Brain Disorders in Cats

My cat has a negative PE, 2 degree body temperature drop. Lab work was normal, xrays of limbs and back are normal. He also does not want to eat kitten wet or dry food, but will lap enough to swallow a 0.1 buprenorphine dose. He has never exhibited pain. He will let me play with his paws - which has never happened. He left lost 1 lb on n already skinny cat. Will drink water, poo and pee are "normal".

My cat is 17 years old. He has lost more than half of his body weight, and has lost all feeling in his back legs. He also has a colon problem, and an infection where he sneezes and his nose runs. The vet took tests and the blood work was normal except for elevated enzymes. He had additional blood work and I was told he had an infection. One of the vets wanted to give him a shot, but the main vet gave me medicine to give him instead. She did not want to hurt his liver with the shot. It seems like he is getting worse with his nerves. Do you think an antibiotic shot would help him? He eats really good when he is not constipated. Every so often he needs an enema so he can go too the bathroom.

My cat Miss T is almost 12. She is in thyroid medication for the past year. However around the same time her thyroid was diagnosed she was at times dragging her hind quarters. She would lay down and her front paws stretch rigid. This probably lasts seconds but to me it’s forever. She also has a tremor like thing with her head for about 2 yrs. I have mentioned it several times to her vet but unless she is experiencing it they just seemed to ignore it. However it has been over a year since I have seen one my question is could it be aggravated by the loss of her brother? I recently had to put my other cat to sleep for mouth cancer. Miss T has been very distressed.

Hi, I’m not sure if it’s a brain disorder or anything serious to be concerned about. My kitten has been off today. I’m not sure if it could be a behavioral change. I just need advice, please.

My amber is walking in circles, had ultra sound. no longer vocal, off balance ,staring& a variety of other symptoms. Very aggressive lately, can not even get exam by vet w/ out going berserk. I just don't know what to do she was on med. which is no longer, she is 15 yrs. old

My kitty Bubba is 13 and has always had very shaky eyes, lately he has developed small bouts of tremor like shaking of his head. He eats plenty and is very happy and talkative otherwise. Acting very normally except for the head shaking. Do you know what this could be?

My cat is 16 years old and she won't eat much (She has become very picky) but the thing that is scaring me to death is she is having like muscular or neurological problem. Her head turns to the side in a strange position and it continues like that for 10 or 15 minutes at a time. It's almost like a muscle spasm or charley horse. We tried giving her cat vitamins and she take them. Any clue what could be wrong with her?

Cat Name: Casper

Normal Weight: 5.6 kgs at the beginning of the year

First Vaccination: 29 March 2017 (we vaccinated him only when we fostered kittens and were afraid of him catching a disease from them)

Age: 8 years old

Gender: Male, neutered

Significant change: We rescued 5 bottle feeding kittens in March which Niveen helped us foster. They only sstayed with us for around 2 weeks and Casper acted very maternal towards them but at the same time he was very stressed. We adopted one of them in June and Casper interacted with him, acted maternal, but at the same time seemed very depressed, preferring the room the kitten couldnt go to and not eating. The kitten and his siblings are all very healthy and got vaccinated at 3 months.

History: Caspers mother Snow (Age 9) had to be PTS in February 2017 because she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. She had similar symptoms to Casper except her symptoms were constant and were not related to her pooping. She would keep walking in circles all day long, have dilated eyes all the time, didnt drink water, blood tests were all normal, would get stuck in corners, stopped purring, stopped jumping, pee outside the litter box wherever she wanted and lost a lot of weight. We didnt put her on any medications. She started going into stupors every two days and getting seizures and we made the decision to pts.

My details: Hera Arif, 0561205865, [email protected]



