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| 3673.1 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Wed Jun 06 1990 17:13 | 7 |
| This must be very worrying for you. I have no information, but wonder
when your regular vet will be back? I would think it would
be more comfortable for you to be dealing with a vet you know.
Please let us know how things are going.
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| 3673.2 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Wed Jun 06 1990 17:50 | 11 |
| There are two diseases that I know of that can cause a head twitch
or tilt, Panluekopenia is one, and the other is a calcium deficiency
I believe. The second one has been discussed in this notesfile
before, but I can't remember what it was called. Maybe the moderators
or one of the other "old-timers" can give you a pointer to the
appropriate note.
Is your cat current on her vaccinations? Panleukopenia can be
controlled by regular boosters.
Jo
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| 3673.3 | some thoughts | PARITY::DENISE | And may the traffic be with you | Wed Jun 06 1990 18:01 | 12 |
| I knew of 2 different situations that caused head-twitching type of
movements. One was a mild case of epilepsy, the other sever damage
to the inner ear from a long undiagnosed case of ear mites.
What about the eyes, do they appear to be unfocused, or is the kitty
trying to focus? Does it look like someone just spun her around very
fast? How is her balance? Does she scratch or fold her ears?
Are the pupils big or small?
I'd check with your regular asap, but these are some of the questions
he would probably ask.
good luck, Denise
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| 3673.4 | Potassium-Loss? | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Wed Jun 06 1990 18:14 | 6 |
| Jo,
was the problem maybe a potassium deficiency? Note 471 has the
description on that.
Deb
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| 3673.5 | that was it | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Wed Jun 06 1990 18:21 | 7 |
| Deb,
I think it was a potassium deficiency. Thanks for the pointer.
I knew that you would be able to find it. I am great at remembering
what we have discussed, terrible at finding the discussion.
Jo
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| 3673.6 | | MPGS::TOLLES | | Thu Jun 07 1990 15:11 | 23 |
| Well, I've spoken to the vet. He said that the results of all of the
blood tests (except for thyroid) have come back normal. The thyroid
test will be in early next week, but he does not expect to find
anything abormal with it. He said that it could possibly be the
beginning of a brain problem. This vet weighed her in at 7-1/2 lbs. and
said that that's not a bad weight for a cat her age. I told him
that last week when she was at our regular vet that she was 8-1/2
lbs. He thought it could be because of two different scales. His
suggestion for the time being is to bring her back to our regular
vet and weigh her again, and to bring in a stool sample (he thinks
it could be parasites), in a few weeks.
When my husband brought her in yesterday, he said the vet spun her
around to see her reaction, and she did good. Her eyes are normal
(not shifting back and forth), and her pupils are normal too. No
earmites either.
Guess it's a waiting game for now. I will definitely bring her
back in two weeks. This is so hard seeing her age... :-(
I appreciate everyone's replies - thanks!!
deb
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| 3673.7 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Thu Jun 07 1990 16:14 | 5 |
| Hang in there, and please keep us up to date. I believe the two
different scales business; I gave up trying to track my babies'
weights because there was so much variation even with one scale (they
wiggle and boucne).
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| 3673.8 | The cat probably didn't lose a pound. | TOPDOC::TRACHMAN | EmacX Exotics * 264-8298 | Fri Jun 08 1990 10:16 | 7 |
| re: two different scales
I had that same problem - my scale at home was a pound different
than one of the ones my vet had - I forget which way it went,
but, bottom line, it was the scales NOT the cat's weight.
E.
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