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Neurological symptoms (wobbly rear legs) in 4-old cat
My girlfriends cats suddenly (today) began displaying weakness
and lack of coordination (wobbly walk) in the rear legs. Her eyes were divergent, and the pupils were very narrow. These symptoms are intermitent--it happened twice today. Otherwise, she's fine, she eats and is in a good mood. Of course, we'll take her to the vet, but does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? The cat is spayed, and is indoor-outdoor. Thanks. |
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Neurological symptoms (wobbly rear legs) in 4-old cat
223rem wrote:
My girlfriends cats suddenly (today) began displaying weakness and lack of coordination (wobbly walk) in the rear legs. Her eyes were divergent, and the pupils were very narrow. These symptoms are intermitent--it happened twice today. Otherwise, she's fine, she eats and is in a good mood. Of course, we'll take her to the vet, but does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? The cat is spayed, and is indoor-outdoor. Thanks. You need to go to the vet immediately. This is an emergency situation. |
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Neurological symptoms (wobbly rear legs) in 4-old cat
223rem wrote: My girlfriends cats suddenly (today) began displaying weakness and lack of coordination (wobbly walk) in the rear legs. Her eyes were divergent, and the pupils were very narrow. These symptoms are intermitent--it happened twice today. Otherwise, she's fine, she eats and is in a good mood. Of course, we'll take her to the vet, but does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? The cat is spayed, and is indoor-outdoor. Thanks. Sorry to hear about the cat. I would have the vet check for Feline Thromboembolic Disease. Not saying that's what is, but sudden loss of rear leg dysfunction is one of its symptoms. Is there any bluish color in the paw pads or nail beds? Good luck at the vet and please let us know what they say. Lauren |
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Neurological symptoms (wobbly rear legs) in 4-old cat
PawsForThought wrote: 223rem wrote: My girlfriends cats suddenly (today) began displaying weakness and lack of coordination (wobbly walk) in the rear legs. Her eyes were divergent, and the pupils were very narrow. These symptoms are intermitent--it happened twice today. Otherwise, she's fine, she eats and is in a good mood. Of course, we'll take her to the vet, but does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? The cat is spayed, and is indoor-outdoor. Thanks. Sorry to hear about the cat. I would have the vet check for Feline Thromboembolic Disease. Not saying that's what is, but sudden loss of rear leg dysfunction is one of its symptoms. Is there any bluish color in the paw pads or nail beds? Good luck at the vet and please let us know what they say. Lauren Another possibility, and generally more benign, is vestibular disease. This would be characterized by stumbling or staggering to one side, and often the head tilts to the same side. This happened to our cat and at first the vet did suspect some kind of thrombosis, but all the tests were negative. The head tilt was a classic sign of idiopathic vestibular disease. It normally goes away on its own, but can take a couple of weeks or more. For our cat, it took a couple of months to regain her sense of balance and for the head tilt to completely disappear. But in any case, since these symptoms may be something more serious, I wouldn't wait to bring her to the vet. -Yngver |
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Neurological symptoms (wobbly rear legs) in 4-old cat
"223rem" wrote in message news:SzoIf.798555$xm3.462050@attbi_s21... PawsForThought wrote: 223rem wrote: My girlfriends cats suddenly (today) began displaying weakness and lack of coordination (wobbly walk) in the rear legs. Her eyes were divergent, and the pupils were very narrow. These symptoms are intermitent--it happened twice today. Otherwise, she's fine, she eats and is in a good mood. Of course, we'll take her to the vet, but does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? The cat is spayed, and is indoor-outdoor. Thanks. Sorry to hear about the cat. I would have the vet check for Feline Thromboembolic Disease. Not saying that's what is, but sudden loss of rear leg dysfunction is one of its symptoms. Is there any bluish color in the paw pads or nail beds? Thanks. No, no signs of thrombosis. The cat is now fine, and the vet didnt find anything. He suggested a toxin of some sort was involved, but the cat didnt vomit or anything like that. Very weird. Anyone here has more immagination than my vet? I imagine that if you stopped encouraging your cats to eat things like moles that have probably been eating pesticide-laden grubs you might not have problems like this. But of course I have already suggested that. The mice are the same, people put out poison for them all the time. |
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Neurological symptoms (wobbly rear legs) in 4-old cat
No, no signs of thrombosis. The cat is now fine, and the vet didnt
find anything. He suggested a toxin of some sort was involved, but the cat didnt vomit or anything like that. Very weird. Anyone here has more immagination than my vet? How old is the cat? Was a blood and urine test done? Back leg weakness can be a sign of kidney disease or diabetes. Six explanations for back leg weakness he http://felinecrf.org/symptoms_treatments_index.htm Janna -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200602/1 |
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Neurological symptoms (wobbly rear legs) in 4-old cat
"223rem" wrote in message news:SzoIf.798555$xm3.462050@attbi_s21... PawsForThought wrote: 223rem wrote: My girlfriends cats suddenly (today) began displaying weakness and lack of coordination (wobbly walk) in the rear legs. Her eyes were divergent, and the pupils were very narrow. These symptoms are intermitent--it happened twice today. Otherwise, she's fine, she eats and is in a good mood. Of course, we'll take her to the vet, but does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? The cat is spayed, and is indoor-outdoor. Thanks. Sorry to hear about the cat. I would have the vet check for Feline Thromboembolic Disease. Not saying that's what is, but sudden loss of rear leg dysfunction is one of its symptoms. Is there any bluish color in the paw pads or nail beds? Thanks. No, no signs of thrombosis. The cat is now fine, and the vet didnt find anything. He suggested a toxin of some sort was involved, but the cat didnt vomit or anything like that. Very weird. Anyone here has more immagination than my vet? DId they test for diabetes? |
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