Comments on: Cat Seizures http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/ Catch-all of what's on my mind! From Movie Reviews to TV and Cats. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:24:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eddie http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-148187 Eddie Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:54:33 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-148187 Oh, one thing I will say about the meds and the Brain Tumor is this.. One thing I have noticed with Sniffy nis this.. Since he has been on the meds, his balance "Equal-Librium" is off slightly, but other than that he is doing great. One thing I just noticed today was, I have another cat, "Tiny" as well. Tiny is way more playful than Sniffy. Today while they were playing, this was the FIRST TIME I saw Sniffy beat Tiny in a wrestling match. It is always the other way around with Sniffy running off when Tiny gets to aggressive, today, it was TINY who ran off first. Does this have to do with the STEROIDS Sniffy is on? Who knows? I just know that was a first...Sorry for all the BABBLING!! Oh, one thing I will say about the meds and the Brain Tumor is this.. One thing I have noticed with Sniffy nis this.. Since he has been on the meds, his balance “Equal-Librium” is off slightly, but other than that he is doing great. One thing I just noticed today was, I have another cat, “Tiny” as well. Tiny is way more playful than Sniffy. Today while they were playing, this was the FIRST TIME I saw Sniffy beat Tiny in a wrestling match. It is always the other way around with Sniffy running off when Tiny gets to aggressive, today, it was TINY who ran off first. Does this have to do with the STEROIDS Sniffy is on? Who knows? I just know that was a first…Sorry for all the BABBLING!!

]]> By: Eddie http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-148186 Eddie Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:50:52 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-148186 Carolyn, Let me first by saying my heart and prayers go to your sister and Lilly. The GREAT news, Lilly is going to bounce back quickly from these seizures. The Phenobarb, and steroids will start to work on the seizures within 2-3 days of the first dose. She will start feeling fine after a week I'd say. Sniffy has bounced back un-believably well. He has gained 2 lbs since he has been on the meds, and he has that little bounce to his step he was lacking for probably a year or more...Sniffy has always been a rather, SLEEPY CAT.. But, I did notice he was kind of drugged out for the first couple days, maybe 3 days, then his body began to absorb the meds, and he is fine now. I would just give Lilly a good week for the meds to go fully through her system and she will be fine. If I can offer some advice on giving the meds.. The steroids, I just give Sniffy half a pill a day and what I do is, (he is a huuge cheese freak/like me..lol) anyway, I will take a very tiny piece of cheese, out the pill in itm roll it up into a BB size ball, and he eats it and never even knows he is taking his meds.. As far as his Phenobarb, I put it in his wet cat food, and again, he has no clue he is taking meds. He is very easy to please, and very NON finiky... Just thought I'd offer that.. Best of luck to Lilly. I KNOW she will pull through this fine.. Eddie Carolyn,

Let me first by saying my heart and prayers go to your sister and Lilly. The GREAT news, Lilly is going to bounce back quickly from these seizures. The Phenobarb, and steroids will start to work on the seizures within 2-3 days of the first dose. She will start feeling fine after a week I’d say. Sniffy has bounced back un-believably well. He has gained 2 lbs since he has been on the meds, and he has that little bounce to his step he was lacking for probably a year or more…Sniffy has always been a rather, SLEEPY CAT.. But, I did notice he was kind of drugged out for the first couple days, maybe 3 days, then his body began to absorb the meds, and he is fine now. I would just give Lilly a good week for the meds to go fully through her system and she will be fine. If I can offer some advice on giving the meds.. The steroids, I just give Sniffy half a pill a day and what I do is, (he is a huuge cheese freak/like me..lol) anyway, I will take a very tiny piece of cheese, out the pill in itm roll it up into a BB size ball, and he eats it and never even knows he is taking his meds.. As far as his Phenobarb, I put it in his wet cat food, and again, he has no clue he is taking meds. He is very easy to please, and very NON finiky… Just thought I’d offer that.. Best of luck to Lilly. I KNOW she will pull through this fine..

Eddie

]]> By: carolyn michaud http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-148183 carolyn michaud Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:05:44 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-148183 147501 Hi Eddie --My sisters cat Lilly just started having seizures and she is 12--they said it could be a brain tumor-they put her on phenobarb and steroids and she is really drugged(just yesterday). Did Sniffy go through this and how long did it take before he wasn't drugged anymore. Thanks Carolyn 147501 Hi Eddie –My sisters cat Lilly just started having seizures and she is 12–they said it could be a brain tumor-they put her on phenobarb and steroids and she is really drugged(just yesterday). Did Sniffy go through this and how long did it take before he wasn’t drugged anymore. Thanks Carolyn

]]> By: Eddie http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-147728 Eddie Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:35:48 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-147728 Thanks Christi I can send you a picture of him if you give me an email addy!! Thanks Christi I can send you a picture of him if you give me an email addy!!

]]> By: Christi http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-147727 Christi Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:23:10 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-147727 Eddie~ I'm so glad to hear that Sniffy is doing better. I know I'm a firm believer of if you can help an animal please do unless keeping them around would mean keeping them alive in allot of pain. Eddie~

I’m so glad to hear that Sniffy is doing better. I know I’m a firm believer of if you can help an animal please do unless keeping them around would mean keeping them alive in allot of pain.

