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Hi all. Just wondering if anyone has been through anything like this.
My healthy 10yr old male cat had a very scary incident last night. I got home from work and he was being silly, little zoomies and attention grabs to push me to put down dinner.
All of a sudden, he ran out of the room and laid down low on the ground and started bellowing. He got up, took a few steps and collapsed, sort of falling over to the right.
He was low to the ground and sort of frozen. He moved a little, and his mouth came open and I assumed he was panting. Panting didn’t last long at all but his respiration was high (about 70 respirations per minute)
raced him to the vet ER and he was already much improved within that 45min. Little bit elevated breathing and temp just a bit lower than normal. Dr found a heart murmur. Ran blood work and chest X-rays and everything came back very normal. He improved back to normal within the hour and they sent him home with me a couple hours later.
Since tests were inconclusive, they said they’re not really sure what caused the episode. She’s not set on saying the murmur caused it, especially because he rebounded so quickly.
She did mention she had some theories, and the possibility of a small stroke or clot that resolved itself, or even a seizure.
so now I have to watch him and keep him indoors at least until we get him checked further. He’s got an appt w his regular vet Monday, but he seems sooo back to normal (so much so that he’s throwing his I-want-to-go-outside tantrums)
Scary when you don’t have anything conclusive and know that it could happen again at any moment.
anyone with any experience with anything like this, would be helpful. Thanks. Very tired and nervous over here
My healthy 10yr old male cat had a very scary incident last night. I got home from work and he was being silly, little zoomies and attention grabs to push me to put down dinner.
All of a sudden, he ran out of the room and laid down low on the ground and started bellowing. He got up, took a few steps and collapsed, sort of falling over to the right.
He was low to the ground and sort of frozen. He moved a little, and his mouth came open and I assumed he was panting. Panting didn’t last long at all but his respiration was high (about 70 respirations per minute)
raced him to the vet ER and he was already much improved within that 45min. Little bit elevated breathing and temp just a bit lower than normal. Dr found a heart murmur. Ran blood work and chest X-rays and everything came back very normal. He improved back to normal within the hour and they sent him home with me a couple hours later.
Since tests were inconclusive, they said they’re not really sure what caused the episode. She’s not set on saying the murmur caused it, especially because he rebounded so quickly.
She did mention she had some theories, and the possibility of a small stroke or clot that resolved itself, or even a seizure.
so now I have to watch him and keep him indoors at least until we get him checked further. He’s got an appt w his regular vet Monday, but he seems sooo back to normal (so much so that he’s throwing his I-want-to-go-outside tantrums)
Scary when you don’t have anything conclusive and know that it could happen again at any moment.
anyone with any experience with anything like this, would be helpful. Thanks. Very tired and nervous over here