Ever since he was a baby, Sammy has had occasional incidents that my boyfriend and I refer to as spaz-outs. For no apparent reason and out of nowhere, he'll suddenly become tense and agitated looking, and is very easily spooked. He will usually pick some inanimate object that is familiar (as in, it's always been here so it's nothing new....today it was my shoe) and do that nevous bat-and-smack-the-thing-then-jump-back-like-james-brown move. He's particularly easy to startle during these episodes. It usually passes within a half hour. The first time this happened, he turned out to be ill and the behaviour persisted until he felt better. However, he isn't always sick when he does this, since I've taken him to the vet on other occasions while he was spazzing and he was in tip-top-shape......and he was back to normal fairly quickly.
What do you guys think? Is he reacting to occassional tummy aches or the like that I don't have to worry about or is it possible that he's actually crazy? I mean, like, hallucinating? I'd appreciate any imput you can give me.
Thanks,
Leli
What do you guys think? Is he reacting to occassional tummy aches or the like that I don't have to worry about or is it possible that he's actually crazy? I mean, like, hallucinating? I'd appreciate any imput you can give me.
Thanks,
Leli