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Yesterday Chilli got her dental cleaning, which went fine. She came home really “high” and was just staring into space with giant pupils for most of the day. She seemed happy but a bit wired, strangely, and I don’t know if she slept much. Today she seemed better, purred a bit, and slept a LOT. Still seemed a little out of it and not herself, but I figured she was just tired from her very stressful ordeal yesterday. (I don’t remember her having such a hard time getting “back to normal” last time she had a teeth cleaning, so I wonder if a different anesthesia was used...)
This evening she was suddenly acting weird though. She was fine, ate a little dinner, and then suddenly was being fidgety and constantly changing position like she can’t get comfortable. Sitting down, standing up, wriggling around then crouching, going to another spot and same thing. I noticed her breathing rate went up too and her tail was lashing around. When she walked or climbed the stairs her gait was weirdly stiff and stilted. It seemed to me that her back/hips/stomach were the issue? Definitely not her mouth. I gently pet her all over and she didn’t seem to protest about any particular area.
This lasted for about fifteen minutes... She seems better now but I don’t know what to think. It kind of freaked me out. I offered her some lickable treat and she ate it just fine, seemed to calm down... now is sleeping / resting with her eyes closed, where she was at, breathing slower, fairly relaxed position on her side... I haven’t made her walk yet though to see if that’s better.
I’ve never seen any of my cats do anything like this (and I’ve had a lot of sick/hurt kitties in the past few years) so I have no idea what that was, or if it will happen again. Anyone else experienced this or have any ideas?
This evening she was suddenly acting weird though. She was fine, ate a little dinner, and then suddenly was being fidgety and constantly changing position like she can’t get comfortable. Sitting down, standing up, wriggling around then crouching, going to another spot and same thing. I noticed her breathing rate went up too and her tail was lashing around. When she walked or climbed the stairs her gait was weirdly stiff and stilted. It seemed to me that her back/hips/stomach were the issue? Definitely not her mouth. I gently pet her all over and she didn’t seem to protest about any particular area.
This lasted for about fifteen minutes... She seems better now but I don’t know what to think. It kind of freaked me out. I offered her some lickable treat and she ate it just fine, seemed to calm down... now is sleeping / resting with her eyes closed, where she was at, breathing slower, fairly relaxed position on her side... I haven’t made her walk yet though to see if that’s better.
I’ve never seen any of my cats do anything like this (and I’ve had a lot of sick/hurt kitties in the past few years) so I have no idea what that was, or if it will happen again. Anyone else experienced this or have any ideas?