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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / October 2005Mysterious episode in cat
A friend of mine recently rescued a couple of kittens that did not even have their eyes opened yet. She is an experienced rescuer, and Board of Directors of a no-kill animal shelter, so she knows quite a bit. One of the kittens suddenly had what she termed an "episode". She suddenly turned limp for no obvious reason. My friend ran warm water over her, rubbed her with a warm towel and dried her and she came around a little bit. She ate a teeny bit, but still couldn't hold her head up on her own. a few hours later, she was back to normal, and has seemed fine since. Her vet has no clue as to what might have caused this or what it could be. She is keeping a very close eye on the kitten in the meanwhile. I realize without seeing the kitten, you can't diagose any problem, but does anywhere here have any educated guesses about what might have caused this? The kittens are, I believe, maybe a month old, if that. Thank you for any insight. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) I'd vote for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). It can present as anything from weakness to seizures to coma. You said she fed the kitten a little, and after that it was doing better....that's why I'm voting for hypoglycemia...the food would have made the blood sugar start heading back up, although probably fairly slowly if it didn't eat much. If it happens again, have her give the kitten karo syrup. If it responds within minutes, then for sure it's hypoglycemia. Deborah, DVM >A friend of mine recently rescued a couple of kittens that did not > even have their eyes opened yet. She is an experienced rescuer, and [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against > Animals in Movies Website) .......hey enjoying that cold air! Wilma 0, buglady 1 ........the cold air has now killed the rest of hurricane season - yay! buglady take out the dog before replying >I'd vote for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). It can present as anything >from weakness to seizures to coma. You said she fed the kitten a little, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Deborah, DVM Thank you, Deborah. I will pass that along to her. I appreciate your response. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) The episode occurred again. Her vet is also thinking it is hypoglycemia. She is being watched closely, kept warm, and fed regularly. Hopefully this will do the trick and help keep this teeny kitten alive. Thanks again. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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