For some owners of cats, sometimes unpleasant moments occur in their content, when suddenly convulsions appear. Seizures are always the result of some neurological disorder, when a cat or cat loses control over the muscles of their body. In parallel with cramps, other symptoms sometimes occur, such as spasms, convulsions, loss of consciousness, spontaneous defecation and urination. The animal ceases to recognize the hosts, anger develops.
Causes of seizures in a cat
The causes of seizures in a cat can be many. One of the causes of epilepsy is a disease that is rare and difficult to diagnose.
Causes convulsions in the cat, non-purulent meningoencephalitis, inflammation of the brain, which is also diagnosed difficult.
Cerebral ischemic encephalopathy reduces the flow of blood to the brain, while causing seizures in the cat. For an animal, infectious peritonitis is very dangerous, in which the kidneys, abdominal cavity and brain are affected. It is caused by the virus of leukemia, immunodeficiency, rabies , cryptococci, coronovirus.
The cause of seizures are tumors, lymphoma.
Convulsions are also caused by toxoplasmosis, which affects the immune system. This disease of cats is also dangerous for humans.
If the cat has cramps of hind paws, this should alert, as this may be a manifestation of a stroke. It is urgent to call a doctor.
Cramps of hind legs in a cat can be with hyperparathyroidism, a disease manifested in weakness of the pelvic extremities. Sometimes cramps occur in cats after childbirth. This, most likely, indicates the washing away of calcium from the body. Kittens are taken away, temporarily transferred to artificial feeding, and the cat is prescribed calcium preparations.
The cause of seizures is infection with helminths, mites, as well as poisoning and drug overdose. In kittens leads to convulsions rapid change of teeth.
Sometimes the cat's cramps occur in a dream. This indicates changes in the peripheral nervous system. Animals need B vitamins.
If you observe cramps in a cat, the question arises - what to do? We must wait until the animal calms down, and then turn to the doctor, as it is almost impossible to establish the cause of this phenomenon.