My one year old siberain forest cat has had 3 bouts of extreme discomfort over the past month. Each bout last about 3 days, the symptoms are always the same. Homoepathic drops help to calm her and anti-inflamatories ease the discomfort. there does not appear to be any discharge from her nose or anus, no runny eyes, no sneezing. She eats but not much. She has lost weight - probably a couple of pounds (she is small to begin with) in the past month. She is deffinately losing hair from around her ears.The symptoms start with:
1. rolling from side to side on her back accompanied by loud cries
2. pushing herself backwards down the stairs on her back and side accompanied by loud cries
3. rubbing the sides of her head along the floor, furniture and with her paws
4. rubbing her ears with her paws
5. licking around the base of her tail and anus (can't see any discharge)
6.. unusual body postures - crouching low in an elongated position, pushing her bum up in the air
7. holds her rear leg up in the air when lying on her side
8. occasional 'twitching' or spasaming in the lower spine/tail area
All of which she cries and cries - normally she is very quiet.
She is not biting at herself, her tail is not rapidly twitching and she is not running about crazed. She is just obviously uncomfortable. The vet initially suspected a soft tissue injury the first time and then a reinjury the 2nd time but a 3rd time???? Now she is wondering about a dermatological issue like dermal hyperesthesia (rolling skin disease). Or possibly an allergy to her food? Each bout is coming more or less 2 weeks apart, lasts 3 days and then she seems fine which suggest something cyclical to me. I think she is using the litter box, but her sister has come to live with us for the summer so it's hard to know. (this started prior to her sister coming)
Does anyone have any thoughts for me?
1. rolling from side to side on her back accompanied by loud cries
2. pushing herself backwards down the stairs on her back and side accompanied by loud cries
3. rubbing the sides of her head along the floor, furniture and with her paws
4. rubbing her ears with her paws
5. licking around the base of her tail and anus (can't see any discharge)
6.. unusual body postures - crouching low in an elongated position, pushing her bum up in the air
7. holds her rear leg up in the air when lying on her side
8. occasional 'twitching' or spasaming in the lower spine/tail area
All of which she cries and cries - normally she is very quiet.
She is not biting at herself, her tail is not rapidly twitching and she is not running about crazed. She is just obviously uncomfortable. The vet initially suspected a soft tissue injury the first time and then a reinjury the 2nd time but a 3rd time???? Now she is wondering about a dermatological issue like dermal hyperesthesia (rolling skin disease). Or possibly an allergy to her food? Each bout is coming more or less 2 weeks apart, lasts 3 days and then she seems fine which suggest something cyclical to me. I think she is using the litter box, but her sister has come to live with us for the summer so it's hard to know. (this started prior to her sister coming)
Does anyone have any thoughts for me?