Feline Epilepsy?

[Freedom]

I am sorry you and Pip are having this experience; it must be quite scary for you to see this happen.

Be cautious about saying Pip has feline epilepsy. From what you wrote, at this time you do not have a diagnosis. You have witnessed seizures, but have yet to learn the cause.

I did not see, how old is Pip?

Other than this, I have no personal experience, to help guide you. I did some quick search online using Google, and it does seem and MRI or CAT scan is the next step. However I also read that often even this does not provide a clear diagnosis. Since the seizures are so far apart, I think I would do as you are doing, search for more info before spending the money on those tests.

I hope someone else will have some ideas to help you.

[Irina.B]

Thank you for replying.

Pip is 1 year and 2 months old. Reason why I'm saying feline epilepsy, is because that is what our vet has told us it most likely is. There are no symptoms with epilepsy, and he has no symptoms, we're just worried that we will go through these expensive tests, not to mention the 500km drive down to Perth, and if nothing comes up on the results they will just tell us that its epilepsy.

It is very scary, and I worry about it everyday. I'm still looking for other people, I post on quite few forums and websites, but yet to find an answer. Or experienced person, its not very common apparently in cats :/

But thank you for replying. I hope someone can shine some light on this for me.

[Karen]

I will be recording a radio show on January 11th with a couple well-known vets, I can ask them about your case, if you want, and will let you know what they say/ I know Epilepsy can be tricky to diagnose.

[Irina.B]

That would be fantastic Karen. Anything would really help, and thank you so much

[Karen]

I will do it!

[Irina.B]

Thank you so much Karen. I really do appreciate it