One of our kitties, Shorty, is a happy energetic nervous 13-year-old with cerebellar hypoplasia. He’s experiencing brief 3 to 5 seconds uncontrolled episodes of thrashing about on the floor followed by biting, tugging, chewing at his coat/skin, sometimes spinning to get at the spot. Curiously these episodes began after an unknown indoor injury to his tail. (a fall? spider bite? tail caught in something?) He carried his tail downwards, a hard lump formed midway w/o abscess or bite marks. His tail is upright w/personality again. He’s now hypersensitive to any touch on his hind quarters especially on his back/flanks near his tail, w/startled jerking when touched there.
We tried an 8 week novel protein diet, & Advantage flea treatment with daily combing. His senior blood panel and x-rays were good.
We watched an excellent YouTube on Hyperesthesia by Dr. Karen Becker who mentioned possible options: acupuncture, especially chiropractic, homeopathy, DMG, CBD, and lowering noise and stress. With Dr. Jeff’s suggestion I’ve dosed aconite 30C after brief episodes.
Our veterinarian has recommended Phenobarbitol. The diagnosis isn’t clear because we don’t know if it’s actually seizure activity. We haven’t been able to capture these very brief episodes on video. We’d like to try options - if possible - without putting him at risk of inadequate treatment if these are indeed seizures. It was mentioned that subtle seizure activity can accompany Hyperesthesia.
Have folks here had successful outcomes with specific treatments to alleviate similar episodes? Thank you for the group’s valuable input >.o.<
We tried an 8 week novel protein diet, & Advantage flea treatment with daily combing. His senior blood panel and x-rays were good.
We watched an excellent YouTube on Hyperesthesia by Dr. Karen Becker who mentioned possible options: acupuncture, especially chiropractic, homeopathy, DMG, CBD, and lowering noise and stress. With Dr. Jeff’s suggestion I’ve dosed aconite 30C after brief episodes.
Our veterinarian has recommended Phenobarbitol. The diagnosis isn’t clear because we don’t know if it’s actually seizure activity. We haven’t been able to capture these very brief episodes on video. We’d like to try options - if possible - without putting him at risk of inadequate treatment if these are indeed seizures. It was mentioned that subtle seizure activity can accompany Hyperesthesia.
Have folks here had successful outcomes with specific treatments to alleviate similar episodes? Thank you for the group’s valuable input >.o.<