Preface:
One of my male cats, Lou, who is 3 years old and 15 lbs started having "episodes" beginning in December. They began the day after I gave him animal CBD oil for the first time. He ended up being given the CBD oil two times in total at a single dose each time. Once in late December and one more dose two days later, this was before we realized the CBD may be causing the problem. I bring this up because my primary vet and the animal hospital we brought him to said that there is not enough evidence to show CBD oil could impact him in this way, but the timing is very odd since he has never had anything like this prior to having the CBD oil.
Explanation of "episodes":
These "episodes are somewhat hard to describe, but I will do my best to explain and will attach a video of a full episode. (Episodes are not exactly always the same but follow a general likeness)
They seems to begin randomly, he will start to look at his back like he has in itch. He will start reaching for it as if to lick his back, but his face never makes contact with his back, he just started to spin slowly in circles. This or something similar is the beginning to most of the episodes.
As they worsen the following problems begin to happen:
-His legs give out/cant hold his own weight
-Loss of motor control. He fumbles and falls
-He will pull his front paws to his chest and curl them in. (Almost seems like as if a muscle was being forced to contract)
-His tail will sometimes curl into a circle very tightly and I don't think he is able to move it from that position until the episode is over.
-During these episodes he his lucid. We are able to get and maintain his attention through most of it. (So I don't think it is any type of seizure. At first I thought it may be a partial seizure)
-After the episodes he seems exhausted. He will lay somewhere he feels safe, usually in a small confined area for a while. While laying there he will wag his tail for quite a long time.
-It is hard to tell if he is in pain, or how much pain he is in, during these episodes. He is not a very vocal cat and during these episodes he does not make any noise.
Frequency:
These episodes began at the end of December, and at first were happening 1-3 times a week that we saw. They have continued to happen 2-5 times per week that we see for the last 3 months.
We took him to an animal hospital at first. They simply did a physical and stated that without seeing the episode happen they couldnt do much else. They requested we record a video of an episode and send it to them. We got footage of it, sent it to them and they stated that they thought it could be neurological, but not much else.
Then we took him to our primary vet where they did another physical, stool sample, and blood work. They found nothing as well, and from the videos they couldn't conclude much either.
They said the next step would be to go to a neurologist. But after spending about $1,000 on his medical bills so far I cannot afford to take him to one. I am hoping someone here has possibly experienced one of their cats having the same issue and can provide some help.
We set up cameras around the house to try to get better videos of the episodes. I am going to link the latest episode at the bottom of the post. I have more videos if anyone needs, but this latest one is probably the clearest footage we have of an episode so far.
Video:
One of my male cats, Lou, who is 3 years old and 15 lbs started having "episodes" beginning in December. They began the day after I gave him animal CBD oil for the first time. He ended up being given the CBD oil two times in total at a single dose each time. Once in late December and one more dose two days later, this was before we realized the CBD may be causing the problem. I bring this up because my primary vet and the animal hospital we brought him to said that there is not enough evidence to show CBD oil could impact him in this way, but the timing is very odd since he has never had anything like this prior to having the CBD oil.
Explanation of "episodes":
These "episodes are somewhat hard to describe, but I will do my best to explain and will attach a video of a full episode. (Episodes are not exactly always the same but follow a general likeness)
They seems to begin randomly, he will start to look at his back like he has in itch. He will start reaching for it as if to lick his back, but his face never makes contact with his back, he just started to spin slowly in circles. This or something similar is the beginning to most of the episodes.
As they worsen the following problems begin to happen:
-His legs give out/cant hold his own weight
-Loss of motor control. He fumbles and falls
-He will pull his front paws to his chest and curl them in. (Almost seems like as if a muscle was being forced to contract)
-His tail will sometimes curl into a circle very tightly and I don't think he is able to move it from that position until the episode is over.
-During these episodes he his lucid. We are able to get and maintain his attention through most of it. (So I don't think it is any type of seizure. At first I thought it may be a partial seizure)
-After the episodes he seems exhausted. He will lay somewhere he feels safe, usually in a small confined area for a while. While laying there he will wag his tail for quite a long time.
-It is hard to tell if he is in pain, or how much pain he is in, during these episodes. He is not a very vocal cat and during these episodes he does not make any noise.
Frequency:
These episodes began at the end of December, and at first were happening 1-3 times a week that we saw. They have continued to happen 2-5 times per week that we see for the last 3 months.
We took him to an animal hospital at first. They simply did a physical and stated that without seeing the episode happen they couldnt do much else. They requested we record a video of an episode and send it to them. We got footage of it, sent it to them and they stated that they thought it could be neurological, but not much else.
Then we took him to our primary vet where they did another physical, stool sample, and blood work. They found nothing as well, and from the videos they couldn't conclude much either.
They said the next step would be to go to a neurologist. But after spending about $1,000 on his medical bills so far I cannot afford to take him to one. I am hoping someone here has possibly experienced one of their cats having the same issue and can provide some help.
We set up cameras around the house to try to get better videos of the episodes. I am going to link the latest episode at the bottom of the post. I have more videos if anyone needs, but this latest one is probably the clearest footage we have of an episode so far.
Video: