I think I found my answer...

[QueenScoopalot]

Cerebellar kitties often start showing signs shortly after birth. I have a whole bunch here Laura, and none are getting worse, but Eli is getting fat & lazy!

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Oh Laura, I am crying with you

I don't have any experience with CH, but I am sending you HUGE HUGS and positive thoughts and prayers.

Hopefully some of our other members with special kitties can give you some reassuring news.

Amy has a wonderful Meowmie and she is truly blessed to have your love and care.

(((HUGS)))

[Laura's Babies]

Jan, how old was Eli when you got him? I got Amy when she was exactly 2 months old and she is now 2, I think. Maybe it is different with each one or peaks out after a certian age? I don't know! I just know I was not expecting ANY changes and right at her first birthday, she started changing and around each birthday, she seems to make a noticable decline. Her jumps down off the bed, sofa and chairs have harder landings, she has more problems getting up on the sofa, bed or chair but still refuses to let me put her up there.... I have taken my box spring and matress and put them on the floor to make it easier on her to get up and down from there.

The one thing I do have to say, with each decline, she becomes more and more affectionate and gets in more and more lap time. This time since I have had her home she is constantly by my side, or getting in my lap and PURRING! (She never purrs!) She is such a little sweetie pie!

[catmandu]

The Found Cats and I will add Amy,to Our Prayers and hope that you are able to help that Very Special Kitty.
And Mr Fluffy had been appointed Amys Guardian Angel,to help her all that he can
Bless Your Heart for giving Amy,her Furr Ever Home!

[QueenScoopalot]

Eli was probably about 4 months old when I got him, and it was obvious from the get-go he was special needs. His two littermates were also affected, but to much lesser degrees. I think a lot of it has to do with him being older now (he'll be 10 in April). He's taken lots of falls and all his teeth are gone as a result. He has slowed down a lot over the years, but I think it's more to do with his weight. Has Amy gained more weight, or been more sedentary?

[smokey the elder]

Diva's condition deteriorated with time. She used to be able to safely climb stairs. About 3 years ago she knocked her head so bad falling down the stairs she had a seizure! Smart little devil that she is, she connected the dots and no longer attempts the stairs.

I need to hold her while she potties. She knows to yell for help when she needs it. She lies down and eats out of a low food bowl and drinks water. She has trained me very well to see to her needs.

Diva is nine and a half years old. I know of a CH cat who lived to be over 20,

Diva's condition seemed to stabilize at about 6.

She is the most loving cat, and is very grateful to us! I hope Amy doesn't deteriorate any more, but the situation can be managed. I never had had a CH cat before, so it was very alarming until the vet explained about it.

[Laura's Babies]

smokey the elder, thank you for your information and experience on this condition. Those falls Amy is taking are what scares me, I jump up every time I hear that awful "THUMP" of her falling.

Jan, we watch Amy's weight pretty close, I know that weight will make it harder for her legs to hold her up. SHe is holding on 9 pounds which looks good on her, not to fat, not to thin although when you hold her, she feels boney. She has a medium size bone structure so 9 pounds look right on her. She mostly lays around (on her side) as most pictures I post of her show. She sits up now and then, always leaning against a wall or something, but not a lot. She stands to eat or drink but lays down to play. She suddenly don't use her kennel much for sleeeping, preferring the floor, sofa or chair. When the other cats do that rip and run playing, you can tell she gets excited and wants to play too but she never trys to join in, just watches with that excited look on her face.

As much as it saddens me, I think I have my answer... I just hope it levels off before she gets to, to bad. Her litter mates, I saw the day I got her and a few times after that and they were not effected by CH, had no symptoms at all.

I can see I am going to have to rearrange my house to where she can't climb on things to get up on the higher places to HOPEFULLY save her from some of the falls. I caught her laying on the kitchen counter just yesterday and took her down and scolded her when she tried to get right back up there again.