I had this happen to one of ours, it started up last November. Now we know it was a sign of cardiomyopathy, which ended his life two weeks ago. I'm not sure if this is one of the solid symptoms and thought I'd post here.
He would twitch lightly with his entire left front leg, when relaxed. Not when he walked or slept, just when he was relaxing. It got more jerky and more frequent. The vet at his last checkup didn't think it was anything at the time. His heart was good, no murmurs, no oddness to the sound of it's working.
But in less than a year his heart walls thickened up and were pumping less and less blood. He was having a slight problem breathing for 2 days (we had two cats just get over an upper respiratory so I was keeping an eye on him, thinking he caught that from them) and on the third day he was fine in the morning but gasping when I came home from work. I got him immediately to the vet.
2007-10-05 12:39:10 · 3 answers · asked by Elaine M 7 in Pets ➔ Cats
The X-ray showed his chest was full of fluid pressing on the lungs. There was nothing they could do. His blood pressure was so low she didn't know why he wasn't passed out.
Long story short--I had to make the decision right there to euthenize, even on oxygen he couldn't breathe right and his heart was too far gone. I was with him as they gave the shot....it was pretty hard, doubly so when it's so unexpected.
It was the left ventricle that was thickest, and the left foreleg that was doing the spasms and twitches.
If anyone has this showing up in their cat--have your vet check the heart, it's an early warning sign that cardiomyopathy is developing and can take your cat very quickly if not treated. It took less than a year, he was going in for his yearly checkup this month....
2007-10-05 12:43:23 · update #1
wow. that is so sad. but thank you for telling us becasue we'll know what to do if we see similar things like that in a cat. thank you so much. god bless you :)
2007-10-06 01:18:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I had this happen to one of ours, it started up last November. Now we know it was a sign of cardiomyopathy, which ended his life two weeks ago. I'm not sure if this is one of the solid symptoms and thought I'd post here.
He would twitch lightly with his entire left front leg, when...
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