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we are fostering a 15 week old kitten who has been with us since she was 7 weeks. She has always been slower and weaker than her siblings, but recently has started falling over and has Parkinson’s-like tremors of the head/neck. Her falling is always precipitated by her rear legs sliding out from under her, never her front legs, and she always falls to the side, never to the front. We think if as she had an inner ear or sensory problem, her falling would not always be hind legs to the side. She is eating, gaining weight, playful and friendly. She has always fallen over even with the gentlest of petting, but so did her siblings for the first week. We took her to the vet a few days ago for her last set of shots and for a follow up fecal to see if she was rid of the round worms she had 3 weeks ago. We hadn’t noticed her falling until she fell off of the exam table (before the vet got in the room we were trying to corral 3 active kittens). Then we watched her walking on the floor and noticed she was falling basically every time she tried to change directions, just like she did when recovering from anesthesia post spaying at 11 weeks. As we talked with the vet about it we started to realize that the fact that she never climbs the tall scratching post and never wrestles with the other kittens could be attributed to muscle weakness. The vet said possible problems could be FIP, cerebellar hypoplasia, or toxoplasmosis. Given that she is eating and playful, none of those diagnoses seem to fit, but the fact that her balance/strength have gotten worse rather than better is troubling. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Vet advises wait and watch, but I’m worried that waiting for a proper diagnosis could result in permanent damage.