* 12 September 2017 - Casper got constipated and we gave him Duphalac (1.5 ml once a day) which did not help. The poop was moist but he pooped after 3 to 4 days.
* 19 September 2017 - We took him to the vet and gave a higher dose of Duphalac (3 ml once a day; his weight is 5.6 kgs) with no improvement. Vet performed CBC, Haematology, and Urine tests, and XRays which are attached. Vet also gave him Petcam for 3 days which made him feel very better however he was still constipated. Vet recommended Royal Canin Fibre Release dry food which seemed not to make a difference.
* 22 September 2017 - Casper started panting in the middle of the night and then went to the litter box and strained to poop. No poop came out. He panted again the next day and didnt poop. Finally pooped on 25 September with difficulty.
* 5 October 2017 - We raised the Duphalac dose to 3 ml twice a day but it didnt help. The condition progressed into into him feeling very sick and slow after he pooped. His hair would stand and he would walk slowly and hide behind furniture. His third eyelid would appear everytime he fell asleep. He also started walking around in circles and going into corners
* 9 October 2017 - Took Casper to the vet again. Vet performed blood test, serum test, and XRays and concluded that Casper has Fatty Liver Disease (Weight is now 5.2 kgs). Started giving him Milk Thistle for it. Vet recommended giving him glycerin suppository.
* 11 October 2017 - Gave Glycerine suppository and Casper pooped
* 12 October 2017 - Gave Glycerine suppository and Casper pooped
* 13 October 2017 - Gave Glycerine suppository and Casper pooped. At night his head started falling backward while he was sleeping (opisthotonos) and he went into a stupor and was unresponsive. He would start purring out of pain towards the end of his stupor (he stopped purring completely at the beginning of this year) . He would become pale - his nose, ears, paws while he stays sick (Video: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5j761hprpja5lq3/AAAtPY5Lf7hUGNM3HZFOID28a?dl=0).
* 14 October 2017 - Took Casper to the vet who performed ProBNP test (Caspers heart beat was very slow), XRay of the heart, and Ultrasound of the abdomen. Vet also noticed that his eyes were not responsive to light at all. (Weight still 5.2 kgs) Report is attached. Vet diagnosed Thiamine deficiency since Casper has eaten Whiskas Tuna flavour cat food all his life. He prescribed daily B Complex injections and Complivet Multi Vitamins.
* 16 October 2017 - The injections helped for a few days until he pooped again. After that he went into a stupor and opisthotonos. This was the pattern from now on: he would have all his hair raised and walk in pain prior to pooping, then poop, and then towards the night he would go into a stupor which laster 1.5 days where he is unresponsive, doesnt eat, doesnt pee/poop/walk. He had also started showing more neurological symptoms like staring at walls, walking in circles, losing some sense of direction, head always hanging low and ducking when we tried to pet him. Also stopped drinking water and had difficulty swallowing his food.
* 18 October 2017 - Casper started pooping in his stupor and did not realize that he was pooping. We took him to the vet who performed FIV/FELV test (negative), Coronavirus test (Negative), Toxoplasmosis test (Negative), T4, CBC, and Haematology. We only found T4 to be slightly low and started him on medicine for it. He said Caspers eyes were responding to light but they were very slow in their response.
* 23 September 2017 - Took Casper to the vet who said to stop with the B Complex injections since they werent helping. He gave Caper 4 shots: Butorphanol, Cerenia, Dexason, and Enrotril which really made an improvement. He got 90% better-he was running, scratching, jumping, playing (Weight 4.9 kgs). He also performed Bile Acids test, XRays, and another ultrasound of the abdomen but didnt find anything wrong.
* 25 September 2017 - Casper pooped and didnt go into a stupor
* 28 September 2017 - Casper pooped but went into a stupor. Vet suggested we give the injections one by one to see which one exactly made him feel better. We did that the next couple of days but none of them worked on him. He also started peeing after 24 hours and sometimes even after 2 days. His hind legs also started getting very weak and cold.
* 2 November 2017 - Took Casper to the vet since he was still sick and did not recover from his last stupor as he usually does after 1.5 days (Weight increased to 5.1 kgs). He gave all 4 shots together which made him feel much better.
* 5 November- Casper pooped after 5 entire days. At night, he randomly started meowing and hissing and his back legs got paralyzed. After about 20 minuted, his back legs came back but they were still weak. Vet recommended giving him an enema after which he pooped only a little. At night, he went back to his stupor and started having mini seizures where his head would keep going back and then his arms would start moving very fast.
* 7 November 2017 - Took Casper to another vet who is good with neurological cases (Weight 4.8 kgs). He performed a full neurological exam (I can request a copy from the vet on sunday) and suggested doing a CT Scan and CSF test. We could not afford the scan at that moment and the vet suggested giving him prednisolone (0.5 ml twice daily) and clindamycin (50 mg twice daily) and see how he reacts. Towards the night, Casper lost all feeling in his tail.
* 8 November 2017 - Casper became incontinent. He would be sleeping and there would be urine coming out of him. He stayed in this condition for 2 days
* 10 November 2017 - Casper stopped being incontinent but still would pee outside the litter box wherever he wanted. He was pooping but would not go into a stupor after his poop.
* 14 November 2017 - Casper went into a stupor after his poop. We took him for a CT Scan as was reocmmended by the vet but seeing that his imrpovement was very questionable even after the meds, the doctor voiced his concern of possibly not finding anything via CT Scan that could be fixed (Weight 4.6 kgs). He also said he could pass away due to sedation. He said Caspers eyes were responding to light but his right eye was slower in response and his right hind leg was weaker than the left. He suggested increasing the dosage for prednisolone (1 ml twice a day) and said that would buy us some time with Casper.
* 15 November 2017 - Caspers tail came back to life.
* 17 November 2017 (Today) - Caspers tail is still moving, he is eating, pees once or twice a day. We have to put him in the litter box otherwise he pees wherever he wants. He is still on the prednisolone and clindamycin. He hasnt pooped yet after we increased his steroid dosage so we dont know if he will go into a stupor after or not.
The vet that is good with neuro cases suspects dry fip to be causing these symptoms however I have researched extensively and found that the bloodwork can give clues as to weather a cat has fip or not. For examplt the albumin to globulin ratio must be less than 0.8 for a cat to have dry fip however Caspers ratio is much higher. The other thing the vet suspects is a brain tumour.

My 4 month old kitten had a fever two weeks ago that ended in an overnight at the vet. He had not been eating and was very lethargic, only getting up to eat and use the litter box 2x/day. When he did walk, he had a hunched back and walked carefully on his back paws. There was no evidence of pain anywhere on his body when he was evaluated. At the vet, they gave him fluids and started him on 2 antibiotics. Coronavirus titre was really low, neg. for distemper, neg. for toxoplasmosis, general blood work came back normal with the exception of elevated white blood cell count. Nine days after his night at the vet, he is completely back to normal, except for his balance. Right away he was walking like a drunken kitten, but after a few days he seemed to adapt by tilting his 45* when in motion. He can now run, play, jump a bit. We have run up a huge vet bill already and can't afford to send him to a neurologist or even back to the vet for a follow up at this point. The vet told us to continue the two antibiotics for another ten days and watch for changes; she's guessing that maybe he had menengitis, but doesn't really know. I'm so worried because he is so young. If there is anything we could do now to help him have a long and happy life, I want to know, but can't afford to have him evaluated. Any insight you can offer would be so wonderful.

Our 6 month old seal point Siamese kitten Bella has had decreased appetite over the last few weeks (she is down from 4.1lbs, to 3.8) and this past week we have noticed her back legs don't seem to be functioning properly. She was always very agile and fluid, running through the house, jumping and climbing like a monkey. Now that fluidity is gone and it seems troublesome for her to walk properly. We took her to the vet and blood tests, x-rays and urinalysis all came back good. No fever either. She was constipated and slightly dehydrated so they gave her an enema, IV fluids and observed for 24 hours. Her back legs still don't work as they should. They want us to go for a neurological consult. What could we be dealing with here and does this sound like it is treatable? I have been reading about neurological disorders in cats but nothing seems to be the "right" fit for her case due to all the other tests checking out great. We want to treat this but we could be in for thousands of dollars with a poor outcome. Any idea about prognosis here and ideas about what we could be looking at???

my cat, Gizzy has cerebral hypoplasia. She is almost 1 year old, and we have been told NOT to get her fixed, due to her "delicate" condition. She has other cats that love on her, play with her sleep and snuggle with her daily. We feed her and give water at specific times ( we leave water next to her bed) and we have trained her to give us a little "wave" when she needs to go potty ( very very hard to train a cat BTW) However, She has just gone thru her first heat, lasted about a week, and we had her seperated a bit from other cats but not entirely. ( all the other cats are fixed) but now, she does nothing but growl, and jump/flop around. she is eating and drinking per normal, and when she is comfy in her little bed area she is content. but she will wake up or randomly start growling hissing biting and jumping around. Is this normal in cats with CH or could it have gotten worse? THe specialist is SO expensive and we WILL take her if you say we should. thank you

I found a kitten at my back door crying. I brought her in and took her to the vet. She is partially blind, and doesn’t seem to have good coordination. She was dewormed, treated with an antibiotic and an eye gel antibiotic. All of her blood work is perfect. She is feline leukemia and fiv neg. She doesn’t have any parasites including toxoplasmosis. He said she just needs to fatten up. She is estimated to be 8-12 mos. she weighs 4 lbs and she has a small stature but is still very skinny. She doesn’t eat well at all. She also doesn’t play or jump up on things and I’ve had her for a month. She walks around sometimes oddly, but she is partially blind. She never hides, isn’t afraid of our other animals and likes to be held like a baby. Mostly she just sleeps. I’ve tried everything under the sun to get some weight on her, but she’s only gained 1 oz in a week. I’m driving myself crazy with worry that she’s not getting enough nourishment. I don’t care if she ever plays or jumps (while heartbreaking) I just want to know how to get her over this not wanting to eat. For the first week I had her she ate quite well.

