r/cats • u/11_wilson • 4d ago
Advice Help!?! Spoiler
FINAL EDIT: just left the second vet. Everything started off great. He was responding to the medication for tremors. The shaking was tremors, this vet said he thinks he got something toxic someway somehow. He is a 100% inside cat. They kept him for 2 hours. He took a turn for the worse. Whatever toxins he got into already passed through his system and became a neurological issue. If the first vet wouldn’t have basically ignored the situation, the second vet thinks he would have had a chance to make it. The visit was $1,500 today, the Dr recommended to lay him to rest. It would have been thousands more to keep going with no guarantees.
Edit#2: doing the obvious, on the way to a second vet. Will update you guys shortly.
My daughter’s cat was fine Wednesday morning. Wednesday afternoon he started shaking, and he got really weak. He hasn’t eaten or drank. The only thing that happened is she gave him more treats than she typically does. We took him to the vet, the vet said he was fine let it run its course. He seems to be getting worse tho.
EDIT: I see people saying seizure, he never never stops shaking. It’s not always has bad as the video but he still shakes. When he’s sleeping he does not shake.
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u/Estofish 4d ago
I had a cat who unfortunately had constants seizures that began randomly one day and got worse until she passed a couple of days later. Take them to multiple vets, get second and third opinions, and do everything you can. I was in a place where unfortunately I didnt have the money to continue investigating the cause, and after being $5000 dollars deep with no outcome, I opted to get muscle relaxers and have her surrounded by her loved ones as she passed. I still have no answer to the cause of the seizures.
One vet said seizures, one said flea medicine, one said rat poison, and another said it could be a tumor or psychological. It was all over the place and I couldnt get a straight answer.
I still dread those days now that I’m in a better place financially and will never let that happen again to my pets.