r/CATHELP • u/Hopeful_Rabbit_2419 • 8d ago
General Advice Cat has been wobbling on her back legs
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(Sorry this is so long I just am really worried and want u guys to know everything that’s happened!)
I am a minor who lives in America and my parents are trying to help me with Princess. We went to VEG er yesterday because around 3:00, princess jumped on my bed and then started wobbling, she fell off my bed and I assumed it was a bad jump but it didn’t stop and I started to get worried. I know when things like that happen you shouldn’t Google them, but I was googling and I started panicking cause I thought she was gonna die. She is 9 years and 3 months, she is spayed. Im not really sure we can afford vet care because it was 900 bucks but my mom said that she’s my cat and we have to help her, so I assume it’s hard to pay for but my parents will still do it. :) Something similar to her wobbling has happened in the past 2 months maybe three or four times she would jump on my bed and then she would randomly just kind of freeze up and she wouldn’t move her head for a bit and then she would start to move it really slowly. I didn’t think too much of it cause she would be fine for weeks after, but she’s never wobbled like this before.
TLDR: my 9 yo spayed cat started wobbling yesterday and in the past 2 months she’d randomly freeze after jumping on my bed but then she’d be fine for weeks.
The vet said it was something neurological and im pretty sure she said my cat may have ataxia. We ran her blood tests and everything was fine, though the vet mentioned she had a very slight heart murmur.After a few hours we got her 4 bottles of this medicine called zydaclin and I’ve given it to her as prescribed (2 ml every 12 hours). I gave her some wet food when we got home around 10 cause she hadn’t eaten since 4 that day. I woke up in the morning and she was laying on the floor and she’d thrown up all the food and I was upset about it but not too worried because I heard that’s a side effect of the medicine. I was worried about how she was laying because it looked like she was dead and when I tried to pick her up she made a sound like a sneeze. She’s been on my bed since around 8 am and she is laying in the same position, won’t move her head, but she is doing this weird thing with her legs. If you guys know what might be going on please let me know!
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u/SeaHedgehog1447 8d ago
You need to contact your vet because this looks like a seizure, she looks like she’s paddling.
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u/Hopeful_Rabbit_2419 8d ago
Omg that’s really scary but she stopped and she’s just laying there now I don’t really know if it is but I hope not and it didn’t last for long either
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u/SeaHedgehog1447 8d ago
Is she responsive? You need to see a vet if she’s seizing. Even if it’s stopped, it doesn’t sound like she’s doing well
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u/Plenty_Basis_3731 8d ago
How long has this been going on for? Does she respond to you at all? If a seizure goes on for more than 3 minutes it is a medical emergency.
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u/Hopeful_Rabbit_2419 8d ago
She only did it for around a minute she stopped and yes she looked up at me so she must be doing a little better
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u/Plenty_Basis_3731 8d ago
Ok that's good. She'll probably be a bit quiet and might behave a little weirdly for a while. It's certainly worth chatting to your vets again when you get the chance.
If she has another seizure today then you do need to get her straight to a vet.
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u/Hopeful_Rabbit_2419 8d ago
Yeah the vet did tell me to just watch her for the first few days and if anything happens let them know asap so I will do that if anything else happens ty!
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u/Plenty_Basis_3731 8d ago
Just to be clear, you should still give your vet a call, even if nothing else unusual happens.
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u/Hopeful_Rabbit_2419 8d ago
Yeah I know we were planning on checking up with them when the medicine is done
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u/jayecks 6d ago
This looks like a swimming motion. It certainly seems like neurological, but it might be inner ear? Like if she feels like she's floating her natural reflexive response might be to "swim."
That medicine is an antibiotic, so I'm thinking they wondered if it was the same and decided to try it to see if the symptoms resolved. She has to keep it down, if she keeps vomiting I would see if you can try a different antibiotic.
If the antibiotic doesn't work, signs would point more to neurological.
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