I know that this is not a forum for dispensing medical advise... I'm really looking to get a sense of exactly how worried I should be about my cat's behavior (as described below). I've been googling symptoms and haven't come across anything that sounds quite right. So if anyone cares to either a) help me get a sense of how worried I should be or b) suggest a good source of information, I would be grateful.
My cat vomited after eating last night... a huge hairball + undigested food. Shortly after she was acting drunk. She was wobbly, her paws crossed, low to the ground, and then she toppled over onto her side. Obviously this freaked me out and I was about the call an emergency vet line, but within moments she was acting completely normal again. She drank some water, went back to her food dish, and then jumped onto the bed to cuddle. I watched her closely for an hour... looking for signs of anything abnormal. When I went to bed I set the alarm to check on her every hour. It's now been approx. 12 hours since the episode and she still seems perfectly normal. She was playing with her toys when I left her just a bit ago. Should I be worried?
My cat is about 5 years old. I also have a 15 year old cat. They are both indoor only cats. I don't have any plants, poisons, etc. that they could get at. The only thing that I can think of is she ate or was stung by a bug... I live in Virginia and, so far as I know, we don't have any particularly nasty or uncommon bugs.
My cat vomited after eating last night... a huge hairball + undigested food. Shortly after she was acting drunk. She was wobbly, her paws crossed, low to the ground, and then she toppled over onto her side. Obviously this freaked me out and I was about the call an emergency vet line, but within moments she was acting completely normal again. She drank some water, went back to her food dish, and then jumped onto the bed to cuddle. I watched her closely for an hour... looking for signs of anything abnormal. When I went to bed I set the alarm to check on her every hour. It's now been approx. 12 hours since the episode and she still seems perfectly normal. She was playing with her toys when I left her just a bit ago. Should I be worried?
My cat is about 5 years old. I also have a 15 year old cat. They are both indoor only cats. I don't have any plants, poisons, etc. that they could get at. The only thing that I can think of is she ate or was stung by a bug... I live in Virginia and, so far as I know, we don't have any particularly nasty or uncommon bugs.