Hi Guys
So I posted on here about my cat 15 year old male cat Sylvester a few weeks ago and got some great advice about his condition.
So he still has very weak hind legs, getting weaker and weaker. Slightly dragging them when he walks and when he goes for a poo he collapses after it as if its made his legs very weak. He is also still twitching and tremoring too when he tries to relax. Usually when trying to fall asleep he begins twitching a lot, enough to stop him from having a proper sleep and also when he drinks water, he has very big twitches form his shoulders/front legs.
- His feet is still always warm so I think this is enough to rule out any form of blood clot
- His temperature is checked often and its normal so this also partly rules out infections.
- His urine was tested a few times and again, was fine.
- Hyperthyroidism and Diabetes has also been ruled out and we have been informed that cats only really tend to get one form of diabetes so they don’t think its diabetic neuropathy either.
- Only a very small reading of an enzyme appearing in his liver was found but not enough to be any sort of problem apparently.
He has been allowed outdoors all his life, however now because he is slow we don’t let him unless on a leash. When he goes to the toilet he takes a while to pee. He goes in and out his litter tray as if hes trying to do it but cant, although he has always hated the litter tray and will hold in the toilet as much as he can until he is allowed outside. When hes deserpate he goes.
Medication:
Again his blood tests are all perfect and he will be getting up to date blood tests at a later date however we have to get blood from his neck whilst still awake so this is very stressful for him. We don’t want to do this a lot.
Does anyone else have any advice or been through something similar?
I know this screams X-Ray/MRI/CT Scan, HOWEVER… he has very bad reactions to anaesthetic – the vets here (I live in the North East of Scotland) will not give him an X-Ray. I have tried literally begging around 6 veterinary practices here which takes u to 1.5 hours to drive to and all have declined to give him an X-Ray without anaesthetic – the equipment is not up to date enough to do it without aneasthetic they tell me unfortunately.
I just don’t know what else to do? The vet said she would be able to get him through a very light sedative which would be a very light anaesthetic for the X-Ray/Mri scan, however it will take a LOT out of him and he will take a long time to recover just from that – but if this is the best chance I can give him.. should I do it or not.
Could anyone help?
Thanks a lot
So I posted on here about my cat 15 year old male cat Sylvester a few weeks ago and got some great advice about his condition.
So he still has very weak hind legs, getting weaker and weaker. Slightly dragging them when he walks and when he goes for a poo he collapses after it as if its made his legs very weak. He is also still twitching and tremoring too when he tries to relax. Usually when trying to fall asleep he begins twitching a lot, enough to stop him from having a proper sleep and also when he drinks water, he has very big twitches form his shoulders/front legs.
- His feet is still always warm so I think this is enough to rule out any form of blood clot
- His temperature is checked often and its normal so this also partly rules out infections.
- His urine was tested a few times and again, was fine.
- Hyperthyroidism and Diabetes has also been ruled out and we have been informed that cats only really tend to get one form of diabetes so they don’t think its diabetic neuropathy either.
- Only a very small reading of an enzyme appearing in his liver was found but not enough to be any sort of problem apparently.
He has been allowed outdoors all his life, however now because he is slow we don’t let him unless on a leash. When he goes to the toilet he takes a while to pee. He goes in and out his litter tray as if hes trying to do it but cant, although he has always hated the litter tray and will hold in the toilet as much as he can until he is allowed outside. When hes deserpate he goes.
Medication:
Lactulose 1-3 times daily to make it easier for him to poo, not that hes constipated, but just so he doesn’t have to strain so much.
He is off Loxiciom now and back on steroids (prednisolone).
I give him a glucosamine supplement with his food incase its arthritis too.
He is also on other medication to help with nerve function,.
He is fed a half wet/half dry diet of J/D hills food and given cat milk as a treat mainly to keep his weight up as he has lost a lot of weight and muscle and also drinks lots of water in his own time.
He is had 1 anti-biotic shot around a month ago incase of any infection
Again his blood tests are all perfect and he will be getting up to date blood tests at a later date however we have to get blood from his neck whilst still awake so this is very stressful for him. We don’t want to do this a lot.
Does anyone else have any advice or been through something similar?
I know this screams X-Ray/MRI/CT Scan, HOWEVER… he has very bad reactions to anaesthetic – the vets here (I live in the North East of Scotland) will not give him an X-Ray. I have tried literally begging around 6 veterinary practices here which takes u to 1.5 hours to drive to and all have declined to give him an X-Ray without anaesthetic – the equipment is not up to date enough to do it without aneasthetic they tell me unfortunately.
I just don’t know what else to do? The vet said she would be able to get him through a very light sedative which would be a very light anaesthetic for the X-Ray/Mri scan, however it will take a LOT out of him and he will take a long time to recover just from that – but if this is the best chance I can give him.. should I do it or not.
Could anyone help?
Thanks a lot
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