My cat, Gizmo, has frequent nightmares. Recently I read its really bad for cats, especially at his age (he's 8), for cats to be getting scared. When he has a nightmare he starts twitching, screaming, even hissing and growling. Hes very obviously extremely distressed when they happen. It is not normal hunting or playing dreams, he is not doing well when he has them. They've gotten less frequent as he's gotten older, but he still has them. I've always wondered if I should wake him up when he starts growling/hissing?
I've waken him up before when his spasms become violent (sometimes they remind of a seizure and I get scared). He never is aggressive with me after he wakes up. The worst he's done is hiss at me and grab and bite me. He's never bitten me hard enough to hurt me at all, he seems to realize very quickly that im not what was scaring him.
I have videos on my old phone (just upgraded recently) of him having nightmares. His last one was 10/11/20 at 2:02 am. I got a picture of him laying on me having one, thats how I know the exact time/date, haha.
Were taking him to get a blood panel hopefully fairly soon, for unrelated issues. Well ask the vet about it as well.. A couple of financial issues are putting it on hold though (such as spaying a kitten next week).
I've waken him up before when his spasms become violent (sometimes they remind of a seizure and I get scared). He never is aggressive with me after he wakes up. The worst he's done is hiss at me and grab and bite me. He's never bitten me hard enough to hurt me at all, he seems to realize very quickly that im not what was scaring him.
I have videos on my old phone (just upgraded recently) of him having nightmares. His last one was 10/11/20 at 2:02 am. I got a picture of him laying on me having one, thats how I know the exact time/date, haha.
Were taking him to get a blood panel hopefully fairly soon, for unrelated issues. Well ask the vet about it as well.. A couple of financial issues are putting it on hold though (such as spaying a kitten next week).