Caturday: Cat Stroke

how Happy Cat began sleeping post-stroke
and our first big clue as to what had happened

Diagnosing strange -- and altered --  cat behavior can be quite difficult, if not impossible. Our Happy Cat turned into Sad Cat overnight. We knew he was missing Snyezhka and Bobolink, who had suffered major medical trauma/issues and crossed the rainbow bridge.

After perfect results from a physical check-up, the vet admitted that the picture of Happy Cat sleep was odd, but she had no idea as to why he would be doing that. He also walked unsteady, crossing his legs instead of walking with a straightforward gait. His sight dimmed; again, the vet confirmed that he was not seeing anything much but that physically his eyes looked okay. He walks around in a fog, quite unlike our blind cat Simone, who manages admirably.

Perhaps if we lived closer to a major medical (animal) center, more diagnostic procedures would be available. But, like probably most Americans, we are too far away from such levels of sophisticated cat care. So, we are left to observation and logic.

After some intensive searching on the Internet, I am pretty convinced he had a stroke. Nothing is getting worse; nothing is getting better. Unfortunately, we were not here when he had the stroke (if we are right that this is what happened), so that helpful level of observation was not possible. He just acted confused, was noticed to be sleeping oddly (as in the picture), and experienced difficulty walking one day not all that long ago. No dramatic start, and no end in sight (of course, not, if it is indeed a stroke).

Cat stroke is rare and not often caught by gets. Sad to say, our vet did not even think of it. However, Happy Cat's symptoms are a complete match, so confidence in that lay diagnosis is running high.

For those whose cat owners who might be scratching their heads like we were and might wonder if indeed they are observing the results of a stroke, this article is one of the best that I found: cat stroke symptoms.

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