]]> By: Eddie http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-147501 Eddie Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:28:49 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-147501 Sniffy Update.. He has not had a seizure since 9-3-2008. He is on Prednasone and a anti seizure med and they have completely stopped his seizures!! He has also gained almost 2 lbs and looks very healthy again.. Is this a miracle, or what???? Im so happy for him. He seems sooo much more comfortable and happy... :) Sniffy Update.. He has not had a seizure since 9-3-2008. He is on Prednasone and a anti seizure med and they have completely stopped his seizures!! He has also gained almost 2 lbs and looks very healthy again.. Is this a miracle, or what???? Im so happy for him. He seems sooo much more comfortable and happy… :)

]]> By: Eddie http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-145650 Eddie Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:35:36 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-145650 Why were my comments removed from this message board?? Why were my comments removed from this message board??

]]> By: Eddie http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-144452 Eddie Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:29:30 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-144452 Update!!! My cat(Sniffy) came back from the Vets a few days ago, and had MANY, MANY tests done to him via blood work.. all his tests came back normal for his age, so what the Vet and I agreed on was that he 99.9% has a brain tumor that is bringing on the seizures... So he was put on Anti-Seizure Meds, along with STEROIDS and since then, he has not had one seizure!! Its been 4 days!! Before that, he was having them 2 times a day. So, all I can say is these steroids have really helped him out a lot. My advice to ANYONE out there thats in my shoes, before you put your cat down, please try the steroids.. Now, granted, even though he is feeling MUCH better, he still has the brain tumor, the steroids seem to be shrinking the swellage around his brain, thus stopping the seizures(for now).. Hopefully he won't have anymore. Thanks everyone for your thoughts! Eddie Update!!! My cat(Sniffy) came back from the Vets a few days ago, and had MANY, MANY tests done to him via blood work.. all his tests came back normal for his age, so what the Vet and I agreed on was that he 99.9% has a brain tumor that is bringing on the seizures… So he was put on Anti-Seizure Meds, along with STEROIDS and since then, he has not had one seizure!! Its been 4 days!! Before that, he was having them 2 times a day. So, all I can say is these steroids have really helped him out a lot. My advice to ANYONE out there thats in my shoes, before you put your cat down, please try the steroids.. Now, granted, even though he is feeling MUCH better, he still has the brain tumor, the steroids seem to be shrinking the swellage around his brain, thus stopping the seizures(for now).. Hopefully he won’t have anymore. Thanks everyone for your thoughts!

Eddie

]]> By: Roxy http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-144446 Roxy Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:01:53 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-144446 My cat also was spinning in circles while having seizures, and she'd lose bladder control while doing it, so your cat's not alone in the spinning. Maybe they're trying not to fall down? Probably a complex partial seizure, they're supposedly common in cats, and given that your cat's still standing, a grand mal is unlikely. Mine was having a *lot* of them a day for the last several days, judging by the number of puddles of urine and spit splatters (we'd always find them together - I thought she was just leaking when she sneezed, since she had allergies too, and I hadn't seen them happen, only the mess, and sometimes I heard the sneezing/coughing noises she'd make in the middle, for the first few days) I was cleaning up, only actually saw one happen yesterday, which is why I didn't get her to the vet sooner. I'm not sure I believe that the animals feel nothing, they may not have any awareness *during* a seizure, but ask a person with epilepsy how they feel *after* a seizure, and chances are, they're not going to say it's particularly great. She was 8, probably not organ failure or "regular" epilepsy, couldn't find anything she might have gotten into, and a head injury seemed incredibly unlikely, in my estimation. No neurologists at the emergency vet clinic on a weekend, and I just wouldn't be able to afford a spinal tap and MRI for her, so I had to have her put down, but I feel really horrible about it. :-( Hope your kitties have fewer seizures! My cat also was spinning in circles while having seizures, and she’d lose bladder control while doing it, so your cat’s not alone in the spinning. Maybe they’re trying not to fall down? Probably a complex partial seizure, they’re supposedly common in cats, and given that your cat’s still standing, a grand mal is unlikely.

Mine was having a *lot* of them a day for the last several days, judging by the number of puddles of urine and spit splatters (we’d always find them together - I thought she was just leaking when she sneezed, since she had allergies too, and I hadn’t seen them happen, only the mess, and sometimes I heard the sneezing/coughing noises she’d make in the middle, for the first few days) I was cleaning up, only actually saw one happen yesterday, which is why I didn’t get her to the vet sooner.

I’m not sure I believe that the animals feel nothing, they may not have any awareness *during* a seizure, but ask a person with epilepsy how they feel *after* a seizure, and chances are, they’re not going to say it’s particularly great.

She was 8, probably not organ failure or “regular” epilepsy, couldn’t find anything she might have gotten into, and a head injury seemed incredibly unlikely, in my estimation. No neurologists at the emergency vet clinic on a weekend, and I just wouldn’t be able to afford a spinal tap and MRI for her, so I had to have her put down, but I feel really horrible about it. :-( Hope your kitties have fewer seizures!

]]> By: Christi http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-142356 Christi Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:22:09 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/#comment-142356 Eddie~ The one thing we were told about seizures which may help you is the cat doesn't even know whats happening to them. Its harder on us because it scares us so bad but it doesn't harm the cat unless they are on stairs when its happens. You can get medication for them though and so I would reccomend contacting your vet about that. If nothing else it may be an effect of the treatment your cat had. Its not going to hurt anything. By the way I have heard every cat has seizures differently so maybe this is his type of seizure. I hope that helps but if you have further questions let me know! Eddie~

The one thing we were told about seizures which may help you is the cat doesn’t even know whats happening to them. Its harder on us because it scares us so bad but it doesn’t harm the cat unless they are on stairs when its happens. You can get medication for them though and so I would reccomend contacting your vet about that. If nothing else it may be an effect of the treatment your cat had. Its not going to hurt anything. By the way I have heard every cat has seizures differently so maybe this is his type of seizure. I hope that helps but if you have further questions let me know!

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