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I already sent an e-mail to my vet asking about this, but I'm very attached to my cat Pi and waiting for my vet's reply is really hard right now, so I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and can chime in. For a little background, my cat's a rescue cat from a shelter and his only issues so far have been a very bad case of herpes that has finally stopped relapsing monthly. He's doing very well in that department now- he's like a normal cat now. Th only other quirks I can think of is he blows air out of his nose a lot like a sigh or like he's annoyed and sometimes lets his bottom lip hang open, but my vet has never been concerned over this.
Last night Pi was sleeping on my lap. He twitches when he sleeps, which I know is normal. Last night, he was twitching a lot at one point- in his back and front legs and tummy. It was a lot more movement than usual. He sometimes sleeps with his eyes open and one of his eyes opened and was rolled back in his head, I could just see the color of his iris, no pupil. His inside eyelid came up and covered the eye a little.
It looked scary so I tried waking him, but he went totally limp. I tried for a few more seconds to wake him and he was unresponsive. Even his eye didn't move. I thought he had died on my lap. I was very upset and slid him off my lap onto the couch so I could go break the news to my boyfriend and he was still limp still with the one eye open. I tried again to wake him and he blinked his eyes and opened them like nothing was wrong. I gave him two treats and he walked over fine and ate them. Seemed totally fine after this and totally fine today. He was running around the house making vibrating meows yesterday like he does when he wants to play or is complaining about food or is just feeling hyper, so he seemed healthy otherwise during the day. Is it possible he was just in a very deep sleep?
He tends to be very relaxed and comfortable around me and often sits on top of me, so it isn't uncommon when he's resting on me and awake for him to let me move him off my lap and be so trusting that he keeps his body completely loose and floppy as I do it. I don't know if this makes a difference here.
Last night Pi was sleeping on my lap. He twitches when he sleeps, which I know is normal. Last night, he was twitching a lot at one point- in his back and front legs and tummy. It was a lot more movement than usual. He sometimes sleeps with his eyes open and one of his eyes opened and was rolled back in his head, I could just see the color of his iris, no pupil. His inside eyelid came up and covered the eye a little.
It looked scary so I tried waking him, but he went totally limp. I tried for a few more seconds to wake him and he was unresponsive. Even his eye didn't move. I thought he had died on my lap. I was very upset and slid him off my lap onto the couch so I could go break the news to my boyfriend and he was still limp still with the one eye open. I tried again to wake him and he blinked his eyes and opened them like nothing was wrong. I gave him two treats and he walked over fine and ate them. Seemed totally fine after this and totally fine today. He was running around the house making vibrating meows yesterday like he does when he wants to play or is complaining about food or is just feeling hyper, so he seemed healthy otherwise during the day. Is it possible he was just in a very deep sleep?
He tends to be very relaxed and comfortable around me and often sits on top of me, so it isn't uncommon when he's resting on me and awake for him to let me move him off my lap and be so trusting that he keeps his body completely loose and floppy as I do it. I don't know if this makes a difference here.