This is my first post, so I hope I'm not repeating anything!
Last Sunday, one of my Maine Coon mixes had a seizure. He's 2 years old... He was laying on top of some power cables on the kitchen floor (but there was no water, I checked during the seizure). He just started...his back arched, his legs paddled, his bladder emptied. He kept trying to stand up, and he managed to crawl 2 feet into the bathroom, using his seizure as a mode of transportation (sort of like the wiggling he usually does, when he wants to snuggle up to me). It lasted probably about...a minute or so. I thought at first it was under a minute but, looking back, he was doing it for a few seconds before I realized he wasn't playing with his brother and then I had time to watch for a few seconds and then I had time to call the vet and arrange for him to go to the vet.
The vet ran blood tests, the only abnormal thing was a slightly high raised white blood cell count, which the vet thought was because of the stress of being at the vet (not sure about that. This cat loves the vet because everytime he goes, the techs coo over him and snuggle him). The vet said to just watch for another seizure because he might have epilepsy.
a) Does anyone have experience with cat epilepsy that can give me some pointers?
b) What sort of problems could this have been caused by? He's never had another seizure of any sort! (unless he's seizing in his sleep or something)
c) What do I do?? I mean, really /panic! I know with cats, you just let them seize and take them to the vet but I'm fairly young, I live alone for right now...This is a really scary situation for me because the last time my pet had a seizure, he died, but he was old and this cat is so young! And I'm about to leave for a long time. The person who's caring for them knows what happened and is a more experienced cat owner than I am but I feel terrible leaving my friend with my two sick kitties
(This cat's littermate has a flea allergy...any advice there, when treating the environment and other cats doesn't work, in addition to topical medicine on him?)
Last Sunday, one of my Maine Coon mixes had a seizure. He's 2 years old... He was laying on top of some power cables on the kitchen floor (but there was no water, I checked during the seizure). He just started...his back arched, his legs paddled, his bladder emptied. He kept trying to stand up, and he managed to crawl 2 feet into the bathroom, using his seizure as a mode of transportation (sort of like the wiggling he usually does, when he wants to snuggle up to me). It lasted probably about...a minute or so. I thought at first it was under a minute but, looking back, he was doing it for a few seconds before I realized he wasn't playing with his brother and then I had time to watch for a few seconds and then I had time to call the vet and arrange for him to go to the vet.
The vet ran blood tests, the only abnormal thing was a slightly high raised white blood cell count, which the vet thought was because of the stress of being at the vet (not sure about that. This cat loves the vet because everytime he goes, the techs coo over him and snuggle him). The vet said to just watch for another seizure because he might have epilepsy.
a) Does anyone have experience with cat epilepsy that can give me some pointers?
b) What sort of problems could this have been caused by? He's never had another seizure of any sort! (unless he's seizing in his sleep or something)
c) What do I do?? I mean, really /panic! I know with cats, you just let them seize and take them to the vet but I'm fairly young, I live alone for right now...This is a really scary situation for me because the last time my pet had a seizure, he died, but he was old and this cat is so young! And I'm about to leave for a long time. The person who's caring for them knows what happened and is a more experienced cat owner than I am but I feel terrible leaving my friend with my two sick kitties