Mowgli has always been a very happy and playful 2 and a half year old cat. Last night at around 9:30 at night while I was giving her a treat she went limp, fell off of the chair she was on and collapsed limp onto the ground. She tried to stand up but could not, as if she was limp. She then rolled onto her side and began to convulse and shake. The episode ended after about 30 seconds and she released her bladder. She then "woke up" in a startled daze and began to hiss at us. She then ran upstairs and hid and would not allow us to come near or try to get her out from her hiding spot. After catching and coddling her for 15 minutes she began to calm down but was visibly on edge for the remainder of the night.

She seemed fine when we woke up this morning but as of 7:15 this night the nervous behavior has returned and faded in waves. A normally strong and brave cat is now scared by every movement and unexpected sound.

My question is, when will this behavior fade, what happened to her, and what are the next medical steps we can take with her?

We'll it all started about a month ago. My cat maybe a year old now started to drool alot, previous owner said he had seizures as a kitten. He does have fleas he's an outside cat but I bathe him. Anyway, now the past week his third eyelids are showing he's Shakey can barely stand on his right front leg. He is eating which is good. But I think he may have nuerological issues. I love him so much I can't lose him. Plz help

I noticed that my cat had some type of neurological disorder when he started falling Down the stairs about a few months ago. He seems to have weakness in his front and back paws/extremities. He no longer can jump on top of the counter or tables but he can still can jump onto chairs and other similar level things. He is happy as a clam otherwise. No signs or symptoms of pain or discomfort at all. I am a nurse and my husband is a physician and we figured that as long as he was pain free it was a good thing. I did notice that he seemed a little more jumpy lately and also he sometimes has a tendency to go to the right when walking or running. Any advice?

Our thirteen year old cat has trouble with his back legs he doesn’t have total control of them, they don’t bend very well he can’t jump, he uses his front end to move. He has trouble when pooping as he can’t balance properly if he loses his balance he then often has trouble getting upright. His appearance is suffering as he’s unable to groom himself from shoulder down,we brush him as much as we can,he now has knots and Matt’s we need to get looked at. Eats really well not particularly fond of water lately so we give wet food water is on offer. Otherwise he’s happy smiley cat.

So my 4 month old kitten began to seriously decline just in 3 days. Started throwing up, stopped eating/drinking, 103 temp, etc. then this morning he couldn’t walk, kept collapsing, no reflexes & couldn’t see.. 4 days ago he was absolutely fine. Vet recommended putting him down because prognosis isn’t good. Am I doing the right thing? What causes this? I’m clueless, I have another cat that I don’t want this to happen to.

I have an adult male cat that I took in three years ago, he went outside as he always does but always comes back in. He went out and was gone for nine days, the temperature outside got down to three below he was very hungry but is eating and drinking but his tail is down and has no bladder control. He does still jump on back of sofa but worried about tail and bladder control

My cat can't walk. Her body doesn't coordinate, so she is only crawling. She lost her appetite to eat and not drinking any fluids. What treatment can we give to her? Please 😞

Can my cat's behavior be due to a neurological issue?
She will put her nose to the floor and move it as though she is chasing an insect. With her head down, she will put her butt in the air and push herself backwards several steps. It appears to be involuntary. All four paws are splayed. My vet did some blood work, but doesn't know what is wrong. She told me to get a video of it, but it only lasts about 8-10 seconds. It happens about once a day.

i have taken my kitten to the vet before, he says he has a neurological brain disorder. he goes to the bathroom everywhere and wont use the litter box like my other kitten does he shakes when he walks and bobbles his head and is very nervouse all the time. any suggestions on how to potty train him?

Hi my new cat Milo has tremors, noticeably on his rump, while lying or sitting down. One time I saw when he stood up he was very shaky and unbalanced, and couldn't find his footing and decide to jump or where to jump or not. I got him the night before yesterday.

He isn't as playful or active as his playmates when at the house we adopted him from, and he was a lot slower than them too (didn't realize laser pointer was behind them as fast as his buddy) - mentally and physically.

At day he lies or sits in one place, and at night he keeps calling. When he lies or sits down, his paws are tucked under him, and tail wrapped tightly around body.

Right now at the moment he's balanced, but before, as mentioned,I noticed once or so he was not.

Milo has broken his tail before as a kitten (slammed on by a door), the breeder/owner told us. Also, the breeder bred two folded-eared Scottish folds together. She said it was fine, because both were first degree folds. However, I'm not so sure...?

Is he scared, or got ear mites (scratches ear, I'll get that checked out?), or a brain problem?

Thanks. All help is greatly appreciated.

Hi, I noticed for about a week slim hasn't been eating or drinking his water. I also noticed that one of his eyelids are droopy. I took him to the vet and they prescribed an appetite stimulate so he can start eating again but I literally have to take him to his food for him to eat and feed him water through the syringe. I also noticed that he keeps walking in circles. My vet doesn't know what's the problem but does think it has something to so with his brain; what could be the problem and what should I do?

Hi, I've taken over Jip from a cat recovery program and have given her daily care & support in recovering from a bladder infection. Which she had been given great care for with medication, special food and ofcourse double checked at a vet. Three weeks later, the infection seems to be cured now. No more problems with her littering, it all looks great, good big urine spots in the litterbox (compared to small ones at start). She drinks enough, and eats well enough.

However, last night she started falling, sliding out over the floor with front/back legs and walking circles. It really looks like she has no control over her legs (on left side) during such an episode. I think the 'walking in circles' is behavior to try feel safe and familiar. My floor is pretty slippery yet this has never been a problem for her before.

These episodes are temporary, and after a couple minutes she seems to be fine again. She goes to litter normally, and eats and drinks normally. She washes herself, looks at me and responds to me.

I've been to the Vet, and he couldnt really give any cause. He checked for all the physical symptoms, and also assured me that most serious neurological disorders wouldnt be so temporary. Also an obstructed nerve somewhere should show permanent symptoms, he said. The only physical thing he found was that her kidney's were a little bigger then normal, but he couldnt find any relation to the disturbed motor-control issues.

