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Male/3yo/Pedigree Maincoon/Neutered.
My cat has no previous medical history, apart from feline gingivitis as a kitten. This year has recently had seizures after passing hairballs.
First one happened after eating breakfast, my partner was woken up to the sound of the cat screaming, when he went to find him cat was on the floor seizing, when he came around cat was wide eyed and disorientated, his legs were wobbling with drool down his chest and face, it took him a little while to come to his senses, a large hairball was found on the floor. This was January 2023. Since then cat has had 4 seizures all presenting with the same symptoms. The latest was tonight (Aug 26) I had given him his night time food, I heard him dry heave so went to see if he was okay, he projectile vomited a hairball and became distressed, I noticed as he was trying to run up the stairs his legs became weak and went into a seizure on the stairs, I guided him to the bottom step were he seized for no more than 10 seconds (which has been his shortest seizure). The hairball was also smaller. Whenever he comes round from these seizures too, it's like he is confused, he hisses as me like he doesn't know me, I'm not sure if he is confused, or if he is just blaming me as he doesn't understand what's gone on.
The cats naturally got a gentle temperament, never been aggressive.
Since Jan, we have took him the vets several times, all bloods normal, vets can't give me a reason why this happens.
As you can imagine, he is a very fluffy cat, I groom him twice a day to try and avoid hairballs, I also give him malt paste as a maintenance.
Does anyone have any advice for me?? As you can imagine, it's very distressing for both me, my partner and our cat, we want to help him pass these hairballs the most comfortable way possible for him
My cat has no previous medical history, apart from feline gingivitis as a kitten. This year has recently had seizures after passing hairballs.
First one happened after eating breakfast, my partner was woken up to the sound of the cat screaming, when he went to find him cat was on the floor seizing, when he came around cat was wide eyed and disorientated, his legs were wobbling with drool down his chest and face, it took him a little while to come to his senses, a large hairball was found on the floor. This was January 2023. Since then cat has had 4 seizures all presenting with the same symptoms. The latest was tonight (Aug 26) I had given him his night time food, I heard him dry heave so went to see if he was okay, he projectile vomited a hairball and became distressed, I noticed as he was trying to run up the stairs his legs became weak and went into a seizure on the stairs, I guided him to the bottom step were he seized for no more than 10 seconds (which has been his shortest seizure). The hairball was also smaller. Whenever he comes round from these seizures too, it's like he is confused, he hisses as me like he doesn't know me, I'm not sure if he is confused, or if he is just blaming me as he doesn't understand what's gone on.
The cats naturally got a gentle temperament, never been aggressive.
Since Jan, we have took him the vets several times, all bloods normal, vets can't give me a reason why this happens.
As you can imagine, he is a very fluffy cat, I groom him twice a day to try and avoid hairballs, I also give him malt paste as a maintenance.
Does anyone have any advice for me?? As you can imagine, it's very distressing for both me, my partner and our cat, we want to help him pass these hairballs the most comfortable way possible for him