Early hours of Wed morning cat was paralysed in her hind quarters, and the impairment came out of nowhere.
Googled symptoms and rushed her to emergency vet, with heart in mouth. On examination vet suggested was not a saddle thrombosis and thought a slipped disc or an arthritis complication was more likely, though she couldn't rule out something neurological. Gave pws a shot of anti-inflammatory and instructed me to follow up with usual vet.
Cat was back on her feet on return home, but within an hour she was flopping about again. Vet appointment booked with expectation of having to put her down. Cat recovered a little, but was still wobbly on hind legs. Vet issued me with pain/anti-inflammatory meds, while I weighed up whether it was time to call it a day. Had misgivings, but cat was still eating and drinking, and she didn't seem to be in pain, so I thought she should have more time.
I finally headed off to bed today at 5am. When I eventually surfaced and looked in on cat, Sodface climbed out of her basket and charged towards me, with her best, "Feed me, bitch!" meow.
Sod.
Googled symptoms and rushed her to emergency vet, with heart in mouth. On examination vet suggested was not a saddle thrombosis and thought a slipped disc or an arthritis complication was more likely, though she couldn't rule out something neurological. Gave pws a shot of anti-inflammatory and instructed me to follow up with usual vet.
Cat was back on her feet on return home, but within an hour she was flopping about again. Vet appointment booked with expectation of having to put her down. Cat recovered a little, but was still wobbly on hind legs. Vet issued me with pain/anti-inflammatory meds, while I weighed up whether it was time to call it a day. Had misgivings, but cat was still eating and drinking, and she didn't seem to be in pain, so I thought she should have more time.
I finally headed off to bed today at 5am. When I eventually surfaced and looked in on cat, Sodface climbed out of her basket and charged towards me, with her best, "Feed me, bitch!" meow.
Sod.