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| Title: | Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected |
| Notice: | purrrrr... |
| Moderator: | JULIET::CORDES_JA |
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| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1079 |
| Total number of notes: | 28858 |
718.0. "Dealing with a Kitty Concussion, suggestions?" by LEDS::TRIPP () Wed Mar 09 1994 11:54
Is there a note that discusses head injury in Cats?
Barney, (see my note near 590+/-) was running through the house the
night before last, chasing Bandit and generally doing his usual "night
crazies" routine. Remember I said Barney is a 2.5 year old 17 pound
muscular Siamese, who has no concept of his size! I heard this
scramble, thump bump behind me, and found Barney sort of laying like he
does when he eats, but all four paws were sort of spread out straight,
kind of like he would be if he had slipped on ice. He wasn't moving,
and at first I thought he was just waiting for Bandit to come around
the corner so he could pounce at him *again*. Then I realized he had a
problem, he wasn't moving. I called my husband in a panic, I was
afraid to touch BArney, my husband thought at first it was a broken
hind leg, but I moved it with no reaction. Then he picked him up,
gently and it was as if he was having trouble focusing, breathing, not
purring, seeming very limp. The inner eyelid was visible. I was in
panic that he would die in our arms, not knowing who to call at 9:30 at
night. In a panic I opened the catnip container, to see if I got a
reaction, only a little. We placed him gently on his favorite corner
of the couch, stroked him gently, he began to purr. I was almost
afraid to go to bed that night, almost as afraid to get up yesterday
morning, thinking I'd find a lifeless body.
Yesterday morning he seemed almost himself, demanded to eat in the
morning, and the demanded OUT! in a loud voice, and came back in when I
called before leaving for work. Last night He seemed fine, except
there is an area over his left eyebrow that he just doesn't seem to
want to have me pet. Almost like a goose egg on a human.
My best guess is that Barney was fooling around in the kitchen and ran
into either the fridge or the microwave cart, and simply stunned the
H*LL out of himself. Has anyone dealt with a head injury in a cat? He
seems fine, but should I have him checked anyway? I heard at one point
that dog and cat skulls are twice as thick as humans. This was in the
context of saying that animals would probably survive an auto accident
better than a human. but I just dont know.
Lyn
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| 718.1 | Jumps and bumps | USCTR1::ESULLIVAN | | Wed Mar 09 1994 12:32 | 24 |
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Lyn,
I can't offer any advice, but I, too, worry about my crazy Siamese.
She will leap at anything with no thought of danger. She is constantly
bumping her head chasing after things, either real or imagined.
Many cats have no fear when they see something to leap at. I read
an article about how many cats die as a result of jumping out apartment
buildings xxx floors high. The cat sees a bird fly by, and leaps at
it, falling against the window screen, pushing the screen out, and
the cat falls. So, if your cat likes to sit in windows, make sure the
window is not open. The screen will not prevent your cat from falling
if h/she leaps against the screen.
I hope your cat is o.k. and will just be sporting a bump, no
injury.
Eleanor
Eleanor
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| 718.2 | | NETWKS::GASKELL | | Wed Mar 09 1994 13:41 | 8 |
| My Christopher (lucky kitty) ran into the side of a van and got
picked up in the slip stream and slammed into the road surface.
He looked a littly groggy and made some strange meaow noises but
he made it back OK. The week before he had been attacked by two
dogs and had a lung punctured. The worse injury, the second time,
was that that injury opened up again and he spent several days
at the vets. He bounced right back and is still running into
things and right to the top of tall trees, and climbing on the roof.
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| 718.3 | Vet... | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Thu Mar 10 1994 00:07 | 5 |
| I would recommend a quick vet check, though.
Cats are very tough folks, but only a vet has the 'tools and knowhows'
to 'run tests' on a cat if he is really 100% 'functional'.
Nat
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| 718.4 | | LEDS::TRIPP | | Thu Mar 10 1994 10:57 | 8 |
| RE .3 We've always questioned whether Barney was hitting on all his
cylinders! Do I *really* want to take him to a vet, and confirm what
we've suspected all along?!?!?
Sorry, just couldn't resist. But he seems perfectly normal, and just
eating up all the extra lovin he's received the last couple days!
Lyn
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| 718.5 | | TOMLIN::ROMBERG | I feel a vacation coming on... | Thu Mar 10 1994 14:23 | 5 |
| Call the vet - it's usually free. Describe to him/her what you described to
us. They'll tell you whether they want to see him or not.
kathy
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| 718.6 | youch! | BICYCL::RYER | This note made from 100% recycled bits. | Fri Mar 11 1994 07:57 | 6 |
| From the Humane Society daily calendar, March 12th:
The house cat can get up to a speed of 30 mph for short distances.
-Pat
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| 718.7 | | LEDS::TRIPP | | Mon Mar 14 1994 10:05 | 10 |
| I did call Tufts, they connected me to Intensive Care, after dealing
with switchboard, somebody else with little knowledge except she seemed
to be drummming up business, refusing to give medical advise, and
connected me to the appointment desk, who listened patiently and
connected me to ICU. They simply said to watch for the usual head
injury symptoms, much like humans have, and if he has any problems to
bring him in, day or night someone is always there.
Lyn
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