The advice I've been give is to wait 6-8 weeks and see how it goes before going into further examination and I was assured not to worry. He said it could have to do with Jip getting familiar in her new house and this a part of adapting to the new situation (in my head this is weird, why didnt it happen earlier? She's been with me for 3 weeks)

Ofcourse, I still worry. I've really come to care for this cat, who's been through so much in her life already (living on street, abused/neglected by former owner, and walking around with serious bladder pain for months). Seeing her recover so well in my care is amazing, but this sudden temporary loss of motor control is very disturbing (also to watch her struggle, breaks my heart)

So, my question. Can I really sleep easy with this advise? Or is there more I can do. I had one theory myself. The episodes seem to happen after she has slept for a while. It reminded me of having a 'sleeping leg' myself sometimes, and this may seem like it. Maybe she is so confortable sleeping that her limbs become 'sleepy' and that is why it takes her a while to regain control over them. Is that possible at all in a cat? (with their habit of sleeping 12-14hr a day)

I found a stray cat. She could maybe be an adult. She resembles a lynx point Siamese but I have no idea for sure. She is skinny but you can’t see ribs. She rubs up against everything (I am worried maybe she has fleas or worms??) and is very affectionate. I’m concerned she may have neurological problems as she kind is stumbles when she walks and sometimes taps her paws like she’s kneading when she sits

My cat daisy (female orange tabby -- age 10) has been peeing and pooping outside the litter box now for about 2 to 2/12 months. It started with me finding poop just outside the litter box. The weren't altogether, but rather in a trail leading to the litter box. That continued. Then one day when I lifted her up (she doesn't like to be held) to trim her nails, I noticed she defacated while I was holding her. Now whenvever in a vertical hold she just poops and can't seem to hold it. And when she's walking to the litter box she just poops while she walks becasue I think she gets the urge and just can't make it there. The poop is not hard but probably harder than it should be. I took her to the vet and she did an xray to rule out any tumors and just did a thorough check. Everything looked fine but she thought maybe she was constipated, so we tried her on pumpkin. No change. Then tried her on a liquid stool softener. No change. A couple weeks later I walked into the room she sun bathes and saw that she not only pooped, but pee'd a huge puddle of urine on the tile floor. Right next to her pet bed. She declined that day. I took her to the vet the next day. She was severely dehydrated. They took bloodwork. All came back fine. She did a stool sample, again all came back fine. We then did an ultrasound. No signs of tumors, all organs looked good and healthy. They did find the walls of her colon were think and the walls of her bladder. The did a urinalysis...all came back fine. The fluids seemed to help her with her appetite and she's feeling fine. Playing, eating, drinking. She seemed to have stopped the peeing, but she still continues to leave poop presents and leaves dribbles of urine where she sits, sleeps and lays down. We still haven't resolved the problem even though she seems to feel fine. After $800 in medical we have no idea what to do. I asked my vet if she thought it coudl be a problem with her sphincter muscle. I found a medication called bethanecol that treated that. She said she didn't think it would help the situation and perhaps it's neurological. I don't know what to do at this point. This does not appear to be behavioral to me. It came on suddenly and I think she's embarrassed. She does suffer with chronic sinus issues. she's also overweight by about 6 pounds (full figured) and she does have arthritis in her hips. Do you have an suggestion for me? I really need help as I can't have her peeing everywhere. My entire house is covered with blankets and towels to protect what I can. I love her so much. Please help

My cat, Meena, who I trapped at around 9 mths old has been completely feral for the last 13 years. The last 6 months she has been completely underfoot, literally. Bloodwork was done and her RBC was borderline low, her platelets were 111, total protein 9.6, albumin 2.2, globulin 7.4 with the ratio being 9.3. Her T4, kidney values and urinalysis were okay. I took her to an ophthalmologist since I felt she had lost some vision and he said it could be neurological. My vet has put her on Clindamicin for toxo but we didn't test for it. She has no other issues. This morning she just peed in the hallway. I only noticed that she scooted her butt up toward her body and only noticed the urine when I went to pick her up. BTW, she use to run and hide if I just looked at her, now I can pick her up and even orally medicate. Any ideas?

My cat is 15 and seven months ago had her first seizure.Then yesterday she had another took her vet. They kept her for awhile then called and said I could bring her home, once we were home she started to eat and had seizure after that she kept having them they were not real bad but still I counted 43 in two hours after that I stopped counting. She is 15 should I try meds or just let her go?

My cat is 2 years old. Every so often, initially about once in 2 months and now every 2 or 3 weeks, he has an episode where he appears extremely agitated and spins around, constantly licking frantically at different parts of his body, as if he's being bitten all over by something. It usually lasts between 30min and an hour and is very upsetting to watch. He is an indoor cat and is regularly treated with Revolution and has no evidence of fleas or any other pests on him. His behavior has always been a bit odd, mainly unpredictable aggression for no apparent reason, but this is especially odd behavior and my other cat has never behaved like this. Any idea what the problem could be?

Hi. I had a kitten that was only 7 weeks old that died yesterday. I’m completely heart broken. The mother was a stray that I took in and she only had the one kitten. I watched the kitten being born with no difficulties, it has been in the house since birth, and the first several weeks of its life has seemed to develope normally. It had even started eating dry food and learning to use the litter box. A few days ago, it suddenly started low growling when handled and even a slight hiss. Then it would stand straight up and blank stare off into the room. This past Thursday morning I witnessed it have a seizure at it food bowl, so I monitored it all day close to me. Later in the evening and during the night it started having more seizures about every 10-15 min. As soon as the vet opened yesterday morning I took the kitten in. They really had no answers for me at the end of the day. But they gave the kitten fluid and sedated it for the duration of the day it was there. They sent me home with it sleeping. I was giving an antibiotic an also phenobarbital to try once it woke up. Also dietary instructions. The painful part is that the kitten appeared only to wake up when it was passing away or maybe it actually didn’t actually wake up...it was just passing. I never was able to try to care for it at home and I just don’t understand how any of this took place. It was well cared for since birth and I tried to do the best I could for it in it’s time of need. I didn’t leave the vet thinking it was going to die within the next 2 hours or even over the weekend. I just knew we would need to closely monitor and care for it over the weekend. Then we were contact the vet on Monday and go from there. I also will note that blood, glucose, and leukemia test were done and all were nornal. Can you possibly give me any ideas of what was wrong? I’m having a hard time with closure since they had no definitive answers when I left. I really am having a hard time with it’s loss and what I could’ve done more to help it. Thank you.

Our Cat Harley, got out when my wife let the dogs out. We didn’t know at the time, 2 hours later I let them out and Harley is meowing outside, only being able to use his front legs, the back ones work it’s just he’s walking with them tucked under himself. We massaged him and there is no whimpering, matter a fact he’s still purring away. No puncture or bite marks anywhere on his body. He was fine when we went to bed. Please help!

I have a cat that is the most loving cat 99% of the time. Occasionally, she will act out towards me and bite me fairly hard. She will be laying on my lap and randomly get up, look at me, her eyes dilate, her body tenses, she looks at me almost in a psychotic way, and then attacks me. Is there some type of neurological issue that she is having?

Our kitten is 4 months old. He has night terrors. Spitting, hissing, clawing, sometimes launching himself quite a distance. Also he sometimes pees when he's having a night terror. He has had these episodes, I assume, since before we got him at 4 weeks, since he stunk like pee.

