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An hour ago my 3 month kitten had a stupid accident. I was blow drying my hair and he got so scared with the noise that he jumped from the bed down onto floor. It's a relatively small jump (maybe 15 inches) and he's done it before many times, but now it was different.
-he must have landed really awkward because he seemed completely scared with what had just happened, unable to find direction where to go further, just moving like a broken robot on the spot
-he was meowing like crazy
-all his hair was up, not just on the spine, but all over his body (like a hedgehog)
-then he turned his belly upwards
-and he started having some kind of convulsions
In that moment I honestly thought he was having a heart attack and he was going to die, so I called his name and thankfully he stopped trembling and meowing and acting really scared. (Like he was coming back from a scary nightmare.)
Then I gently picked him up and put him on the bed, only to notice in horror that he was having no support in his back legs. After a while he started moving his tail and his left back leg. The right one not yet thus far. And for a long while he kept breathing fast and shallow.
Now he is sleeping with all his legs tucked under him, and he doesn't seem to have any pain when I touch his spine, but I'm still scared to move him again. Sometimes he will breathe through his open mouth, like he is very warm.
I can see a vet tomorrow at 8 or maybe 9 the latest (meaning as soon as they open), and I spent the last hour talking to him and googling these symptoms, so if anyone has more educated guesses to what his injury is, please, please let me know.
-he must have landed really awkward because he seemed completely scared with what had just happened, unable to find direction where to go further, just moving like a broken robot on the spot
-he was meowing like crazy
-all his hair was up, not just on the spine, but all over his body (like a hedgehog)
-then he turned his belly upwards
-and he started having some kind of convulsions
In that moment I honestly thought he was having a heart attack and he was going to die, so I called his name and thankfully he stopped trembling and meowing and acting really scared. (Like he was coming back from a scary nightmare.)
Then I gently picked him up and put him on the bed, only to notice in horror that he was having no support in his back legs. After a while he started moving his tail and his left back leg. The right one not yet thus far. And for a long while he kept breathing fast and shallow.
Now he is sleeping with all his legs tucked under him, and he doesn't seem to have any pain when I touch his spine, but I'm still scared to move him again. Sometimes he will breathe through his open mouth, like he is very warm.
I can see a vet tomorrow at 8 or maybe 9 the latest (meaning as soon as they open), and I spent the last hour talking to him and googling these symptoms, so if anyone has more educated guesses to what his injury is, please, please let me know.
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