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So I adopted my cat, Olive, from the local pound almost 3 years ago & she was 3 years old at the time. As soon as I took her home, I noticed the muscles in her face randomly twitch and spaz, it's a reoccuring twitch that will happen periodically throughout the day. It was never alarming to me because I figured she just had some type of neurological issue like tourettes & she goes about her days like a completely healthy cat otherwise.
Recently I decided I wanted to adopt a young kitten. During my search, I came across kittens that were new to the pound & not yet adoptable. I immediately noticed one of the kittens was twitching it's facial muscles, except it was a tad more intense than Olive's twitches. I talked to one of the people who work at the pound and she informed me that this kitten had a type of disorder that he was born with that affects the muscles in his face. She went on to tell me about how some cats are so severely affected by it, they're unable to hold their head up & have to be hand fed.
However, I cannot remember what the name of this disorder was! I've been trying to research the symptoms but I'm at a loss. I learned that cat's do not suffer from tourettes so Olive must have a minor form of this particular disorder. I'm interested in reading up on it but I simply can't find it. I'm just wondering if anyone knows what it is that I'm talking about and can spark my memory. I feel like she might have mentioned the word "palsy" but I could be wrong.
sorry for the long thread!
thank you!
Recently I decided I wanted to adopt a young kitten. During my search, I came across kittens that were new to the pound & not yet adoptable. I immediately noticed one of the kittens was twitching it's facial muscles, except it was a tad more intense than Olive's twitches. I talked to one of the people who work at the pound and she informed me that this kitten had a type of disorder that he was born with that affects the muscles in his face. She went on to tell me about how some cats are so severely affected by it, they're unable to hold their head up & have to be hand fed.
However, I cannot remember what the name of this disorder was! I've been trying to research the symptoms but I'm at a loss. I learned that cat's do not suffer from tourettes so Olive must have a minor form of this particular disorder. I'm interested in reading up on it but I simply can't find it. I'm just wondering if anyone knows what it is that I'm talking about and can spark my memory. I feel like she might have mentioned the word "palsy" but I could be wrong.
sorry for the long thread!
thank you!
