So, I'm pretty sure it was just a bad dream, but my cat Nocturne started shaking in her sleep (like a dreaming dog) and once before she had done this and woken up terrified and scratched me as she tried to get away. I tried to carefully wake her up but she woke up terrified again and threw herself off me onto the bed, hissing and thrashing. Her tail was all puffed up, she scratched me pretty badly, and she emptied her anal glands on me and the bed.
It took a couple minutes of me comforting her for her to return back to normal and start moving around again. She had some "brain issues" as a kitten, and possible hydrocephalus (no test, but the vet said she appeared to have something wrong with her, and her head was much larger than her siblings). She still has some balance issues and is easily startled and frightened, but otherwise healthy. No seizures or other health problems.
I just wanted to know if this was normal behavior.
Nocturne is 2-years-old, I have had her since she was about a week old (fostered her and her siblings and mother, kept her because of her special-needs as a kitten). She is eating and behaving normally. Indoor only cat (she lives in my room because everything else startles her too easily).
Thanks!
It took a couple minutes of me comforting her for her to return back to normal and start moving around again. She had some "brain issues" as a kitten, and possible hydrocephalus (no test, but the vet said she appeared to have something wrong with her, and her head was much larger than her siblings). She still has some balance issues and is easily startled and frightened, but otherwise healthy. No seizures or other health problems.
I just wanted to know if this was normal behavior.
Nocturne is 2-years-old, I have had her since she was about a week old (fostered her and her siblings and mother, kept her because of her special-needs as a kitten). She is eating and behaving normally. Indoor only cat (she lives in my room because everything else startles her too easily).
Thanks!