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Catwoman63 31-05-2014 03:48 PM

My sons cat has had seizures
 
My sons cat splodge who is only around 2 years old has had 2 seizures in a few days, he had eaten some Easter Lilly which is highly toxic to cats :( fortunately blood test showed no kidney damage, so he's very lucky, unfortunately though once brain is damaged he will most likely have more seizures, my son and his girlfriend are so upset, I know there have been some threads regarding cat and dog owners who suffer with seizures :( x

Suze65 31-05-2014 04:20 PM

Oh no, that's very upsetting for them. I did know about lilies and cats don't mix well, I do hope he recovers :-( fingers and everything else crossed :D

Merlin M 31-05-2014 04:31 PM

My dog has seizures, she ate slug pellets when she was a year old but the seizures didn't become an issue until she was about 10

They can be controlled by meds, but that is expensive and can damage organs over time

emma_mcraf 31-05-2014 05:02 PM

Poor Splodge. :(
Thank goodness he didn't have any kidney damage. Hopefully he'll be lucky and won't experience many seizures in the future.

Catwoman63 31-05-2014 06:15 PM

Thankyou everyone, we hope he doesn't keep having them but chances are he will now :(

Merlin I remember the thread now, buzz ate slug pellets and now has seizures, same damage for splodge, they have got to keep him seperate from their other cat for the time being while he is on medication, they need to check if he is weezing and pooing ok,

he ate a little steamed fished today so that's a good thing x

Merlin M 31-05-2014 06:21 PM

When Buzz was young and had very bad memory problems I fed her cod liver oil, and that really helped with her memory, I think it helped repair the brain a bit.
Not sure if it will help with seizures but you never know

Catwoman63 31-05-2014 10:07 PM

Worth a try merlin, do you still give buzz cod liver oil? How often does she have seizures? X

becciwales 01-06-2014 01:01 AM

Poor Splodge, my dog has seizures too. As Kelly says, it's frightening to start, but it does get more normal and easier to deal with x

Catwoman63 01-06-2014 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stells (Post 642728)
One of my dogs had grand mal seizures... Very scarey at first but it does become a part of life... I do recommend sticking with anti seizure meds to control them they can and will still have the odd seizure whilst on them but they won't be so regular or as bad. Unfortunately for my dog it wasn't to be as he had a brain tumour and he had to be pts... But the drugs gave him more comfortable time than he would have had without them.

Oh Stells that's awful, im so sorry to hear that, that must have been very heartbreaking for you :(

if splodge has another seizure they are to take him back to vets for further tests, his bloods showed a very high temperature and no toxicity, if his kidneys were damaged by the lilly he nibbled on the vet said he would have been dead by now :( so we are hoping its not something else as well x

alley cat 01-06-2014 09:45 AM

My dog Jack has had siezures for 4 years now, he takes 2 different types of tablets a day which totals 5 tablets. He has to have 6 monthly vet appointments to check the effect these tablets are having on his organ function, without the checks they cannot prescribe the meds.
All of this comes at a huge cost and this is something which has left us very short of money, we can no longer have holidays, partly due to cost and partly due to not being able to get anyone to care for him as the meds must be given at set times.
Basically what I am trying to warn you is to think carefully about going down the meds route, as heartbreaking as it is if I was put in this position again I would have my pet PTS :( once you have commited to meds at what point do you say we cant afford to keep you alive any more?
It is an awful situation to be in and i feel for your son but they need to make a choice now and not get swept along in emotional turmoil as we did.


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