Shivering?

[teejay89]

Hello! My cat recently over the past few weeks has been shivering, to the point where sometimes I think something may be wrong but she acts perfectly fine..so I'm stumped why she might be doing it. She does it mainly when she stretches out before she falls asleep. She will be purring at the same time, I've seen her do it before too right before she gets fed when she seems super excited. I wish I could somehow post a video but I'm not sure how, its only her legs that shake, has anyone else's kitty done this before? I would think if she was in some kind of pain from something it would be more often, but its only when she seems relaxed and happy

 

[FeebysOwner]

See if this will help to get the video to us.

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[teejay89]

Yes, thank you! Lets see if this works..you can see she's completely relaxed, she does it most often when shes on her back like that and her legs shake
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[Kflowers]

I would say she's dreaming except she's clearly awake. Can you take the video to your vet and ask him or the tech what they think?

 

[FeebysOwner]

Hi. I wouldn't call that shivering. It is an ever-so slight tremor. If she is eating/drinking/peeing-pooping OK, I am not sure I would worry about it.

Why are you concerned it means something? How old is she? Is this something just new, or perhaps something she does all the time and you just now noticed it?

Unless there is other things going on behind the scenes at the same time, I am not sure that it is of a particular issue. Just my opinion though - let's see what other members might think!!

 

[teejay89]

Yes my next step was to go to the vet and just ask and show the video, she doesn't do it all the time but we noticed it happening maybe within the past month or 2, she is going to be 4 at the end of this year. She doesn't have any other issues other than throwing up dry food, I switched her to wet food and her puking went down 95%, now she only does it when she eats too much too fast.

I wasn't too concerned at first because I didn't see her do it too often, but she loves to sleep on the ottoman all of a sudden and when she stretches out her body like that, thats when she does it. If she curls up or is in a loaf position she doesn't do it, so I'm wondering if its just a muscle thing? She sleeps beside the bed on the floor or her bed every night and doesn't seem to do it there either..its just odd to me!

In the video it looks more like a tremor, but a lot of the time its just straight shaking

 

[Kflowers]

Others will probably have more advice, but if you ask your vet or the
tech let us know what they say.

 

[susanm9006]

Looks like normal sleeping twitching. Most cats do twitch at some point in their sleep but sleeping in this position it is more obvious.

 

[FeebysOwner]

By all means, show the video to your vet. And, also keep a log of when/how long she does it, and anything else that might be going on around the time that it happens.

Feeby will do something similar (but longer) when she is stretching out her legs while on her back. It's almost as if she tenses her muscles while stretching that she makes them sort of tremor. And, actually, since she has done that, I have paid attention to when I do a big stretch and have noticed my legs kind of shake/shiver/tremor too!! So, you could be right, it may be just a muscle thing.

 

[teejay89]

Thanks everyone! I am really am hoping its just a muscle thing, I'm keeping an eye on her and will try to get to the vet this week to show them and see what they say.

 

[tabbytom]

My boy does that in his sleep and sometimes it's more intense than what your kitty is doing.

 

[susanm9006]

I just wonder whether she is actually sleeping with her eyes open.

 

[teejay89]

I just wonder whether she is actually sleeping with her eyes open.

No she was awake

 

[Maddie36]

No she was awake

Any answers on this? My cat does this also and multiple vets don’t have any answers to it.

 

[FeebysOwner]

Any answers on this? My cat does this also and multiple vets don’t have any answers to it.

The OP hasn't been active on this site since May 2021, so it is doubtful that you will get a response from them. I hope some other members who have had similar experiences might come along, see your post, and have some ideas. But, I see you have been able to find some other similar posts, and hopefully they will be of help to you.