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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Smudgey on October 27, 2012, 17:04:46 PM
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does anyone have any experience of this?
my Cat Abby has a seizure/fit when we bring her home in her carrier from the vet or cattery
we thought it was the stress of the vet but then she had one when we brought her home from the cattery :-(
The receptionist at the vet suggested it may be the excitement of being at home
this is the only time that she has them and she is healthy otherwise
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Yes I do and my late Napoleon had them.
They are not caused by excitement and your vet needs to get a grip, many have never dealt with a cat having seizures and disbelieve everything they are told by the owner.
If Abby is still having seizures now, she needs medical help.
I do hope you have her insured with a good company cos she may need an MRI scan and they are seriously expensive.
Please can you give as many details as possible, like why did she go to the vet, has she been given any medication, how old is she, how long did seizures last, how long between, what did she act like, did she loose control of her bladder, how was she after and for how long. Did she show any signs prior to the seizures?
You need to keep a diary with times and dates and answers to the above cos this will help the vet.
Helpful advice........give her a dish of wet food immediately following a seizure, you wqill probably find she gobbles all this up.
After a seizure do not move her but let her find her own way again, it will be slowly and just talk to her gentle and keep the light dimmed.
Keep a pillow handy for seizures to gently block her way if she is rolling to anywhere she can get hurt and to protect yourself from flying claws cos she has no idea of what is going on. Dont attempt to hold her or stop her rolling and do not confine her. She will not remember any of this and the good thing is that cats cant swallow her tongue.
I will try and advise based on 3 yrs with Napoleon but if she continues to have seizures you need to get medical help asap.
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she only has them after being in the car when arriving home ie once a year for vaccination /check up
and because of this the vet does not think it is health related
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I think it does sound like stress but a very huge reaction.
Always offer her food after.
Napoleon was having groups of seizures every month or two-3 months.
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they can be caused by stress in humans so I suppose in cats its the same