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Feline seizures
Hi, I'm new to this group.
I share my home with two cats, Mitzi and Dolly, both eleven years They're both well and happy cats except that Mitzi had seizures from a few months old, which were controlled by pheno medication, a half a tablet twice daily. Because of the medication she required six monthly blood tests which were fairly expensive. In April 2008 she went missing, scared by a dog whilst in our garden, she jumped over a wall, got confused about where she was and was missing for almost seven weeks. We put out flyers, heard she'd been seen, but it took a lot more searching until we eventually located her, scared, dehydrated, and starving. She was rushed to our vets but she almost didn't make it - she needed two stays at surgery, on a drip, before she was back on track. She's fine now, if rather more clingy. The odd thing is she hasn't had a seizure since she returned. She isn't on medication and seems physically fine. We now feel fairly confident the seizures won't return. Our problem now is that because of her initial fragility we didn't allow her annual booster vaccination and she's now due to begin the course again. We suspect that this may begin her seizures again, but without any real grounds for suspecting. My theory about her not having seizures any more is that, having lost half of her body weight when she was found, any chemicals in her were absent. I feel really hesitant about making the appointment to have the vaccination procedure done, but at the same time I don't want to put her at risk. Has anyone any ideas, a) why her seizures stopped after ten years of having them? and b) could it have been due to chemicals? I apologise for the length of this post! |
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Feline seizures
Poppea wrote:
Hi, I'm new to this group. I share my home with two cats, Mitzi and Dolly, both eleven years They're both well and happy cats except that Mitzi had seizures from a few months old, which were controlled by pheno medication, a half a tablet twice daily. Because of the medication she required six monthly blood tests which were fairly expensive. In April 2008 she went missing, scared by a dog whilst in our garden, she jumped over a wall, got confused about where she was and was missing for almost seven weeks. We put out flyers, heard she'd been seen, but it took a lot more searching until we eventually located her, scared, dehydrated, and starving. She was rushed to our vets but she almost didn't make it - she needed two stays at surgery, on a drip, before she was back on track. She's fine now, if rather more clingy. The odd thing is she hasn't had a seizure since she returned. She isn't on medication and seems physically fine. We now feel fairly confident the seizures won't return. Our problem now is that because of her initial fragility we didn't allow her annual booster vaccination and she's now due to begin the course again. We suspect that this may begin her seizures again, but without any real grounds for suspecting. My theory about her not having seizures any more is that, having lost half of her body weight when she was found, any chemicals in her were absent. I feel really hesitant about making the appointment to have the vaccination procedure done, but at the same time I don't want to put her at risk. Has anyone any ideas, a) why her seizures stopped after ten years of having them? and b) could it have been due to chemicals? I apologise for the length of this post! You may be able to convince the vet to locate mercury free vaccines - they are becoming available and do cost a bit more but somewhat safer. http://www.rawfedcats.org/vaccinosis.htm |
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