Help! My cat experiencing strange problem

[Callie]

Is it possible that she had a close call with a car or some abuser, if she was outdoors at any time unsupervised? Reason I ask is it would seem that this syndrome only occurs when she is inactive and in one position for a prolonged period of time (assumption here). She could be sleeping on too firm a surface and develop a pinched nerve as a result (this could explain the reaction and the short duration of the problem).

Could you, perhaps, encourage her to sleep on a softer surface and see if that helps? She might be having nightmares from some encounter or she could be manipulating you just like a child would with an imaginary boo-boo to get your attention.

It could be a reaction to something in her food. Some cats, particularly calicos because they're recessives, have very sensitive systems that react badly to ordinary ingredients and additives. Try changing her diet over time and see if things improve. Just guessing but if something 'clicks' do check it out. It could be something as simple as gas pains or a more potentially serious kink in the intestines. Try removing anything with fine bones from her diet and see how things go.

Hope something helps. Do keep us posted.

Good luck!

Callie

[blue girl]

My sister has a chihuahua who constantly throws his back knee out of joint--usually happens when he's playing rough or jumps from the couch. When it does, he holds his back leg up and won't put any pressure on it until his mom is able to 'twist it back in place'. I wonder if Cali is maybe doing this, and is somehow able to get it back in the socket on her own.....just a thought

[Medusa]

That's so frustrating when you do the right thing and take them to the vet and then the vet can't find anything wrong, yet you know something isn't right. I'd give her a good feel; really check her over and test that leg that you think might be the problem. When I read Callie's post about the possibility of an intestinal kink, that somehow clicked w/me. My Puddy, also a calico, had problems w/that and it caused her incredible pain, except that she cried relentlessly until the problem was fixed. I guess all you can do is keep an eye on her, test that leg, and palpate her abdomen to see if you can feel anything unusual and if she cries when you do any of it, get her back in to the vet. Sorry not to be of more help.

[Callie]

Have you had her checked for some less common forms of worms and other things like that? Not all worms show up in fecal cultures at all stages of their (worm) development.

Good luck!

Callie