Posted in: enart.nnmj.com Date: March 14th, 2010
About a year ago September, my 4 year old cat started falling over, swaying back and forth, missing things she'd try to jump on, etc. I took her to 3 vets, and $1000 later, no one knew. They tested (and treated) for inner ear infections, jarred spine, and motion sickness. They gave her X-rays and medication, even steroid shots. She seems to be favoring her right side. Her paw shakes before she'll put it down.
I posted some videos on YouTube for reference (this is 14 months later). I think you can get to it here: http://www.youtube.com/kweaver2008
Thanks for any advice!Could it be cerebellar hypoplasia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebellar_...
Here's a cat that has it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQG6V1MO...
Good luck in finding out what it could be.I agree that it sounds like cerebral hypoplasia. Another possibility is advanced cancer that somehow they missed.
I only say this because my beloved cat started falling over and missing things she was aiming for as yours did. I had to have a CT Scan done on her 2.5 hours away for them to find a huge tumor surrounding her liver and connected to her veena cava. BUT, for her, she deteriorated very, very quickly, so I'm still going to vote for the cerebral hypoplasia.
(I have a cat with Radial Hypoplasia of both front limbs, btw. :)It could be a neurological problem. That would be tough to diagnose too, because they would have to do a brain scan to see what the problem was. If she is happy, and the worst of her problems are wobbling and tumbling over occasionally, I would let it go. You probably would not want to do brain surgery anyways right? Have they tested her for vertigo? Its not an inner ear infection, its just where their balance is thrown off due to the fluid in the ears not balancing out. But realistically the favoring of one side seems to give a clue that it is something neurologic not muscular or problem with her ears. Good luckI had a cat once that never had any problem with her and then suddenly after 5-6 years she started to have seizures. No one understood what was wrong with her and all the vets wanted to do was dope her up on drugs. A friend of my moms (who raised many cats) told my mom she might be allergic to her flea collar. We didn't think that was possible since she had always had the same brand of collars for years and didn't have a problem before, but out of desperation we tried taking the collar away and she never had a seizure again after that. If your cat does not use a flea coller maybe it could be the flea medicine or something else like carpet deodorizer. Good luck!It sounds like your cat has had a stroke sometime in the past. One of my grandma's cat had this too, she spent a lot of money trying to figure out what was wrong, they told her that the cat was in no pain, and the cat definitely didn't seem in pain.
She actually lived till she was 18, her condition wasn't treated.#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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