Hi all, hoping for some feedback of what to do next if any of you have experienced this.
I have a 5 year old Persian male that shivers pretty significantly when he’s resting, but awake. He’ll even be grooming himself, being pet etc so there is no question that he is awake, and it is very clearly shivering and not dreaming/REM cycle twitching like cats always do. It has been happening for about six months. I can’t be positive that it wasn’t always present to maybe a lesser degree, I don’t think it was, but it’s hard to be sure as he tends to stay in his cat beds to rest. It’s really intense shivering for several minutes after he sits down, and eventually it does stop. I brought him to the vet as diabetes was a concern, but all of his blood work (CBC and basic chem panel) was normal. He had some cardio pet heart check add-on blood work (I don’t know the exact terminology) as well and that was also normal. His vet was aware that that was why he was being brought in, she thought it could just be behavioral or a quirk or something. He has no other issues, he’s a very happy, social boy.
Has anyone experienced this or have any ideas of what we could do next in terms of testing, if necessary? Our vet didn’t feel concerned about it, but my concern is it’s a somewhat new thing he’s doing and it’s very, very visible. I appreciate any insight!
I have a 5 year old Persian male that shivers pretty significantly when he’s resting, but awake. He’ll even be grooming himself, being pet etc so there is no question that he is awake, and it is very clearly shivering and not dreaming/REM cycle twitching like cats always do. It has been happening for about six months. I can’t be positive that it wasn’t always present to maybe a lesser degree, I don’t think it was, but it’s hard to be sure as he tends to stay in his cat beds to rest. It’s really intense shivering for several minutes after he sits down, and eventually it does stop. I brought him to the vet as diabetes was a concern, but all of his blood work (CBC and basic chem panel) was normal. He had some cardio pet heart check add-on blood work (I don’t know the exact terminology) as well and that was also normal. His vet was aware that that was why he was being brought in, she thought it could just be behavioral or a quirk or something. He has no other issues, he’s a very happy, social boy.
Has anyone experienced this or have any ideas of what we could do next in terms of testing, if necessary? Our vet didn’t feel concerned about it, but my concern is it’s a somewhat new thing he’s doing and it’s very, very visible. I appreciate any insight!