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He was such an addition to our lives.

Thank you. He really did.

Farewell to our lovely Koko. You helped John get through his illness with such love and kindness. You helped me and loved your sister. We miss you. May you always have a place in the sun.

Unfortunately we had to put Koko down. It was more a case that his stress/anxiety level just kept getting higher and he was driving his sister into a ‘corner’ behaviourally. She ran from wherever he was and he took up following her everywhere. Our vet felt, as we did, that he couldnt deal with...

Thank you for the info. We will keep it in mind in case he becomes finicky. He is already.

Blood work came back and he is doing fine. And he is not having seizures. So the phenobarbital seems to be working. Thank heavens for Pill Pockets. Couldn’t get him to take a pill if it was the last thing on earth.

So far the phenobarbital is helping Koko. He doesn’t seem to be experiencing any side effects. He is on 15mg/day - split into 2 doses about 12 hours apart. He is 10 and weighs about 10-11 lbs. I hope this helps. We are certain he experiences no pain but is ‘puzzled’ during the seizure. Might be...

thank you. will do.

He is just a little less nervous (a plus) and other than that nothing obvious. Given we’re watching him carefully I’d say the amytriptiline has been beneficial for him. I hated it when I took it but it worked. Our vet is very cautious with medications but she thought this would be better than...

The vet is searching for answers. His heart appears to be fine and the leg movement during the seizures seems consistent with what we have seen in videos of non epileptic seizures. He gets 1/2 tablet of the phenobarbital in the morning first thing, the 1/4 tablet of amitriptyline at noon with...

One of our cats is on amytriptiline for aggression towards his sister - chasing and general harassing but not physical attacking. It has worked very well w/o changing other behaviour. However, he has redeveloped seizures that he had when he was a kitten as the amytriptiline lowers the barrier to...

One of our cats is on ami

We have two Abys, 9 years old, brother and sister. Koko the male has recently started experiencing seizures. Not epileptic but where his back legs lose coordination and he moves around trying to walk. They only last about 40 sec and he recovers in about the same amount of time. We, needless to...