My Big Buddy had a stroke (17)
My Buddy, who is just one month shy of 17 years old. He is the last of an original pack of 4 cats. His 3 brothers and sisters passed. One last year to kidney failure at 16. One to lymphoma cancer at age 13. And one to heart failure at age 13. I still have 3 other cats that are his friends that I got after his original crew started passing away. He just got diagnosed with Stage 3 Kidney Disease a few months ago. The other day he started walking in circles, pushing his head against the wall, peeing on the floor. And then the next day he couldn’t walk at all. If he tried to walk more than 2 feet he would stumble all over the place and fall down. He started peeing on himself. And then he would just lay there with a dead look in his face. Pretty sure it was a stroke. But it was definitely a neurological issue. My question is has anyone else out there ever had a cat that had a stroke? It’s been about 48 hours and he has improved significantly. He’s walking around without stumbling. His appetite is back. I’ve read that the first 48 to 72 hours is when you’ll see the most improvement. And then within two weeks is when you’ll know how much they’ve really improved. I have pet insurance through spot so if I have to, I’m gonna take him to med vet and have a neurologist give him an MRI. Was going to do that today. But he had already shown so much improvement just over the course of the night. If anyone else out there has had a cat that went through a stroke. Tell me what signs you saw, how you dealt with it, and how they improved.