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We have a tabby named Candy who is at least 11 years old. In the last couple months, she's lost a lot of weight, has been drinking water a lot, and has been using her litter box more often than usual. Because of her age, we suspect that her kidneys are going. Just a few minutes ago, she had this strange episode. I picked her up and set her on my bed like I always do, when all of a sudden she started crying for no reason. When I held her in an attempt to comfort her, I noticed that her head was jerking around like she was trying to see or keep track of something moving fast and that her eyes were darting back and forth very quickly. I took her into the bathroom to get a better look and set her down to do so, and she seemed very unsteady on her legs and started yowling very loudly. She wouldn't move on her own and would twist her body when we (my grandma woke by this point) picked her up. A few minutes later, she was resting with my grandma and seemed to quiet down. Her head stopped jerking, her eyes stopped shaking, and she stopped crying. I can't tell yet if she can walk fine since my grandma is keeping her in bed with her, but I'm afraid that she's just had a stoke. But with how quickly the episode passed, is it possible that this was just a seizure of some kind? I've tried looking up information about what a feline stroke looks like when it happens, but I've only found signs that a cat has had one already and the seizure information I've found doesn't exactly match up with what happened. It's too soon to tell if she has those signs and with heavy snow that just hit us, we won't be able to get her to a vet any time soon. This has really given us a scare and I hope someone here can shed some light on this.