Hello doctor,
My Kitten is a rescue. Her is age around 2 months. She had a bite infection near her ear. She was treated and the wound is completely healed now. She shows some neurological disorder symptoms like walking in circles, imbalance, less limbs eye co-ordination, weak limbs and neck, continuous rotation of head. What is the treatment for it. Specially want her to have stronger limbs so that she can jump and play normally. Now she falls off even from very small heights.

My cat suddenly started walking in circles and falling over if made to walk in the opppsite direction. My vet checked her and she is physically healthy but her blood test showed high sugar levels. Her urine test came back with no excess sugar but signs of a bladder infection. She was put on antibiotics but didn't improve and now the vet is loooking at more tests. She isn't eating abd drinking buy herself so is on a drip. What may be causingthis and is there a chance she will recover?

Dear Doctor, our beloved black cat is a house cat, has never been outside, has had one litter of 5 healthy kittens and has always been healthy. She has been unsettled the last few days, not coming near me as much as usual, and has vomited a few times - not hairballs (she is very long-haired). I put it down to new food and an interaction with another house cat of ours who was trying to take over her territory, as she was otherwise fine. She, unusually, stayed under my daughter's bed all evening, emerging only this morning, very shaky and wobbly on her legs. They seemed weak and she appeared not to be in full control of them. She appears to be especially affected in the back legs, they are almost collapsing when she attempts to walk, which is not far. The front legs seem to be affected somewhat also, but it is difficult to tell if they are merely being affected by the instability of the back legs. She was mewling in distress. I took her to our vet who thinks the problems are neurological. She does not have a temperature, does not appear to be in pain, is not having seizures or circling, but when he held her against the examing table to test her reflexes for stepping onto the table, she only moved them up quite slowly. He gave her a shot of valium and one of steroids in case of inflammation but I thought it unusual that he took no other tests such as bloods. We are to return tomorrow with a view to going to another county for brain scans if no improvement. (We are in the UK) She seems calmer now since the valium, has remained mentally alert throughout, seems ravenous, though does not appear to be drinking water but is very hesitant to move. I can see that she wants to move to other areas as she looks longingly at them, makes as if to move (her front legs appear relatively strong and stable at times but not always) but then gives up and lies back down. I have a profoundly disabled daughter who loves this cat - Aretha has been very therapeutic for her and I am very fearful of losing this much loved cat at such a young age. She has never been overfond of jumping and always seemed incable of leaping to any great height, now I am wondering if this is part of the problem. Two hours after seeing the vet,s he seems ever so slightly better, still wobbly, but more inclined to move and actually purring. She jumped off the bed I had her on, but her legs collapsed under her, however, she is acutally purring for the first time today. I would be grateful for any and all advice and insights that you might have. Thank you.

my cat is 12 years old and a silver tabby he was first took to the vets for a flea allergy which they gave him steroid tablets 15.0 prednicare
5mg he had also lost weight we took him back the vet felt him all over took his temp said he was fine and we actually thought his weight loss was due to environmental changes due to work being carried out,
he then started with very itchy ears and his balance was off and still weight loss,vet then gave me canaural ear drops but by day 6 nothing had changed in fact he had become more wobbly on his back legs,still looking thin he had a little time going off his food but then he was eating often drinking water and eating biscuits.
the vet gave him a urine test as I wasn't happy and the stick was off the scale so they took a blood test and t4 test and the results was organs ok - glucose a little high but didn't tell us why and red and white blood cells are all over the place and they said that may be due to the steroids and didn't give us the results for his t4 test and said he may need a mri scan which they do not do but I don't understand as he seems normal apart from the balance off his back legs but he can walk and jump a little oh and after I took him off the ear drops the slight head jerk is getting better I'm so sure its something to do with his ears but alas I'm not a vet

My cat was recently hospitalized because all of a sudden she lost Consciousness she was in and out of Consciousness she was lethargic she wouldn't move at one point she passed out the doctors assumed it was a traumatic brain injury they checked her liver because of her eye color and for drug contamination she's eating a little but she still not the same cat that she was before her episode she's very slow She lays down she doesn't eat as much as she used to and she doesn't move around as much as she used to what could be causing this

I have an orange DSH named Cintron. He's almost 15 years old, 99% of time lives indoors besides when we let him on condo porch and up until last Thursday seemed totally normal. He had a very short seizuer at 2am on 05/11 that lasted all of 6-7 seconds until I picked him upand then it stopped. He had another around 8pm on 05/12 and then I took him ot the ER. They kept him overnight, ran full CBC (which was all normal) tested for some specific viruses which were also negative, so they started him on high dose of Phenobarbital. I took him home the next day and have been giving him 1/2 pill every 12 hours. he's very lethargic, dopey, stoned...not much personality from the Pheno. His coordination is better but his personality is blah. My ultimate question is this....He received the flea drops (for the first time ever) on his neck (Advantage II) on 05/02. My husband also sprayed some stuff from Home Depot on our patio bark chips to help with the fleas. we didn't let him outside until 05/05 so as to not expose him to the spray (which they said wait 24 hours, we did longer). He seemed fine with all of that, no signs, no changes. On 05/09 or 05/10 my husband had an old car battery charging out on our porch. I'm not sure if the cat was around it or not, maybe sniffed it? I don't know. Anyways, the ER vet said that she didn't think the flea meds or flea spray caused his seizures since it was the week before. I forgot about the battery tho...it just seems very, very, very coincidental to me that he was completely normal, eating, talking, etc up until we have the flea meds/flea spray/battery on porch. Do you think that any of that could have contributed to his seizures? Even after some time of first exposure? I hate to think of him on the Pheno forever if he really doens't have epilepsy or brain disease (no symptoms of brain disease at all). Do you think it'd be worth weening him back off the Pheno & seeing if he has any more seizures now that the battery is gone, & we don't do the meds again. thank you.

