Hi There
I wanted some help and advice about the problem my cat Sylvester has.
Some of you may have noticed I have already posted here with his symptoms etc. Long story short – for 4 months he has had very week hind legs, he developed twitches and tremors however they seem to have calmed down a bit now, except when he drinks water.
He is a 15 year old male cat fed on a wet food diet and is allowed to eat dry food whenever he wants as we leave a bowl of dry food out.
We have seen roughly 6 vets – all with no idea what his problem is. His main vet for 15 years refuses to put him under anaesthetic for an X-Ray or MRI as he had a very very bad reaction to it last time – in the part of Scotland I stay in no where seems to X-Ray a cat without anaesthetic – trust me I have tried begging for the X-Ray. He is a very very tolerant cat and has never biten or scratched me in all his 15 years. He has a very lovely nature – he cant meow and only squeeks and make slittle noises with his throat if he wants your attention, which says it all.
He has had acupuncture, reiki, massage, j/d arthritis food etc. He is on Prednisolone, Dantrium, Hypovase and Lactulose medication. His blood tests all came back clear – twice. He had a small bladder infection which he received antibiotics for 2 and a half weeks ago.
I believe it is something to do with this stomach area – maybe colon, rectum, intestines, urethra?
When he has a number 2 his back legs give way and he falls over – however we hold him when he goes to the toilet now so that he doesn’t fall. Its almost as if his back legs go into spasm, they straighten out midway through his poo and he falls over and tries to get up with his front legs. He is very wobbly at walking before and after he needs a poo to the point where his right back leg gives in and he ends up sitting on his hip until he regains balance and walks again and he also doesn’t pee very often. I have now resorted to massaging his bladder and around his private so that it stimulates him to go to pee which works every time. He only pees a small amount a few times a day. He doesn’t appear to be in any pain as he is always walking on his lead (we walk him outside now on a lead as he has always been an outdoor cat) and attempting to jump up but we stop him before he jumps as he wouldn’t be able to anymore.
Could anyone shed some light as to what this may be?
We have gone out of our way for 4/5 months to get as much information as we can for this and an MRI machine only comes to my area once every 2 months so we are very limited. Its also a massive risk giving him an MRI which we have to consider if we want to give him the best chance.
Thanks
Rachel
I wanted some help and advice about the problem my cat Sylvester has.
Some of you may have noticed I have already posted here with his symptoms etc. Long story short – for 4 months he has had very week hind legs, he developed twitches and tremors however they seem to have calmed down a bit now, except when he drinks water.
He is a 15 year old male cat fed on a wet food diet and is allowed to eat dry food whenever he wants as we leave a bowl of dry food out.
We have seen roughly 6 vets – all with no idea what his problem is. His main vet for 15 years refuses to put him under anaesthetic for an X-Ray or MRI as he had a very very bad reaction to it last time – in the part of Scotland I stay in no where seems to X-Ray a cat without anaesthetic – trust me I have tried begging for the X-Ray. He is a very very tolerant cat and has never biten or scratched me in all his 15 years. He has a very lovely nature – he cant meow and only squeeks and make slittle noises with his throat if he wants your attention, which says it all.
He has had acupuncture, reiki, massage, j/d arthritis food etc. He is on Prednisolone, Dantrium, Hypovase and Lactulose medication. His blood tests all came back clear – twice. He had a small bladder infection which he received antibiotics for 2 and a half weeks ago.
I believe it is something to do with this stomach area – maybe colon, rectum, intestines, urethra?
When he has a number 2 his back legs give way and he falls over – however we hold him when he goes to the toilet now so that he doesn’t fall. Its almost as if his back legs go into spasm, they straighten out midway through his poo and he falls over and tries to get up with his front legs. He is very wobbly at walking before and after he needs a poo to the point where his right back leg gives in and he ends up sitting on his hip until he regains balance and walks again and he also doesn’t pee very often. I have now resorted to massaging his bladder and around his private so that it stimulates him to go to pee which works every time. He only pees a small amount a few times a day. He doesn’t appear to be in any pain as he is always walking on his lead (we walk him outside now on a lead as he has always been an outdoor cat) and attempting to jump up but we stop him before he jumps as he wouldn’t be able to anymore.
Could anyone shed some light as to what this may be?
We have gone out of our way for 4/5 months to get as much information as we can for this and an MRI machine only comes to my area once every 2 months so we are very limited. Its also a massive risk giving him an MRI which we have to consider if we want to give him the best chance.
Thanks
Rachel
