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My little Xica is a 11 y/o tuxedo cat, she was diagnosed with mammary tumor 7 months ago. She went under double mastectomy, the tumor was in the initial stage, it had not spread to the gangles and had a good recovery. A week ago after her regular check up, noticed two small bumps, they were really small, however, the doctor scheduled the removal, blood work was done(everything was ok) and the procedure was yesterday. The surgery was a simple process and everything was apparently normal, when she got out from the clinic. After arriving home she started walking in a strange way; crossing her front legs, one after another and the back legs separated. I called the vet and he said that it was part of her anesthesia recovery. Hours later, after eating and drinking water, she tried to go to the sandbox and could not stand there, she was stumping, so I supported her while she was urinating and then poo. After that she went to sleep, standing in sphinx position but her front legs had an abnormal position as if she could not hold them straight. Later that night she tried to go again to the sandbox, this time she stumbled several times and left out frustrated. She went to rest again. This morning she was holding one of her front legs, when I made her walk, she stood mostly sitting, like a kangaroo, with her hands retracted and when she tried to walk, she would lay one hand and retract the other, as if she could not put both hands at the same time on the floor. I took her first time this morning to the vet and when he examined her, the only thing that noticed was that her pupil reaction was minimal and very slow. She was left there, with corticosteroids and fluids. Apart of those symptoms, she has been eating well, drinking water and her brain seems to be fine: she can distinguish her food and where is the sandbox, etc. I'd really appreciate advice on this, has anybody had a cat with a similar reaction? Is something here enough to tell if it is a post-surgical cerebellar ataxia, a vestibular disorder or something else? I am currently living in Colombia, here the doctors have few tools and less cases like this. Any help will be really useful.
My little Xica is a 11 y/o tuxedo cat, she was diagnosed with mammary tumor 7 months ago. She went under double mastectomy, the tumor was in the initial stage, it had not spread to the gangles and had a good recovery. A week ago after her regular check up, noticed two small bumps, they were really small, however, the doctor scheduled the removal, blood work was done(everything was ok) and the procedure was yesterday. The surgery was a simple process and everything was apparently normal, when she got out from the clinic. After arriving home she started walking in a strange way; crossing her front legs, one after another and the back legs separated. I called the vet and he said that it was part of her anesthesia recovery. Hours later, after eating and drinking water, she tried to go to the sandbox and could not stand there, she was stumping, so I supported her while she was urinating and then poo. After that she went to sleep, standing in sphinx position but her front legs had an abnormal position as if she could not hold them straight. Later that night she tried to go again to the sandbox, this time she stumbled several times and left out frustrated. She went to rest again. This morning she was holding one of her front legs, when I made her walk, she stood mostly sitting, like a kangaroo, with her hands retracted and when she tried to walk, she would lay one hand and retract the other, as if she could not put both hands at the same time on the floor. I took her first time this morning to the vet and when he examined her, the only thing that noticed was that her pupil reaction was minimal and very slow. She was left there, with corticosteroids and fluids. Apart of those symptoms, she has been eating well, drinking water and her brain seems to be fine: she can distinguish her food and where is the sandbox, etc. I'd really appreciate advice on this, has anybody had a cat with a similar reaction? Is something here enough to tell if it is a post-surgical cerebellar ataxia, a vestibular disorder or something else? I am currently living in Colombia, here the doctors have few tools and less cases like this. Any help will be really useful.
My Big Guy has had weird reactions to dental work anesthesia but the reactions didn't last. I'm sending good thoughts your way 
I am so sorry that you and your precious boy are going through this - our geriatric cats are once again fragile, like when they were tiny kittens. It is good that you are keeping him hydrated - what fluids are you giving him? He might benefit from a goat milk formula or diluted canned baby food (no garlic or onions, so I use Gerber stage 2). The dental work may have left his mouth sore in addition to other post-anesthsia problems. You might want to start your own thread on this situation as nowadays, there are many more geriatric cats just as there are more centenarians.
