macal
Member Since 2012
Hi, my civie cat Daphne is having some sporadic issues I was wondering if anyone had run into anything like this...
For background she is 17, is hyperthyroid, so is on meds to regulate, but it's complicated by the fact that she's in kidney failure so it's a delicate
balance as to how to treat her.
So, the episodes are as such, I come home to find her walking oddly swinging her head (bobbing up and down in a rapid motion), seems to recognize me but is pacing pacing pacing circling and sniffing sniffing sniffing...everything, the floor, the walls, trips on things....zero interest even in the tastiest food.
Today at lunch I came home to find her trapped under a dining chair. She had been blocked by a cross bar and was unsure how to proceed, so just like one of those wind up toys, was bumping it again and again. This is only the second time I've seen this (last episode was 2 weeks ago). Not sure how long it lasts, but it hasn't gone more than 30 mins after I arrive when she snaps out of it and is back to normal, albeit a little shaky.
I mix up mackerel and water to get her to drink lots in case she's low on fluids (once she snaps out of it, she's quite hungry)...but her skin tension doesn't indicate much other than mild dehydration, which is pretty much the status quo given her medical conditions.....
any thoughts? I don't know whether to take her to the vet or not this thing disappears so rapidly. I know she's on her last legs given her condition and want to keep her quality of life so don't want to put her through too much unnecessarily.
Thanks in advance!
For background she is 17, is hyperthyroid, so is on meds to regulate, but it's complicated by the fact that she's in kidney failure so it's a delicate
balance as to how to treat her.
So, the episodes are as such, I come home to find her walking oddly swinging her head (bobbing up and down in a rapid motion), seems to recognize me but is pacing pacing pacing circling and sniffing sniffing sniffing...everything, the floor, the walls, trips on things....zero interest even in the tastiest food.
Today at lunch I came home to find her trapped under a dining chair. She had been blocked by a cross bar and was unsure how to proceed, so just like one of those wind up toys, was bumping it again and again. This is only the second time I've seen this (last episode was 2 weeks ago). Not sure how long it lasts, but it hasn't gone more than 30 mins after I arrive when she snaps out of it and is back to normal, albeit a little shaky.
I mix up mackerel and water to get her to drink lots in case she's low on fluids (once she snaps out of it, she's quite hungry)...but her skin tension doesn't indicate much other than mild dehydration, which is pretty much the status quo given her medical conditions.....
any thoughts? I don't know whether to take her to the vet or not this thing disappears so rapidly. I know she's on her last legs given her condition and want to keep her quality of life so don't want to put her through too much unnecessarily.
Thanks in advance!
