1. epilepsy in cats Main symptoms:
The aura stage: showing restlessness, irritability, nodding or shaking his head, yowling, hiding in the dark, etc. It lasts only a few seconds or minutes and is generally unnoticed.
Attack period: loss of consciousness, sudden fall to the ground, opisthotonus, muscle tonic spasm first, followed by paroxysmal spasm, swimming-like movement of the limbs, common chewing movement.
Late stage of the attack: Intuition is restored, but different degrees of visual disturbance, ataxia, confusion, fatigue, etc. appear. This period lasts for a few seconds or a few days. The interval between seizures in dogs varies in length, some have multiple seizures a day, and the dog has no symptoms during the non-onset period.
2. How to treat
It can be treated with drugs, such as Beedingkang, Phenobarbital and Epilepsy. Any epilepsy treatment is to suppress the seizure of epilepsy, and you must pay attention and be careful. Epilepsy will recur, so don’t take it lightly.
3. Prevention
1. Try to keep the cat in a relatively quiet space, because high-pitched sounds are also one of the triggers for seizures
2. Cats need to pay attention to their health and safety in their diet, and deworm them regularly.
3. At ordinary times, pay more attention to the cat’s mood and observe the cat’s abnormal behavior.
4. It is necessary to record the time and frequency of the cat’s attack, whether the attack is continuous or intermittent, and the doctor can better understand the cat’s situation by recording it clearly.