"Kittygalore" wrote:

Hello! I've observed 2 weird behaviors on the part of 2 of my 3 cats
recently and have been researching seizures on the Net to compare and
contrast. Just wondering if anybody else has seen similar:
1. My 15 year old cat with chronic renal failure jumped up on my desk
yesterday while I was working. Then she stood there, looking dazed,
unresponsive to her name, one paw held in the air as if reaching for
something; she took a stumbling step sideways and lifted the other paw;
turned and did this again. I thought she was dying and took her into my
arms. In a minute or two she was clearly back to normal. She takes
medicine for hyperthyroidism, Calcitriol too, and also I give her sub-Q
fluids twice a week. I thought perhaps dehydration or weird blood
levels, momentarily, of medications might just have made her woozy, or
do cats have petit mal seizures like some small kids do?
2. Twice in her year-long life, one of my two young cats has been
observed to paw at her face while yowling and twisting sideways,
clearly distressed; this lasted less than 30 seconds each time. The
first time it happened when the hem of my bathrobe brushed against her
face; the second time it was when she was leaping at the fringe of a
blanket next to me as I sat on the couch. I thought perhaps each time
that she got a thread in her mouth or something and was full of angst
about removing it--but it was odd looking, not like other cats I've
seen trying to get something off the face.

Neither cat's episodes involved the all-out strangeness of any seizures
I've seen described on the Net or in my books. Thoughts? All cats are
due in soon for their check-ups so of course I"ll ask the vet, too!
Thanks.


My 6yr old just had a probable seizure last week. One minute he was
just standing there and then he starting pawing his face and then
started circling with his left front leg sagging and his head fallen
down to the outside. He did this twice and fell down. When I tried to
approach him he tried to get away with clearly no ability to use his
left leg. I scooped him up and immediately went to the vet.

After a quick appraisal we then had wait our turn for about 20
minutes. When we got in the examining room I guess about an hour had
passed since the episode and he seemed OK.

After a full physical and blood panel it was determined it wasn't a
stroke and apparently seizures don't leave any tell tales.

He also has done the pawing at the face showing some distress in the
past so I guess our cats have something in common with whatever this
is.

-mhd