strokes in cats

[ms36]

I have a calico named Freckles Jr. She has now had 2 strokes. I never knew that cats could have strokes until 2 years agoe. she is still alive. some symptoms of this are: disorientation, loss of eye sight, and paralysis. if your cat has any of these problems please take them to the emergency vet. They didn't expect Freckle Jr. to live through this or if she did she wouldn't get these features back. she is now fine and periodically will have small spasms now. I hope you don't have to go through this.

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marky mark

[4 feline house]

I am so glad Freckles is OK. My mother was out gardening one day, watching her favorite cat (an orange tabby, about 9 at the time) chasing one of his sisters around a tree trunk. Seconds later she looked up again to see him lying still on the ground. He was dead. Her vet said as suddenly as it was and as relatively young as he was it must have been a stroke. Take care your baby Freckles, she's a special one to have survived two (hopefully her last)!

[ms36]

thank you for your support and I am sorry that you had to go through something like that too

[tatsxxx11]

Oh, please give Freckles Jr. big hugs. How frightening! And how wonderful she has recovered so nicely. I am a nurse, and know how scary strokes can be. Thank you for alerting us all. It is so important to keep an eye out for even the slightest physical or behavioral changes! After all, they can't tell us when they don't feel well!!!

[sandyg79]

ollie my 13 yr old tabby has just had a stroke its so frightening, to see him like this is heart breaking , should have results of blood test after a visit to the vets tomorrow , i pray he recovers.

[sandyg79]

ollie my 13 yr old tabby has just had a stroke its so frightening, to see him like this is heart breaking , should have results of blood test after a visit to the vets tomorrow , i pray he recovers.

He is still being brave eating and drinking , and even still trying to clean himself, but his head is hung so low, he wants to look up but cant, does anyone know why these strokes happen.

[Moesha]

I'm hoping for the best for you and your dear Ollie. It is a terrible feeling when the furbabies are ill, especially with something so serious. It's odd how he has very similiar markings to my Juliet who is having her own troubles right now. Has Ollie been seen by a vet since his stroke?

[sandyg79]

yes he went to the vets saturday, he has medication, we have to take him back tomorrow for results of his blood test, what problems does juliet have?

[Moesha]

She was missing for about 48 hours. She came back home this afternoon and won't eat and had blood under her tail. I gave more details and pictures of her in this thread. Please update us about Ollie when you hear more tomorrow. Have you researched feline strokes online?

[thesun898]

He is still being brave eating and drinking , and even still trying to clean himself, but his head is hung so low, he wants to look up but cant, does anyone know why these strokes happen.

this is so strange i have a cat named tigger that looks just like your cat, i almost lost him this june after the flood that i had, i did not know that he had a heart murmur, the change in living quarters put him into heart failure, it costed me 2,000 to keep him alive and he has to stay on lacex the rest of his life, it was worth every penny for me, and i live with the risk of strokes, it is scary but i am trying to enjoy the little time that i have left with him, and i will continue to aid him as long as he shows me he wants to fight. It is just so amazing i would swear that picture of your cat is my tigger

[rayraysgranny]

I have a calico named Freckles Jr. She has now had 2 strokes. I never knew that cats could have strokes until 2 years agoe. she is still alive. some symptoms of this are: disorientation, loss of eye sight, and paralysis. if your cat has any of these problems please take them to the emergency vet. They didn't expect Freckle Jr. to live through this or if she did she wouldn't get these features back. she is now fine and periodically will have small spasms now. I hope you don't have to go through this.

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marky mark

Can I ask you if Freckles had any feature changes in her face at all because I am fostering a 16 to 18 yr old cat from a local rescue group and when I recieved her Laborday weekend she was nothing but skin and bones and now she actually has gained weight but I noticed today that her eye is almost closed and her tip of her tounge is hanging out with her mouth opened. I called them and they are going to get her in the vet tomarrow but I was wondering if this could be what she has had.