Brain Disorders in Cats

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.

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

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

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 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?

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.

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.

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 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!

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.

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?

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, 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 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

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)

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

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 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".

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 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.

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.

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.

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 😞

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?

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

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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