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That is a good thought, Norachan, but I can't say I'd done anything I haven't done 100 times before; stuff which has never bothered him. Probably in the previous 15 min, I'd washed my hands. But with the same soap he's smelled many times before. I just tried again. He eyed the bag with fear...

Yeah, it's a situation where I woke up today (Saturday) and am on a four-day weekend, and Graham's been robust and heading back towards his normal self and I've been thinking, "Man, life's good..." and then, in the space of a few hours, he's had a crazy tumble for no apparent reason (he's done...

Yeah, it's one of the weirdest damn things I've seen. It's not fear of me... I can approach, and he's absolutely normal. It's not fear of the environment... he's now roaming all over the house. It's not fear of food or drink in general... I've seen him have both at least a couple of times...

Ugh... just when I was happy and slowing down the posts... http://www.thecatsite.com/t/313116/suddenly-terrified-of-the-treats-he-loves

Earlier this morning, my cat Graham tried to jump onto a dining room chair. Something went horribly wrong and he fell off it - very awkwardly - which I only half-caught happening, and was so panicked watching it happen, I didn't even pay full attention to how he landed. On his side? His head...

Hey everyone, I'm going to stop doing regular updates because I respect that this part of the forum is for cats with issues and, right now, Graham's continuing to show no further ones/decline at all. If things change, naturally I will return to it. But for now... 22 Jan 2016 (evening): Came...

21 Jan 2016: Arrived home from work. My wife said, "I haven't seen him eat or drink today, and when I've tried to give him water, he's turned away..." (I know that might seem normal for a lot of cats, but we can actually get Graham to drink pretty easily, 9/10). Now, I knew he'd snacked and had...

Is he normally talkative? Can you get a conversation out of him? Just curious if you got him to meow a few times in a row (I can do that with my cat just by talking to him, and he'll talk back every time I stop talking), and see whether the meow is the same every time, or whether there is any...

And that's what I've had at times from my wife, too! I'll be like, "Look! Look at that... did you see that? Look at that...!" and she'll be like, "That's how he does that..." or whatever. And I know my wife, despite being more practical and less emotional than me, still loves Graham very much...

I think that's a good thing. I'm generally proactive in taking Graham to the vet, even though he hates it. Heck, we're only three weeks on from new year's and he's been twice :) But I do notice in a lot of forums and Q&A sites and stuff that people do seem very stand-offish with taking their...

Yeah, it's interesting... Graham does love the warm spots. he will regularly seek them out and the initial, "Is he dehydrated?" thoughts from new year's came because he'd holed up in a room which had become quite hot during the day. So he does love heat, for sure. But I think with the weather...

PS: Here's a pic from last night. My wife said he looked up at the dining table and seriously considered a big Superman leap onto it, then deferred to leaping onto a chair, followed by the table. He sat up there for quite some time while she worked at the table. Clever boy, that spot also gets a...

Graham update... 20 Jan, 2016 (afternoon): So I got home from work and, like yesterday, Graham had jumped up on the sofa arm to greet me. He was quicker than the day before; this time he was literally there by the time my wife opened the door. We had a smooch. He jumped down and seemed to be...

That's exactly right. When I made my first post laying it all out, I was actually struck how this epic saga in my head, that has been happening "forever" was only a couple of weeks old, give or take. I think I've got so immersed in it all, especially in the earlier times, that time passed...

That's quite right, Cat Nap. I can't successfully diagnose, even with him infront of me, so relying on my erratic scribblings about what I see means everyone else is yet another step removed. It's not ideal... but it is what it is, I guess. The last thing I want is for him to be in any sort of...

The article you referenced speaks specifically about surgical options for the treatment of degenerative lumbosacral stenosis: "... a combination of dorsal laminectomy, diskectomy (removal of an intervertebral disk), foraminotomy (widening of the opening that the nerve runs through), or surgical...

The thoughts in my head at the present time, in response to cat nap & Dreamer Rose and just "in general" are if I go the x-ray route, and he's OK... great. Peace of mind, for sure. But if the x-ray reveals "something", further investigation (like the $2500-plus MRI) is off the table, and even...

All good ideas, thank you! Re: a 'case of the crazies' Graham has been doing that until just recently! He would usually start proceedings by laying flat on the arm of the lounge, arms outstretched, then turn his head slowly upside down as he looked at my wife and I... like some sort of weird...

Very flattering words for Graham, thank you! :) I think it's the part where he is such a kitten, and such a toddler, and nothing like his cat (or human) years, that makes seeing him in trouble so saddening. In my mind, he's Graham the Cat... a force of nature that stays the same year after...