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Epilepsy in cats

Epilepsy in cats

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I had a harrowing few minutes today as I cradled a beautiful black, white, grey and tabby kitten (young cat really) - called Laura - in what I thought were her ghastly dying moments.

The dust having settled on the rather intensely unpleasant incident, and with the said complicatedly monochrome cat now walking around doing things normally, I am starting to deduce that what I witnessed was an epileptic fit.

Has anyone else come across this in their own cats?

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Originally posted by FMF
I had a harrowing few minutes today as I cradled a beautiful black, white, grey and tabby kitten (young cat really) - called Laura - in what I thought were her ghastly dying moments.

The dust having settled on the rather intensely unpleasant incident, and with the said complicatedly monochrome cat now walking around doing things normally, I am starting to de ...[text shortened]... t what I witnessed was an epileptic fit.

Has anyone else come across this in their own cats?
When I was a child we had a hamster that was epileptic. I don't think it's unique to humans, I'd ask a vet (and keep her away from strobing lighting etc.).