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Please help us save our cats Anthi and Luther.
On Friday 19/02 they both began losing control of their legs. They wobbled at first and then staggered and now they can barely move them.
Anthi is a bit better and she can use the litter box on her own. Luther needs help to do anything.
They are on a cortisone based treatment but their doctor is not certain about what caused this or what is wrong exactly.
She has given us a time limit of around 10 days to start seeing improvement otherwise given their poor living conditions we’ll have to euthanize them. But we are not going to make any hasty decisions.
We are in the process of asking for 2nd and 3rd opinions from other doctors but no one seems to know what’s going on.
We are devastated but we’re still holding onto hope.
I'm going to write below their symptoms and perhaps you can help us.
Please take some time to read and see if you can help .
So here it is:
- Both cats started losing control of their legs especially their hind legs at the same day with only a few minutes difference.
- They are not related.
- We have two more cats which are perfectly fine.
For that reason our doctor suspects the source of the problem is sth they ate together or sth that bit them both. She said it could be they ate pesticide while playing with leaves or maybe a reaction to chocolate/nuts or they were bit by a spider. So really we have no idea what caused this.
- There is pulse in their legs and we know they can feel them.
They also somewhat move them. Anthi pulls them away if I gently stretch them and they can both open their paws in a sort of half kneading manner. But they can’t walk.
- They have taken cortisone shots for 3-4 days. and now are taking cortisone based pills and vitamin B.
This is the medication they are currently taking. Medrol 4mg and neurobion every 12 hours and a multi vitamin paste whenever they want to.
-We live in Greece in an island near athens.
-Our grandparents have a dog in the yard we share bt the cats have no contact with it. Although windows get opened sth could have slipped in like a tick or sth. They also have another cat which eaves outside but it comes in the house sometimes.
-The cats don't go outside unless they run out a window but that hasn't happened for more than a month.
We appreciate any information you may have.
Thank you in advance!
-Stavroula Koilakou
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