I am not sure how to word it. We have a Siamese looking cat named Zhong. He is 8 years old. He is a very people cat as he does not interact much with the other cats.
To me he started a steady strange mood change after I told him to get off the dining room table while using the computer. I glace down at the screen of my notebook and out the peripheral vision I see he is still on the table. He has had a seizure and was laying on his side as stiff as a board.
I freak out and pick him up and called to my mother and had to hold his mouth because he was making a chewing action with his tongue stuck out. After about 45 seconds he comes out of it.
and he seems somewhat dazed for about 1/2 hour. We took him to the vet in the morning and
they did some blood work on him but, found nothing. The vet also tested his motor skills which seemed fine.
Change of behavior: When I called him to bedtime he always came running and slept on his pillow beside my head. He neither comes when called or sleeps on his pillow.
He used to play fetch with paper balls and straws but, no longer does this.
He would come and wake different people up in the morning and lead them to his cat bowl to eat.
His only interaction with people now is very loud meowing to go outdoors which is new because he never cared for the outdoors as he has lived his life inside. He constantly paces the floor at the door. His motor skills are still very good as he can still leap to high area. He eats very little now just barely enough to to sustain himself. He often acts like something has scared him and he tears through the house. He did that to me once while I was petting him. He turned and looked at me like I was a stranger and launched off the counter with claws dug into the floor trying to get away.
He has been to the vet numerous times because we worry. The only thing the vet found was some evidence in the blood of some mild parasite infestation and higher than normal white blood cells. The doctor treated him for these and the next visit the parasites were gone but, his white blood count was even higher. He was tested for the usual cat diseases but, had none. Where we are now is that the vet said he would research and call a few other vets he knows and see what he can find.
Where we are now is just speculation of why he acts so strange. We say perhaps neurological because he had his seizure, perhaps senile because he is getting older, We self tested if he could see or hear and those appear ok. It is hard to describe cat behavior because they are all so different.
To me he started a steady strange mood change after I told him to get off the dining room table while using the computer. I glace down at the screen of my notebook and out the peripheral vision I see he is still on the table. He has had a seizure and was laying on his side as stiff as a board.
I freak out and pick him up and called to my mother and had to hold his mouth because he was making a chewing action with his tongue stuck out. After about 45 seconds he comes out of it.
and he seems somewhat dazed for about 1/2 hour. We took him to the vet in the morning and
they did some blood work on him but, found nothing. The vet also tested his motor skills which seemed fine.
Change of behavior: When I called him to bedtime he always came running and slept on his pillow beside my head. He neither comes when called or sleeps on his pillow.
He used to play fetch with paper balls and straws but, no longer does this.
He would come and wake different people up in the morning and lead them to his cat bowl to eat.
His only interaction with people now is very loud meowing to go outdoors which is new because he never cared for the outdoors as he has lived his life inside. He constantly paces the floor at the door. His motor skills are still very good as he can still leap to high area. He eats very little now just barely enough to to sustain himself. He often acts like something has scared him and he tears through the house. He did that to me once while I was petting him. He turned and looked at me like I was a stranger and launched off the counter with claws dug into the floor trying to get away.
He has been to the vet numerous times because we worry. The only thing the vet found was some evidence in the blood of some mild parasite infestation and higher than normal white blood cells. The doctor treated him for these and the next visit the parasites were gone but, his white blood count was even higher. He was tested for the usual cat diseases but, had none. Where we are now is that the vet said he would research and call a few other vets he knows and see what he can find.
Where we are now is just speculation of why he acts so strange. We say perhaps neurological because he had his seizure, perhaps senile because he is getting older, We self tested if he could see or hear and those appear ok. It is hard to describe cat behavior because they are all so different.