hi, Carolina is 18YO; always healthy all her life, one trip to the vet per year for vaccinations only, but in July of last year she started suffering from some upper respiratory infection issues which eventually turned chronic; between then and now she was hospitalized three times and has been on antibiotics for rather long periods of times. Last hospitalization was three weeks ago, same problem. I ended up in the animal ER in the middle of the night, so not my usual vet but state of the art facility (I live in Bangkok by the way). Despite being medicated at the hospital with two antibiotics via IV, mucolytic, etc. her WBC never went down. At one point was 36,000 and when I brought her home was down to 28,000 and remained in that level when rechecked twice at two subsequent check ups. Docs there also tested her for FIP, negative; thyroid function fine; liver enzyme slightly elevated but they said not worrisome. Eventually we stopped the antibiotics at home because she was becoming increasingly stressed, refusing to take them. The infection seemed to improve and vet settled on WBC of 28,000. Right after that, i.e. 10 days ago, I noticed that her hind legs started to give in, I did not make too much of it initially, put it down to old age. But then she started to eat less and less, drinking also very little, very soft stools (maybe because of the long course of antibiotics?), legs getting weaker and weaker so on Thursday my usual vet came home for a check. Basically no diagnosis, the hind legs weakness was deemed to aging, he gave her fluids and force fed her. Did not recommend to take her in or administer any meds. One hour after he left, all of a sudden she had tremendous difficulty walking, standing, head tilted to the right hand side, kind of going in circles but not really disorientated, just frustrated (no vocalizations and up to now, no distressed meowing); still knew where the litter box is and did her business there neatly, albeit with some difficulty due to imbalance; she knew where the food is but did not feel like eating. I called him again immediately, described the situation, he asked me to check the movement of her eye but honestly I could not tell much. I asked whether could be vestibular, but since I could not really detect any eye movement, he did not comment so I asked him to come back the following day, ie. yesterday (Friday). By that time she was getting worse, no food / water intake at all (though I tried to help her along) but the hydration from the previous day was fine; litter was still OK, she managed to make her own way, but head always tilted to the right, rolling over even when resting. I then noticed her eyes, Friday morning, the two pupils looked very different, the LH one was quite dilated and round whereas the RH one was not (and not round, different shape, like a slit). I called him before he arrived to update him, and he said it then could be brain related but when he came and saw for himself, again he did not clearly pronounce any diagnosis even though I kept pressing for some sort of understanding of what may be going on. When asked again if I should take her in, he said no. He gave her more fluids, and I have been force feeding her since. She eats and drinks OK through the syringe. Today she did not do that well; for the first time she peed on her bed, she did meow to get my attention I guess but I was not fast enough to go get her and so she relieved herself where she was. I have placed her carrier with soft bedding in the living room now, thinking that it would help her feel more comfortable and it did work. She has been resting there, hardly ever coming out, except when I feed and giver her water and wipe her with pet wipes, then she spends some time with me on the sofa, but I have to place her between cushions to avoid the rolling over. I now also moved the litter box inside right next to her bed so she does not have to take the trip to the usual spot. I am pretty much at my wits end; I think she had a stroke, I am quite positive about it, and I would like to know if you could draw any conclusion based on the description of symptoms, and should I take her in and press the veterinarians for some tests or not. I seem to understand from the extensive reading I have been doing over the past days, that there may - or may not - be a specific cure though steroids seemed to work and speed up the recovery in some cases. I am really terrified I might be losing her this time; she keeps losing weight, her energy is non-existent; she continues to have discharge from her nose (not much as before) and eyes. I don't understand which such symptoms why the vet did not recommend hospitalization. Any advice you could share would be much appreciated. Thank you so much.

Hello, Buttons has been wanting to lay down and do nothing, but when she does get up, she is very dizzy and will just start walking in circles. She will also walk into things a lot and be off balance. Please give me a suggestion to what this might be. Thanks!

We have a 12yr old snowshoe Siamese cat named Merlin. A week ago one pupil was dialated we took him in and the vet gave steroid drops which seem to have helped but not completely fixed the problem. Now he seems to have problems sticking his tongue out when eating and cleaning. Food seems to drop multiple times before he can keep it in and goes through the motions of cleaning without his tongue coming out. Also seems to be congested with sneezing and coughing. Took him in again and received interferon and antibiotics to give him orally. Balance and strength seem fine. Any thoughts on what might be causing this?

Could my cat be suffering from a neuromuscular disease?
She has been losing her balance and her back legs for a while. She seems hunched when she walks and hasn't a crouched stance. She used to be able to use her litter but has recently been peeing and pooing wherever she is. Her behaviour has also changed and she went through a period where she would stare into a corner for a long period of time. She has also lost weight and tends to go around in circles some times. She scratches herself to the point of bleeding and has scabs all over he because of it. Plus she pulls her hair out sometimes. She eats a lot considering she has loss a lot of weight and seems to be drinking enough water. She's also had a few fits but not recently.

My cats name is Mister, he is about one-year-old and I've had him since he was a kitten… I rescued him off the side of the road and have had him ever since. He recently Mr. started having issues with his leg, out of nowhere he started limping around and we had no idea where it had came from. We take him to the vet and they said that he had no broken bones but could possibly have muscle damage, he does go outside a lot so there's a possibility he could have been hit by hey car. But nothing too severe, they gave us medicine for inflammation and pain and also neutered him at the same time. Ever since he got home, which is been about 2 1/2 weeks now, Mr. has been very different. He can't walk straight. He seems to have the hardest time controlling his leg movements along with this work in his eyes that just seems like he's always in a different world. Like he's not all there, Innoway. We have tried to give him his medicine the best we can, but nothing seemed to improve and Mr. is not only walking right, that lays around a lot, but he also uses the bathroom on himself and is not clean himself like he normally would. He always just seems very confused and very disconnected and just doesn't take care of himself like he used to. The vet said that I should bring him in and let him stay for a few days so they could study his behavior and see what they could do to help him. I took him in there on Thursday, and he has spent every day there since. The vet called today, Tuesday, and told me that Mister seems to have a brain disease that he could have been born with, which affects his ability to control his movements and his legs and he had also said the technical term for what this diseases that I can remember the name of it. He said that he has not improved whatsoever and only seems to be getting worse and that the only thing we can really do for him is to put him down, seeing that his quality-of-life is just not good all around. He does not seem to be suffering though, and does not seem to be in pain, but the vet had said he will only get worse and it just doesn't seem right to keep him alive when all is just not able to walk or do his activities that he wants to do. The humane thing to do at this point in his words, because I love you so much I don't want to put him down yet, I want a second opinion and I want him to get better. Of course that's what I want, I don't want to see him go yet, he still so is young. What should I do?

Hello Doc. A couple of months ago I adopted an approximately 2 years old white male cat who's both deaf and blind. He was born deaf but the likely cause of Blindness is Herpes Virus or Calicivirus when he was a kitten. All was going well for the past 2 months with the only unusual thing about him is the pacing or running around in circles probably due to some brain damage caused by the virus. I keep him in my room most of the time, at least till he gets familiar with his surroundings but I do occasionally give him access to the rest of the house. Lately, during the past couple of days he suddenly started howling,crying and pacing in circles in frequent intervals all throughout the day until he sleeps. I noticed also that he would STOP howling when he goes out of the room, but as long as he's awake and in the room he's howling a lot throughout the day. Lately I took him to the vet twice to treat him for allergies where the inner side of two of his paws turned into a dark color with mild swelling for which they gave him 2 cortisone injections, 15 days apart. I vaccinated him when I adopted him but I never neutered him since all the vets who've seen him said that he has no testicles, but the big mystery is that I spoke to his early adopter and none of them neutered him either, so it might be a case of cryptorchidism. However he doesn't spray or pee anywhere outside the litter box. He's eating and drinking water normally.. What could be the problem with him?? and who do you recommend I do?? keeping in mind that I'm located in a country with limited veterinary resources, so major scans such as CT or MRI are not available.. Please help!

