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Anyone got any experience of this?
Our Hamish who has been through the wars recently after getting burnt on his back and having a couple of repair ops has now been having seizures:-(
Vet pretty certain he has developed epilepsy he’s 3 yo and it’s just come out of the blue(I think)
We had him at the vet last week as I thought he was sick and he also peed himself but a couple of episodes over the weekend it turns out he was slavering and not throwing up.
It’s a pretty horrible thing to watch but it’s got worse the last 24 hours with him having 7 seizures over night and today he seems to find a different spot to do it as he is peeing at the same time.
Vet has put him on meds today as blood test didn’t show up anything if it gets worse he’s to go back and get an MRI.
Sorry it’s a bit of a ramble but I’m pretty worried about him.
Our Hamish who has been through the wars recently after getting burnt on his back and having a couple of repair ops has now been having seizures:-(
Vet pretty certain he has developed epilepsy he’s 3 yo and it’s just come out of the blue(I think)
We had him at the vet last week as I thought he was sick and he also peed himself but a couple of episodes over the weekend it turns out he was slavering and not throwing up.
It’s a pretty horrible thing to watch but it’s got worse the last 24 hours with him having 7 seizures over night and today he seems to find a different spot to do it as he is peeing at the same time.
Vet has put him on meds today as blood test didn’t show up anything if it gets worse he’s to go back and get an MRI.
Sorry it’s a bit of a ramble but I’m pretty worried about him.
One of ours had epilepsy; no real issues in the end. She made us jump the first few times she had a seizure but she came out of it without any after effects. She only had a seizure when fast asleep so often on our bed in the middle of the night. She would dribble like mad but fortunately no toilet accidents.
One day we realised this hadn't happened for a while, a good thing we thought; wrong. It turned out a massive cranial tumour had stopped them! Anyway this was removed and we only knew she would pull through when she had a fit at the surgeons about 3 days later.
He put her on Keppra twice a day and she didn't have any seizures from then until she died about 5 years later. But keppra is quite expensive - about £300 a bottle and she used about 4 a year. Our insurance didn't cover it ongoing but they had paid out many thousands for her MRIs and surgery. The older style meds can affect liver/kidney function I believe. Keppra doesn't.
Hopefully you'll manage it and the furry will be fine.
One day we realised this hadn't happened for a while, a good thing we thought; wrong. It turned out a massive cranial tumour had stopped them! Anyway this was removed and we only knew she would pull through when she had a fit at the surgeons about 3 days later.
He put her on Keppra twice a day and she didn't have any seizures from then until she died about 5 years later. But keppra is quite expensive - about £300 a bottle and she used about 4 a year. Our insurance didn't cover it ongoing but they had paid out many thousands for her MRIs and surgery. The older style meds can affect liver/kidney function I believe. Keppra doesn't.
Hopefully you'll manage it and the furry will be fine.
Edited by DKL on Wednesday 11th July 13:38
My vet nurse friend had an epileptic cat, he was quite young when diagnosed. He had an mri and found a cyst on his brain. They were considering draining it (specialist job) but was quite risky and a lot of care needed my friend opted for Conservative management and monitor. He was 15 when he died. He was on epilepsy medication which reduced the fits but never stopped them and yes he would always urinate everywhere. He lived a good life (though had poor vision) but eventually his seizures did become severe to the point that they were affecting his life.
I would always recommend an mri for severe epilepsy cases if you are in a position to do it he is one of them.
Have they checked him for toxoplasmosis?
I would always recommend an mri for severe epilepsy cases if you are in a position to do it he is one of them.
Have they checked him for toxoplasmosis?
Can’t believe I’m writing this but on Wednesday Hamish disappeared.
We were keeping him most of the time to keep an eye on him but he was venturing out into the garden for some sun and sleep every now and again as he was such an outdoor cat we felt it was good for him to get out when he wanted to.
We discovered late on Wednesday he hadn’t reappeared so spent the night looking for him and for hours every day since.
I believe he’s gone off and died somewhere maybe he knew it was going to happen but it appears there was more to his seizures than first thought.
I still have a little bit of hope he will come home but just really want to know either way we’re he is.
Devastated is an understatement.
We were keeping him most of the time to keep an eye on him but he was venturing out into the garden for some sun and sleep every now and again as he was such an outdoor cat we felt it was good for him to get out when he wanted to.
We discovered late on Wednesday he hadn’t reappeared so spent the night looking for him and for hours every day since.
I believe he’s gone off and died somewhere maybe he knew it was going to happen but it appears there was more to his seizures than first thought.
I still have a little bit of hope he will come home but just really want to know either way we’re he is.
Devastated is an understatement.
garythesign said:
I am welling up reading this.
One of ours disappeared for six days once, so I hope he does come home.
Good luck.
We have him home!One of ours disappeared for six days once, so I hope he does come home.
Good luck.
He was found over 3 miles away after someone noticed him having a seizure, he was picked up by the SSPCA and taken to the PDSA thankfully a nurse had seen the Facebook post and recognised him his chip is not registering.
He is a very ill cat so not sure how it’s going to work out for him he’s had another pretty bad seizure when home but we have him home giving him lots of love and will do what’s best for him.
Edited by Patch1875 on Monday 16th July 23:42
Patch1875 said:
garythesign said:
I am welling up reading this.
One of ours disappeared for six days once, so I hope he does come home.
Good luck.
We have him home!One of ours disappeared for six days once, so I hope he does come home.
Good luck.
He was found over 3 miles away after someone noticed him having a seizure, he was picked up by the SSPCA and taken to the PDSA thankfully a nurse had seen the Facebook post and recognised him his chip is not registering.
He is a very ill cat so not sure how it’s going to work out for him he’s had another pretty bad seizure when home but we have him home giving him lots of love and will do what’s best for him.
Edited by Patch1875 on Monday 16th July 23:42
. So glad you have him back but sorry he is so ill. When is he going back to your vet? He really needs more investigation if you can and quickly as he seems to be getting worse quickly. I really hope they find some way to treat him. What medication is he on at the mo? bexVN said:
Just read he went missing . So glad you have him back but sorry he is so ill. When is he going back to your vet? He really needs more investigation if you can and quickly as he seems to be getting worse quickly. I really hope they find some way to treat him. What medication is he on at the mo?
At 3.30am Hamish headed over rainbow bridge.. So glad you have him back but sorry he is so ill. When is he going back to your vet? He really needs more investigation if you can and quickly as he seems to be getting worse quickly. I really hope they find some way to treat him. What medication is he on at the mo? He was having a seizure every hour It was heartbreaking watching him like that so we took him to the emergency vets to do the right thing by him.
How he survived the few days on his own having that many episodes I don’t know but he was an amazing cat.
Gutted but happy I got to hold him for a last time and be able to say a proper goodbye.
You are a legend Hamish.
h sometimes.Thanks for all the messages it’s very much appreciated.
Been a tough day. It’s been nice hearing about what he got up to when we spoke to local people during the search turns out he was an accomplished house breaker with many comments that he was often inviting himself in! A couple round the corner often found him(and our other cat Max)munching their own cats food when they came down in the morning.
Been a tough day. It’s been nice hearing about what he got up to when we spoke to local people during the search turns out he was an accomplished house breaker with many comments that he was often inviting himself in! A couple round the corner often found him(and our other cat Max)munching their own cats food when they came down in the morning.
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