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Update: After vets / managers being less than helpful with a plan (and avoiding my calls and visits) I took Mia to a different local vets. Very quickly, he was able to summise that Mia has most probably had a haemorrhage or a thrombosis on the brain either from a fall or poss a stroke. He told...

I've brought her home after an hour long consultation with yet another different vet with whom I talked about the history of Mia's problems. It was me who suggested that the different type of mirtazapine tablet might have been the wrong dose. She phone the head vet at home to check the dosage...

Update: wailing didn't stop all day. Couldn't walk without falling, Took her to the vets this evening who admitted they have advised the totally wrong dose of Mirtazapine. Far too much for a cat. They kindly offered to take her in for the night for monitoring free of charge - I wouldn't trust...

Thanks for the video link. That is so Mia, just not as unsteady in the legs. Video made me cry :-( She's had a terrible night. Gave her a 15mg tab of appetite stim and she's been waiting for 12 hours now. She seems so woozy, can't steady herself and heads is wobbling, back to the vets tonight...

Thanks for the welcome!  The tail issue was only apparent after her teeth op.  I thought she's just been lying on it funny.  To begin with it was bent back along her back as in the question mark position.  Now she seems to prefer it to rest over the left side. No discomfort. It moves normally.

Hmm, the vet did mention that as a possibility.  I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do.  Other than regular medication reviews and weight checks, the vets haven't suggested any other plans.  I hate seeing her like this :-(   Thanks for your response.

Hi, my 8 yr old female house cat Mia started being ill in November.  We first noticed her suddenly going off her back legs and her head a wobble to it.  Her appetite was depleting too (we didn't realise to what extent until a vet check 1.5kg loss in 2 yrs).  She has a sister (both born to a...