My cat had a seizure

[Rock'n Robin]

I saw my 17 year old cat have a seizure last night. She had one about 5 months ago, but I didn't see it, DH did. Last night I heard her screech and thought the dog was bothering her, but she had her eyes closed and was thrashing about on the kitchen floor. She did that for about a minute, I think, losing bladder control in the process. Then she opened her eyes and tried to move but her back legs still wouldn't cooperate--she ended up in front of the island in the kitchen and stopped, staring straight ahead and breathing heavily for a couple of minutes. Then she looked at me with recognition and howled. She was fine in a few more minutes, although she slept next to me all night which she usually does not do. Our 1 year old cat was giving her a wide berth!
I had a dog with epilepsy and know from his experience that if they don't have more than one seizure a month, there is no medication that will have an effect. I am inclined to wait this out. This cat has been so healthy that she hasn't been to the vet since she was about 2 years old--in fact, that vet has died! The vet I use now has no record of her. I know from experience with another cat who was ill, though, that if I take her in he will want hundreds of dollars of tests run, and from the experience with the dog that nothing will be revealed from these expensive tests. It was very scary to watch, though, and unfortunately two of the kids saw it too, although I tried to hustle DS (6) out of the room. 17 is old for a cat (the record in my own extended family is almost 19) and I know sometime things will go downhill, but this is very sad for us.
Robin M.

 

[grinningghost]

Poor kitty. My dog has seizures, so I know how painful it is to watch them suffer during one. Give her a nice scratch behind the ears for me.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

That's so sad.

 

[dlbwright]

Poor Kitty. DH dog had has this too before he died. Might be a sign of age. Mister (our dog) was 18 when he died.

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[Luckymommyx2]

I'm so sorry to hear what you and your kitty are going through. I had an older dog that went through that but it got to be once or more a day. We were at the point that we needed to decide to put him down but he went on his own. Our vet later told us that after a certain amount of seizures it really weakens the heart and he suffered from heart failure as a result of the seizures. Unfortunately mom my is going through the same thing with her dog but that is due to an inoperable tumor by her brain.

I know how helpless you feel. Just continue to keep an eye on her. Good luck...sending some prayers and pixie dust your way!

 

[EsmeraldaX]

 

[CindysGusGus]

Our dog does this too. He is a 5 YO Beagle mix. He has seizures so sporadically I cant get a tab on what causes them. Sometimes its once a week then he goes for a couple of months without one. Of course he may have them when we are at work or gone but there are no signs of it in the house. He typically shakes violently, looks very frightened so we stroke his hears and pat his back and coo to him until its close to being over. Then I pick him up and carry him outside and he vomits. About 5 minutes later he is able to walk again and prances around like a puppy. When this first started happening he would cuddle up close to me but lately I think he just knows sooner or later he will feel better. I hope your cat will be ok. Its just as scary for the owner as it is for the pet!