her constantly fed with premium canned food, which keeps her in a relaxed state. It seems that as long as she's well fed, she's OK. One thing in common with these incidences was that they've occurred around the same time of night that she usually has that restless energy, where she'll run back and forth between rooms. She's not doing that any more, I noticed. I wonder if these "seizures" had something to do with her going into that manic state, except that her muscles won't coordinate any more. Has anyone else experienced a problem like this (which might make it easier to suggest which tests to perform at the veterinarian?) Ok my cat Rumble is epileptic you need to observe the seizure it is a scary sight to see one happen if you can video tape it even better. When you go to the vet he needs to do a full blood panel. And you need to describe in detail the seizure what happens before and after in detail. When Rumble had a seizure he would shake the body would go rigid and would look dazed until I touched him and yelled his name than it was like a light switch he came out of it immediately. But it would knock him silly for days he would not move unless to go to the bathroom I had to convince him to eat He needs to get to the vet as soon as possible . The longer a seizure goes untreated the worse the conditions can become. If it is epiplsy. He probably will be put on Phenobarbital which is standard practice Rumble was allergic to it and had to be put on diazepam which is a serious during in cats alot of side effects and organ problems. But he is seizure free for 3 years and has been off his medication for 9 days Read this http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/lowekamp/feline_epilepsy.html http://www.allergicpet.com/articles/cat_seizures_2.html Good luck Keep us posted and ask questions at the vets no matter how small they seems > Twice within the past month, my 13-year old neutered female cat acted > like she's had a seizure, except that I'm not sure if it really was a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > else experienced a problem like this (which might make it easier to > suggest which tests to perform at the veterinarian?) Ok my cat Rumble is epileptic you need to observe the seizure it is a scary sight to see one happen if you can video tape it even better. When you go to the vet he needs to do a full blood panel. And you need to describe in detail the seizure what happens before and after in detail. When Rumble had a seizure he would shake the body would go rigid and would look dazed until I touched him and yelled his name than it was like a light switch he came out of it immediately. But it would knock him silly for days he would not move unless to go to the bathroom I had to convince him to eat He needs to get to the vet as soon as possible . The longer a seizure goes untreated the worse the conditions can become. If it is epiplsy. He probably will be put on Phenobarbital which is standard practice Rumble was allergic to it and had to be put on diazepam which is a serious during in cats alot of side effects and organ problems. But he is seizure free for 3 years and has been off his medication for 9 days Read this http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/lowekamp/feline_epilepsy.html http://www.allergicpet.com/articles/cat_seizures_2.html Good luck Keep us posted and ask questions at the vets no matter how small they seems > Twice within the past month, my 13-year old neutered female cat acted > like she's had a seizure, except that I'm not sure if it really was a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > else experienced a problem like this (which might make it easier to > suggest which tests to perform at the veterinarian?) Just using problem solving skills here but if the cat is fine when it eats well....blood sugar issues?  Signatureie ride fast, take chances. > Ok my cat Rumble is epileptic you need to observe the seizure it is a > scary sight to see one happen if you can video tape it even better. When [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> else experienced a problem like this (which might make it easier to >> suggest which tests to perform at the veterinarian?) >Just using problem solving skills here but if the cat is fine when it eats >well....blood sugar issues? Maybe not. I'd assume epileptic seizures or something similar. The vet needs to run tests including an MRI. (We are in a large east coast city in the U S of A and they do have MRIs for cats.) >Twice within the past month, my 13-year old neutered female cat acted >like she's had a seizure, except that I'm not sure if it really was a >seizure. During those times I found her scrambling around acting >uncoordinated and frightened, but after some petting and reassurance, >she recovered fairly quickly. I'd have a vet look at the cat. They will need to run an MRI scan to really determine if it was a seizure. |
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