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Cat with Epilepsy
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Do any cat lovers out there have a cat with epilepsy. My handsome 3yr old ginger tom, has epilepsy, and I was wondering if anyone else has one how the cat is coping, and importantly, how is the owner coping. The vet says that epilepsy in cats is much less common than it is in dogs. Last week when I was waiting my turn at the vets, the cutest little long-haired chihuahua had just received his diagnosis as epilepsy, and the poor owners were devastated. Any comments, especially, how a cat copes long term, would be much appreciated. Many thanks.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your cat having epilepsy Schutzengel & hope you don't mind me being honest here.
Quite a few years back, we had two beautiful brother & sister kittens called Tabatha & Timmy. Unfortunately, Timmy was diagnosed with severe epilespy at just a few months old. The vet put him on medication, but he still showed signs of the illness. We were told it would be best for them to put him to sleep & we eventually took the vet's advice. It absolutely broke our hearts, but he was out of his misery & at peace.
If your beloved cat is three years old, he may do well on medication, but sadly it didn't work for our Timmy.
Take care.
Quite a few years back, we had two beautiful brother & sister kittens called Tabatha & Timmy. Unfortunately, Timmy was diagnosed with severe epilespy at just a few months old. The vet put him on medication, but he still showed signs of the illness. We were told it would be best for them to put him to sleep & we eventually took the vet's advice. It absolutely broke our hearts, but he was out of his misery & at peace.
If your beloved cat is three years old, he may do well on medication, but sadly it didn't work for our Timmy.
Take care.
Hello Smudge,
Thank you for responding, my question had been on for a few hours, and I thought no one was going to reply.
So sorry, about your little Timmy. But I just thought I'd check again, and there you were.
Unfortunately is getting very late, and I have to be up for work in the morning, so I'll get back to you tomorrow.
Thanks again. Goodnight and God Bless.
Thank you for responding, my question had been on for a few hours, and I thought no one was going to reply.
So sorry, about your little Timmy. But I just thought I'd check again, and there you were.
Unfortunately is getting very late, and I have to be up for work in the morning, so I'll get back to you tomorrow.
Thanks again. Goodnight and God Bless.
Apparently it can take quite a while to diagnose seizures or epilepsy in cats. have a look at this hun. It should answer your questions is you read right down.
http://home.stny.rr.com/carmon/seizures.htm
http://home.stny.rr.com/carmon/seizures.htm
Hello again Smudge,
Thank you for such an honest reply. Our vet told me that if a kitten is born with epilepsy, and medication doesn't work, the kindest thing is to put it to sleep. So you did exactly the right thing for your poor little Timmy although it must have been heart-wrenching. By the way have you still got Tabitha, or any other cats.
So - back to my Frankie. He is on Phenobarbitol tablets, one morning and evening, and seems to be doing ok, so far. We have only had him for one year. We took him in after his previous owner's moved house and left him behind. Only one day after he moved in to our house, he had 16 seizures in 2 hours, I was frantic, and managed to get an emergency appointment. The vet said he was probably dumped because of the cost of medication, which is now costing me �14.00 every four week, and will do for the rest of his life. He is a real tomboy hooligan, and worth every penny. In the next few weeks he had every test there was, and the diagnosis came up as epilepsy. The vet also said that this disorder is very rare, and the vets practice I use is a very large one, and Frankie is the first one they have seen in many, many years. Apparently, the ratio for the disorder is 5 dogs to one cat. As Frankie seems to be doing well at present, and now on a six-monthly blood test, to check the medication is still in an acceptable range, I was a bit anxious about his longer term prognosis. Thanks to Icemaiden pointing me in the direction of a recommended website, I came across a person who has had their cat on Phenobarbitol in the same dosage for five years, and the cat is doing extremely well. So I do feel less anxious about it now. Frankie only has very minor twitching, just as he is waking up, and the vet said, this is nothing to worry about, it's just his system firing-up after sleep. So thank you so much to everyone who replied with helpful suggestions.
I do appreciate it. Love to you all.
Thank you for such an honest reply. Our vet told me that if a kitten is born with epilepsy, and medication doesn't work, the kindest thing is to put it to sleep. So you did exactly the right thing for your poor little Timmy although it must have been heart-wrenching. By the way have you still got Tabitha, or any other cats.
So - back to my Frankie. He is on Phenobarbitol tablets, one morning and evening, and seems to be doing ok, so far. We have only had him for one year. We took him in after his previous owner's moved house and left him behind. Only one day after he moved in to our house, he had 16 seizures in 2 hours, I was frantic, and managed to get an emergency appointment. The vet said he was probably dumped because of the cost of medication, which is now costing me �14.00 every four week, and will do for the rest of his life. He is a real tomboy hooligan, and worth every penny. In the next few weeks he had every test there was, and the diagnosis came up as epilepsy. The vet also said that this disorder is very rare, and the vets practice I use is a very large one, and Frankie is the first one they have seen in many, many years. Apparently, the ratio for the disorder is 5 dogs to one cat. As Frankie seems to be doing well at present, and now on a six-monthly blood test, to check the medication is still in an acceptable range, I was a bit anxious about his longer term prognosis. Thanks to Icemaiden pointing me in the direction of a recommended website, I came across a person who has had their cat on Phenobarbitol in the same dosage for five years, and the cat is doing extremely well. So I do feel less anxious about it now. Frankie only has very minor twitching, just as he is waking up, and the vet said, this is nothing to worry about, it's just his system firing-up after sleep. So thank you so much to everyone who replied with helpful suggestions.
I do appreciate it. Love to you all.
hi
my dog Bingo was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 2, he is 13 on the 16th of this month. He does have atatcks occasionally and it is distressing to see, we get the same tablets for him but we do not give him them every day, we tend to now give him a tablet if we know he is going to be stressed, this week though, we are giving him one a day, as there are so many fireworks going off, when he fits we leave him to come arouind from it himself, usually he wants a drink of water straight away. he has fallen down the stairs fitting recently, but it was brought on because the little girl next door has these awful screaming asessions every so often in the night when she supposedly has bda dreams, and the noise of that we think set him off, as stress and fright are the main cause of the fits .
the aggression of out other dog, a staffie cross, can also set Bingo off, mainly it is a bullting jealous thing and bingo is so placid and timid it can upset him, there isn't alot we can do to prepare for that but i have never wanted to over medicate him.
my dog Bingo was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 2, he is 13 on the 16th of this month. He does have atatcks occasionally and it is distressing to see, we get the same tablets for him but we do not give him them every day, we tend to now give him a tablet if we know he is going to be stressed, this week though, we are giving him one a day, as there are so many fireworks going off, when he fits we leave him to come arouind from it himself, usually he wants a drink of water straight away. he has fallen down the stairs fitting recently, but it was brought on because the little girl next door has these awful screaming asessions every so often in the night when she supposedly has bda dreams, and the noise of that we think set him off, as stress and fright are the main cause of the fits .
the aggression of out other dog, a staffie cross, can also set Bingo off, mainly it is a bullting jealous thing and bingo is so placid and timid it can upset him, there isn't alot we can do to prepare for that but i have never wanted to over medicate him.
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