I have just bought home 2 kittens (3 days ago) and one of them has been having seizures, freezing up, shaking his head, and falling over himself a lot when walking/running and can’t jump as high as he did when we first bought him home. We took him to the vet where they said he has brain damage, but unsure of cause. We have him on diazepam to lessen the seizures but he’s now more wobbly and falls over a lot more and spends most of his time lying down. He tries to play like his brother but struggles massively and it’s heartbreaking. He is now on anti biotics but haven’t noticed a difference yet. We don’t want to put him down because he is eating, sleeping, and using litter tray like normal, cuddling sometimes (sometimes very withdrawn and reserved) and purring sometimes, meows a lot too. Apart from putting him down, and spending thousands on tests, is there any advice you can give to help him?

My cat wasn’t eating/drinking, hiding in cupboard and her leg was lifting up and down on its own, vet ran bloods picked up some anomalies and gave her an anti nausea shot. She is eating / drinking now but she is not herself. Strange shakes in body, seems uncomfortable lying down wagging tail at times, slept in cupboard again and her strange leg movement is still occurring. I don’t want to distress her with more tests vet suggests waiting for another symptom I don’t want to wait until it’s late . Heart rate also high.
Unusual results are haematocrit 49% WBC count 9 , platelet count clumped, PHOS - low .77 mmol/L ALT high 144 U/L , AMYL 1527 U/L , toxic neutrophils cytoplasmic basophilia foamy appearance

I have an eleven year old cat who started exhibiting neurological symptoms gradually, then all of a sudden very pronounced. Circle walking, loss of coordination, howling, seeming to "check out". They though senility or brain tumor then she tested positive for toxoplasmosis. We put her on a 6 week course of clindamycin. She has been a real trooper through it all and we finished up about a week ago but her symptoms/behaviors have not changed. The consensus is that the bacteria caused enough brain damage to be potentially irreversible. Is there any hope in healing her the damage and getting some of her personality and willfulness back? Her appetite is good, and she vacates normally. She seems to have lost a good bit of her eyesight and hearing.

Wolfe has had this since birth, but it has gotten better. He gets around wobbly but gets there. The past couple weeks I've been extremely busy unable to spend as much time with him, I noticed today his condition has where back to him being very wobbly, and his head has gotten wobbly trying to look at something. To you think he might be more nervous because I've been busy. And is there any special nutrient I need to be giving him?

My cat Wolfe has had a neurological problem since birth. His back legs are wobbly, he use to have a wobbly head, but it has gotten better. He has begun to , with a wide stance in his back legs, walk. But the past couple weeks I've been real busy and Wolfe has had to be without me a little more than usual. I noticed today his condition has went back to him being wobbly all over. Do you think it was brought on by being nervous because the change in routine? And is there any special nutrients I need to be giving him? And Wolfe will be 4 the 3rd of August. Thank you lorey

My two 3 year old brother cats suddenly developed nerological symptoms (the runts began 2 days ago),which are facial & extremities twitching, lethargy, staring, and lifelessness. The bigger cats began today w/ same symptoms. It started after giving the runt Advantage II. The older one licked it off his brother. I bathed the runt 24 hours after applying the solution. How long will they be ill? Please help!

I am fostering a 4 month old kitten that swings his head back and forth from side to side. He is a normal kitten otherwise. He walks and runs okay, plays well with other kittens, eats well, poops/pees okay, etc. Is this a neurological disorder? Can it be treated?

Our 18 year suddenly had change in physical behaviour, she took herself to bed unusually early one evening and next day was initially in a bit of a confused state and not moving around. She has perked up since and can walk but only a few paces and then lies down. Her back legs seem bit uncoordinated, splayed when she sits and pulls herself up the chair with front legs rather than standing on back legs or jumping. Seems like she has a loss of power or function in her back legs. Appetite is good, peeing and pooping ok. Not her vocal chirpy self. She is pretty much bed bound we are bringing her food and water.

Bloods and urine test came back fine from vets and no signs of trauma. Congenital test seemed to be ok apart from one foot was a tiny bit slower than the other to present itself on the table. Been on anti- inflammatory pain meds for a few days but no real signs of any improvement.

Without going to MRI confused as if this is Congenital or IVDD, if she is in pain with IVDD she is hiding it very well.

I lost my cat a few years ago to an illness that stuck him fast and hard - he died in less than a week of getting it, and it took us the majority of that week to figure out that something was wrong. I'm still looking for answers. During that time, his white blood cell count had aparently been through the roof, he was slowly losing control of mobility, was fatigued, drooled, wouldn't eat, and eventually vomited bile when I moved him. The first day or two the symptoms were minor, and attributed them to possible shock from recently having to evacuate the house twice with us the day before due to a wild fire in our area of the county side. Another day passed and we started to realize something was very wrong, but were unable to get him checked out until a day or so later due to conflicting schedulese and finances. By that time he had deteriorated so quickly! The vet ended up telling us it had been some kind of infection in the brain from a bacteria or fungus, and that even if we had caught it as soon as it had appeared, there wouldn't have been anything they could have done to save him. I could be wrong, as I was very distraught at that time, but I think the vet said it had been some kind of feline syphilis or syphilitis, and that it was possible he had contracted it when we had taken him outside to evacuate. I just want some closure and find out exactly what it was and how it works. The idea that he got this thing while just transporting him makes me wary about even taking my current cat outside to go to the groomers or even the vet.

My kitten is having a second episode of confusion, loss of balance, overall very strange behavior. Last night I took her into the emergency vet clinic, but by the time I got there she was looking better so they sent me home. Today, she has started slowly seeming more uncomfortable and odd again. A few minutes ago, we noticed her pupils were different sizes and she has started acting very strange again. I’m worried she has head trauma. I’m not sure how, but I’m worried to wait it out. Does this sound like head trauma?

So, on Thursday evening my daughter noticed that our 7 month old kittens eyes were completely dilated and she was walking funny. On Friday we brought her to our Vet. After examining her, (shone light in her eyes and Arya did not blink/moved finger to her eyes and she did not blink) , its pretty apparent that Arya cannot see anything. They recommend neurologist and ophthalmologist . She also has slight fever so she is taking Clavamox drops. They did blood work and pretty sure it wasn't anything that she ingested. We are at a loss. We have been trying to research it on our own, but we know that she will need further testing. If it is treatable, the sooner the better according to certain articles we read. Any advice you could offer till we get an appointment would be greatly appreciated. We are very overwhelmed and concerned and hope to hear back from you. Also want to add that we adopted her from a shelter so we don't have her history and she did not have any fecal testing. Hope you can help us. Thank you very much.

