My mom did take him to the vet after my 5 year old Long haired male cat had a huge seizure..I was at work when I got the news. He's always been healthy, he's the only cat I've owned, and he's never been outside! The vet prescribed phenobarbital so we've been mixing that with his wet food and he hasn't had a huge seizure since but I read about smaller seizures and I think he's having them. More info
I woke up the day before his huge seizure happened to a loud yowl from him and he had a foamy mouth. I was so worried but I just thought he threw up. Then my mom witnessed a full blown seizure the next day and I figured he probably had a seizure the night I was asleep? The vet took a blood test that turned out fine. His heart, liver and kidneys were fine. X-rays turned out fine. He said he didn't think my cat had epilepsy but gave my mom a script for phenobarbital to calm any more seizures. I dropped his script off and had to wait till the next day to get it. The next morning he had a full blown seizure right in front of me. Then he got up and seemed 'fine'. A little loopy but nothing major.
Now, month later, he hasn't had any huge seizures since taking his medicine but I've noticed he's just still not right....he twitches often. Shakes his head, rubs his head on surfaces. Bites and licks at his feet or back end. He never used to do any of this. Also, his fur is CONSTANTLY shedding. It's gotten so bad that my whole room gets covered! Plus I've noticed so much dandruff and he never used to have dandruff....his skin was so shiny all the time! He also wheezes as he sleeps, and sometimes randomly wakes up and looks and stares up and nothing. I've also noticed his belly is bigger, like he has a gut and I pressed on it lightly and he didn't like it too much.
I know who the mother is because my friends cat is the one that gave birth to him. She also gave birth to a full sister of his and a half brother and sister and they're all completely fine! My cat is neutered and I feel like I've done everything right so why is this happening??? As I write this, I'm just so lost and confused and my heart is broken. I'm crying my eyes out because I just feel like nobody has any answers as for why my healthy baby suddenly went through all of this at five years old. He came into my life when I was going through a very difficult time coping with my father dying and other things in my life....I was depressed and he's my little angel. I just feel so helpless and I get so paranoid that I keep checking on him at night to see if he's still breathing...someone please help. Just give me some kind of advice...anything. I'm so scared.
his dandruff.
My black carpet and his shedding.
I woke up the day before his huge seizure happened to a loud yowl from him and he had a foamy mouth. I was so worried but I just thought he threw up. Then my mom witnessed a full blown seizure the next day and I figured he probably had a seizure the night I was asleep? The vet took a blood test that turned out fine. His heart, liver and kidneys were fine. X-rays turned out fine. He said he didn't think my cat had epilepsy but gave my mom a script for phenobarbital to calm any more seizures. I dropped his script off and had to wait till the next day to get it. The next morning he had a full blown seizure right in front of me. Then he got up and seemed 'fine'. A little loopy but nothing major.
Now, month later, he hasn't had any huge seizures since taking his medicine but I've noticed he's just still not right....he twitches often. Shakes his head, rubs his head on surfaces. Bites and licks at his feet or back end. He never used to do any of this. Also, his fur is CONSTANTLY shedding. It's gotten so bad that my whole room gets covered! Plus I've noticed so much dandruff and he never used to have dandruff....his skin was so shiny all the time! He also wheezes as he sleeps, and sometimes randomly wakes up and looks and stares up and nothing. I've also noticed his belly is bigger, like he has a gut and I pressed on it lightly and he didn't like it too much.
I know who the mother is because my friends cat is the one that gave birth to him. She also gave birth to a full sister of his and a half brother and sister and they're all completely fine! My cat is neutered and I feel like I've done everything right so why is this happening??? As I write this, I'm just so lost and confused and my heart is broken. I'm crying my eyes out because I just feel like nobody has any answers as for why my healthy baby suddenly went through all of this at five years old. He came into my life when I was going through a very difficult time coping with my father dying and other things in my life....I was depressed and he's my little angel. I just feel so helpless and I get so paranoid that I keep checking on him at night to see if he's still breathing...someone please help. Just give me some kind of advice...anything. I'm so scared.
his dandruff.
My black carpet and his shedding.
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