19 yr old maine coon reasonably healthy with slight myopathy. All of a sudden loses control of gait looks dizzy and falls over. Sometimes head will jerk. Vet checked ears muscles xrays bloodwork, all good seems to have episodes for a day or so. Then back to normal puzzled ans scared for my baby Luudo
Cat falling over
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Squalliesmom
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Stroke, maybe?
Squalliesmom
Member Since 2015
I know this won't help you figure out what's going on, but maybe it will give you a laugh and lighten your worry for a bit:
Years ago I had a Himalayan cat who had been very stunted at birth, and we were pretty sure she also had some mental "slowness", for lack of a better word. Around the time she turned a year and a half old, she started having what we all believed to be fairly violent seizures, after which she would fall over; many trips back and forth to the vet could not determine any problem that would be causing this. The vet advised just to make sure she was safe when she had a seizure, not near anything that she could get hurt on. So this went on for another 8-10 months, her having these mystery seizures, until one day, I was down on the floor looking for something under a chair, and she had a seizure about 4 inches from my face. All of a sudden, I realized the mystery was solved! We had had new carpet installed around the time her "seizures" started, and apparently, her little claws were getting stuck in the carpet, to the point where she could not move! So she would thrash around to try and get free, and finally fall over. When she fell, her claws would pull free and she was able to get up and go about her business. Mystery solved, "seizures" cured, lol! Needless to say, I started filing her nails after trimming, so they would stop getting stuck.
Hope my story of my Daphne, who stuck to the rug, gave you a smile.
Years ago I had a Himalayan cat who had been very stunted at birth, and we were pretty sure she also had some mental "slowness", for lack of a better word. Around the time she turned a year and a half old, she started having what we all believed to be fairly violent seizures, after which she would fall over; many trips back and forth to the vet could not determine any problem that would be causing this. The vet advised just to make sure she was safe when she had a seizure, not near anything that she could get hurt on. So this went on for another 8-10 months, her having these mystery seizures, until one day, I was down on the floor looking for something under a chair, and she had a seizure about 4 inches from my face. All of a sudden, I realized the mystery was solved! We had had new carpet installed around the time her "seizures" started, and apparently, her little claws were getting stuck in the carpet, to the point where she could not move! So she would thrash around to try and get free, and finally fall over. When she fell, her claws would pull free and she was able to get up and go about her business. Mystery solved, "seizures" cured, lol! Needless to say, I started filing her nails after trimming, so they would stop getting stuck.
Hope my story of my Daphne, who stuck to the rug, gave you a smile.
Lisa and Witn (GA)
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It may be seizures. I used to have a dog that frequently have them. Fortunately phenobarbitol helped to keep them under control.
Phoebes (GA)
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Lol poor kitty and poor you. I hope it is something as simple as this.I know this won't help you figure out what's going on, but maybe it will give you a laugh and lighten your worry for a bit:
Years ago I had a Himalayan cat who had been very stunted at birth, and we were pretty sure she also had some mental "slowness", for lack of a better word. Around the time she turned a year and a half old, she started having what we all believed to be fairly violent seizures, after which she would fall over; many trips back and forth to the vet could not determine any problem that would be causing this. The vet advised just to make sure she was safe when she had a seizure, not near anything that she could get hurt on. So this went on for another 8-10 months, her having these mystery seizures, until one day, I was down on the floor looking for something under a chair, and she had a seizure about 4 inches from my face. All of a sudden, I realized the mystery was solved! We had had new carpet installed around the time her "seizures" started, and apparently, her little claws were getting stuck in the carpet, to the point where she could not move! So she would thrash around to try and get free, and finally fall over. When she fell, her claws would pull free and she was able to get up and go about her business. Mystery solved, "seizures" cured, lol! Needless to say, I started filing her nails after trimming, so they would stop getting stuck.
Hope my story of my Daphne, who stuck to the rug, gave you a smile.
StephG
Member Since 2016
Chuck use to get "dizzy" spells. Vet thought it could be from him being cross eyed or from his chronic itchy ears. The spells would strike randomly and fast. They only lasted a few seconds then he went on his way. He fell off the banister of our stairs and ripped a claw off. That's when I decided it was dangerous enough to get checked out. The vet literally told me "he just gets dizzy". I was not happy with that bill. They did doctor up his toe though so I paid it without a ruckus.
Hopefully you can figure out what's going on.
Hopefully you can figure out what's going on.
Does the vet think it's related to his myopathy? Sounds like maybe either a mild seizure or cardiac related. It would be helpful if you took a video when he's having an attack to show the vet. The head jerking though sounds more like a seizure. When Leo was having his seizures his head jerking would scare the heck out of me. The ER vet did a blood test right after one episode that showed some kind of muscle damage or build up of a certain enzyme that confirmed the seizure diagnoses.
Squalliesmom
Member Since 2015
How is your kitty doing?
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