My day is approximately a year old. She was spayed at 6 months Old, and two months after that procedure she had a 2 hour episode of what appeared to be a stroke. I brought her to the emergency vet but when she got there she walked out of her carrier perfectly. Since that initial episode, she has the same stroke like symptoms every 3 to 5 weeks that last anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour. We started her on Keppra thinking these are seizures, however the events don’t really seem like a seizure and more of a stroke like event. We have done bloodwork and her liver enzymes were Normal.

I found my kitten (Half wild) as a 2 week old, dirty and dirt covered. My other older male cat took him in as his own. He's always acted like something was very very wrong with him. Like he's constantly in a daze and doesn't really understand what's going on around him. He's a month old now, and he still acts this way. We live in a neighborhood where people are regularly addicted to meth and other harmful drugs. My older cat was once shot and stabbed. We were thinking someone had abused him as a young kitten, or maybe even gave him some type of drug. I'm very worried about him. Something else that we're less worried about is that he's scared of LITERALLY everything and everyone. He purrs almost constantly while crying. (meowing loudly) Any advice?

My cat very traumaticly passed away. I just need to know why? We thought he had an ear infection. It seemed like he was seeing or hearing things and would turn his head to the left. Thursday we noticed something off, Friday was worse so took to get. They gave him antibiotics & a steroid shot & rabies. It wa definitely getting worse as tree days went. On antibiotics for 3 full days and on Monday night was very bad. He started walking in a circle drooling panting occasionally he would growl & hiss & hit at the air. Almost like he was in acid.:"( He never bit or scratched us but it was certainly scary! Took him in Tuesday morning and the vet have him another steroid shot. They told me they believe he is blind and they think he might be having a seizure. HBut had hope because he was eating. Let me back up just a day.. he would eat didn't want to drink water but would drink milk.. I would add water to that milk as he would drink it. Anyway.. he passed away Wednesday and had to send his head to get checked for rabies. So on top of all the stress.. added stress as I have a insulin dependant diabetic son. He came back negative to that. THANK GOD! While in the vet they did blood work & urine and everything came back normal. I am just wondering what happened to my baby? Can an ear infection kill an animal? Ear mites? Wouldn't the vet detect poisoning? Was told we will never know. I am sad... he didn't deserve to go through that.. well no cat or animal should!! Thanks so much for your thoughts!

Since about a week ago my kitten has been showing weakness in the hind legs. It got progressively worse over the week and now when he walk his rear end seems to lean on one side and he is very wobbly. He had seen 2 vets, got blood work and xray done, and everything looks good except for some signs of inflammation, which the xray show is on one segment of the tail bone. At first I thought the wobble was due to injury at the base of his tail connecting to the spine, but his xray showed that there is no injury anywhere. The vet suspect that it could be a neurological birth defect, but it’s hard to say right now because there are no other symptoms (pupils look normal, reflexes good). One thing the xray did show is that his belly is full of poop, and I didn’t know he was constipated because he poops every morning. Could the full belly cause the wobbly hind legs or is it more likely due to neurological problems? For congenital neurological problems, is it normal for the cat to be completely fine for months and all of a sudden start showing symptoms? I did read in another answer that some problems are not immediate but can show in the first year of life.

Hello doctor. I adopted a desabled 1yr old cat a few months ago, he's blind and deaf. Being white with blue eyes he was most likely born deaf, however he lost his eyesight due to a viral infection as a kitten which may have caused brain damage. He seems to be doing Ok half the time, he enjoys eating and getting treats and is even playful sometime. However starting late afternoons and evenings the pacing, howling and running around in circles begins, and one of his main problems as well is random unprovoked biting which seems to be an involuntary reaction similar to tourettes syndrome. I understand that you cannot be certain of anything without examining him, but I still need whatever advice you can give me. I'm located in a country with very limited veterinary recourse and capabilites. No one here is able to help me with this. I had suggestions from vets that range from "just leave him be" to "better euthanize him" and to consider anticonvulsants such as Gabapentin or Neurontin. What would you recommend? Should I start medicating him? Is he in any sort of pain? I really need your honest advice based on the information at hand. Thank you!

My male cat,Newton, has been running around house due to what seems to be leg or back muscle spasms. He does not seem to be noticeably injured. He cannot fully control his tail as well. He is still eating and drinking water and will attempt to play as normal. When he lies down to rest he jumps up and growls to lick his hind legs. I can see his back leg muscles and lumbar area spasms. Brought him to the vet and waiting for bloodtest results over the weekend. It seems more urgent than my vet explained. Should Iget another opinion? Shouldnth myveterinarian have recommended further evaluation before sending him back home w me 5hat quickly?

Options going forward for cat with urinary blocks caused by suspected central nervous system damage?

One vet says there were indicators during a catheterization that suggest the problem lies within the brain, and confirmed euthanasia would be a reasonable option. Another says she refuses to euthanize based on the cat’s current condition unless he blocks again and the catheterization does not resolve the issue. My problem with this is that I don’t want Cicero to be in pain with a urinary block, and my roommates and I work long hours so we may not notice he is blocked until it’s too late. I also can’t afford to pay for the whole procedure again.

The bigger problem is, I am moving out of the country soon and having trouble re-homing my baby due to the high medical costs. I can’t take him with me as I’d be moving back with my family and they are very allergic. If I surrender him to a shelter I fear he will be euthanized anyway due to his medical needs, while he is alone. He is already separated from other cats in the house so we can monitor his urine output, so he spends a lot of time alone, and is recently extremely lethargic and just seems so sad all the time. Hes usually very friendly and affectionate but now spends several hours at a time sitting under my bed (not even napping, just laying there). He’s not himself.

Can I get another opinion here about how reasonable of an option euthanasia is in this situation?

I have a neutered male cat who runs from his tail and tries to literally bite it. I believe it to be a neurological disorder where the animal believes it's own tail is attacking it. I cant spell it but I think is is ....hyperstinesis? Any advice?

I have a nine year old cat that has been steadily losing weight. She was on steroid shots for about two years for a skin disorder. A new vet put her on amatriptalyn for OCD. She stopped grooming herself as much and the skin condition improved 100%. Now she has trouble keeping her balance and has lost another 1lb. Blood work only shows that her red blood count is low. I’m at a loss. The vet said it could be cancer. No way to tell. She is always hungry. Can’t get satisfied. Any suggestions on helping my beautiful baby

our cat suddenly had one eye dilated and the other not, unstable and unable to jump onto surfaces as usual. we added treatment to the dilated eye seemed to get much better but then loss of balance is getting worse. Seems more neurologocial? But with the rapid onset that I am questioning whether it is neurological?

Feral kitten found with head in the dirt unable to move. Now it's doing flips and can't keep her head steady. What could it be? She was fine yesterday. There are several feral cats on my grandma's property that she feeds. Curious if it could be poison or a parasite or other zoonotic disease that we need to be concerned about.