Cat seizure

[karenmac60]

My poor wee cat just had a seizure. He's only 2 and has always been in good health, and has been fine all day. He seems ok now - a little wobbly and strange at first and now just a little cautious but curious. Anybody got any advice/ been in this situation? It was the most horrible thing I've ever witnessed.

[Answerprancer]

Maybe a silly question but have you spoken to a vet about it ?
The only thing I've seen like this was when my cat died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - that was truly awful.
Hopefully it's nothing as serious as that.

[karenmac60]

Well it only happened about half an hour ago, and the surgery is closed. I was just hoping someone might have some info that would help.

[anneasquith]

could he have eaten anything outside, he would not normally eat ?

[Prudie]

Karen I had a cat do this out of the blue when she was about 4, really terrifying, she flew round the room crashing into walls and yowling. It happened a couple more times and the vet put her on something akin to phenobarbitone. The fits stopped and her dose was gradually reduced to nothing over a few weeks. It never happened again and she lived to about 16.

[boxtops]

Karenmac, can you contact an emergency vet? - please do if you can - you may get advice over the phone before you can see the vet tomorrow. If we ring our vet then they give out the duty emergency number. This may help, it does advocate consulting the vet

http://www.darwinvets.com/cats/first-aid-cats (you need to scroll down)

[anneasquith]

was he incontinent ?

[boxtops]

PS - it may be that he's eaten something outside, that link also says that cats can fit if they have eaten something poisonous.

[anneasquith]

box, just asked that same question.

[karenmac60]

He's a house cat, so he can't have eaten anything he shouldn't. He wasn't doing anything strange before it either - was sleeping on a chair under the table, the next thing the chairs started banging about and he was on the floor bashing into them

[karenmac60]

And yes, he was incontinent and frothing at the mouth

[anneasquith]

do you have a vets number you could phone for advice. ie out of hours ? would he let you cool him down a bit with a cloth and water ?

[boxtops]

My No. 1 son frothed when he started licking his flea treatment (dribbled a bit) - still think you should try ringing your vet and see if there is an emergency advice line.

Sorry for duplication anne - I type when there is no post, when I'd send submit, whoosh, there are loads from other people!

[237SJ]

Cats can suffer from epilepsy just like humans. The only way to tell obviously is get him checked out. Hope he`s ok

[anneasquith]

we are on a double here tonight, cats and hair., sorry karen

[boxtops]

my speciality, hairy cats.....

sorry karen, I do hope your kit will be OK - do get him checked out in the morning. Let us know.

[mrs.chappie]

Hi karen.

I used to feed and water a stray cat that had seizures. I took her to the vet and the vet recommended we leave the puss untreated, she reckoned that given the cat's age and the fact that she was feral, it would be kinder not to treat her rather than put her through the stress of treatment..

The vet reckoned it looked worse than it would have felt for the cat (it was horrible to watch, as you know).

Sorry, I know this is not advice - and your cat's not feral - just wanted you to know that the vet seemed to think it wouldn't feel as bad for the poor puss as it looked.

[karenmac60]

Thanks everyone. I managed to get hold of my vet and he says at the cat's age there is not likely to be an underlying cause and that it will be idiopathic epilepsy. I've just to monitor him and if the fits are regular then take him down and they'll start him on treatment, but if they are only one every couple of months they won't actually be doing him any harm, and like you say Mrs C, more disturbing for me than for him. He seems fine now, thanks again x

[mrs.chappie]

So glad the puss has settled, karen. I hope he's gonna be okay.

[boxtops]

Me too karen, smile at him for me ♥

[anneasquith]

how is the cat today karen ?