Vet Advice on Identifying and Treating Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
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DUDE I thought this is how cats act?? My cat is like this and I thought it was Zoomies
That's a good question! Zoomies are different than this as the cat will appear to be playing/having fun instead of being bothered/upset if the behavior is secondary to hyperesthesia.
As a human doctor, I very much appreciate your explanation of the work up before arriving at a diagnosis of exclusion.
It's one of my *pet peeves* that people jump to 'it's a behavioral issue' out of the gate. This happens more often to cats than it does to dogs in vet med and I get so angry about it because so many animals suffer with untreated (often painful) issues. It's completely irresponsible to do that to patients, no matter what species they are!!!
I truly understand having to do the work up. You can mistreat if you don’t know. I was just curious of the expense of all the different test. I think someone might decide not to take their pet to the vet if they think it would be very expensive. That would be awful as well.
Thank you so very much.
Thank you for your emphasis on doing a proper work up! Also I like the new graphics :)
I appreciate that you took the time to watch the video! ☺️
Thank you for this! This wad very informative❤
I'm so glad you found it helpful - that makes my day 😊
I’m looking into this for my baby Jane. She doesn’t have fleas, is perfectly healthy, but the past couple months has started to stare into the corner of my bedroom, then switch her tail, bite her front legs, back end & seriously jumpy. Then she runs around acting just not like herself.
I’ve found that cuddling with her when she exhibits those behaviors helps her to calm down. She LOVES face massages. So I cuddle & give a massage. About 20mins later she will calm down.
As the video notes, you'll need to work with your veterinarian to rule out itching and pain as those are incredibly common causes of the behavior you are noting. I wish you all the best in sorting out the underlying cause of your cat's symptoms.
Love the new intro graphics!
Oh thank you!!! I appreciate your attention to detail 💜
Would love to see a video on "petting induced aggression" in cats.
Excellent suggestion, and it wasn't on my list yet, I will add it 😊
I was looking for more discussion from other vets on this condition when I came across your video.
The neurologist vet just diagnosed my girl as having feline hyperesthesia based on all the symptoms I told her. MRI was quoted at $4k-$8k! WHO has that kind of money? Vet said I didn’t have to do that since, from her experience, 99% of past cat patients turned out normal. We did do some bloodwork. Right now, we are figuring out what combination of meds will work for her as every cat is different. She acknowledged that this condition is a difficult and challenging to owners and cats because there's still so much unknown.
I hope that a successful treatment can be sorted out and implemented for your cat! I'm so glad you are working with a veterinary neurologist on this 🐾💪
This is really useful. My boyfriend and I rescued a kitten from the street back in 2020.
She was really lovely, cuddly, until she's about 2 years old, then she turned into this "demon zombie" we would call.
Symptoms are exactly as mentioned in the video...
We can no longer pet her, carry her without being attacked. It gets so bad that she would just grab our leg and attack it when we walk past her
We notice she would just have intense shaking tails that doesn't feel like the ordinary "angry tail swing". With all thise aggressive grooming and biting behavior.. And the back skin is always twitching and we thought it's what cats do.. (our very first cat)
I feel so guilty and ashamed for handling her when she might be in pain or discomfort all this time. I just found out this disorder existed yesterday 😢
I'm so sorry that your cat is going through all of this. You definitely need to work with a veterinarian to do an appropriate medical work up.
I wish you all the best, and am so glad you found VMC. Welcome.
My Baby cat had this. Horrible to watch an episode. She has now passed. Miss her. Her father was a type of Siamese.
My cat has this and just had a several minutes long where he was gasping for air but couldn’t hold himself from running
Im tired of seeing him suffer and I want to cry everytime I see this so I want to help him
You definitely need to work with your veterinarian and go through an appropriate medical work up for your cat.
@@VetMedCorner Planning to do so. Thank you, your video was useful aswell, I got to learn about his conditions, words cannot express how grateful I am
This kind comment just made my day, thank you ☺️
I hope that an effective treatment plan can be figured out for your cat.
My cat literally when she wants food
My cat did this (or at least what he was doing fits the description of this) for the first time today and I don't know what to do. He's around 12 years old and I was wondering if there's anything I could do to comfort him if it happens again.
I've suspected my 7 yr old has had it for a while. He twitches back ,starts to chew his back or tail then runs away. He also chews on his front legs a lot and gets scared easily . I'd like to try to rule some stuff at home . He does get flea treatments. So idt that's the issue. I try to play with him ,but he just seems uninterested. I have taught him tricks which he seems to enjoy ,but finding snacks has been a pain bc he's very picky.
Sounds like it's time to see your veterinarian to start giving your cat medication to start addressing what's going on. All the best!
Hi
How is he now? Even my cat is suffering from this since one month. I hope she gets well soon🙂
We adopted a three month old kitten who was already exhibiting this. Her tail had been broken at some point and the tip healed crookedly. My husband and I think this caused some lower back damage and started this up in her.
In this situation, chronic pain is the most likely cause and so you need to work with your veterinarian and possibly a veterinary orthopedic or neurological specialist to get this figured out and treated/managed.
Would back twitching and excessive rubbing on person's legs to the point he works himself up to being agitated be considered a behavioral problem of this issue?
Great question! From this description, I'm not sure. It sounds like it could be that your cat wants something from you (what does the daily enrichment look like? Do you have play sessions morning and evening? Daily training sessions? Food puzzles? Etc?) or this could be related to something like pain where your cat is trying to relieve something that's bothering them... When you see your veterinarian, bring them some video of what your cat is doing as that will likely be helpful.
All the best!
My cat is just 2, he's also doing so but our vet said it might be acidity, even after vaccine for the same hes still behaving in the same way ! He hiss and even strach us if we touch around his tail.
Can you please help me with this !
Did you happen to watch the video? You'll need to see a veterinarian who will do a proper medical work up, as is described in the video.
I have seen that type of grooming and leg twitching in My cat. Recently i noticed the twitching in her back as well. She's turned one not too long ago. She's partial Birman. I've been to the vet several times cuz she coughs after she drinks water. Could this also have something to do with this syndrom?
Thank you for the question! Over UA-cam it's tough to say much, but coughing isn't generally associated with this. Coughing generally needs a respiratory and cardiac work up (this usually means x-rays of the neck/chest and am ultrasound of the heart). I hope you are successful working with your veterinarian to sort out what's going on!
Does this look like zoomies?? My cat chases it's tale rarely like today. Or when he wants to poop, he he will run around and start yowling at the roof, go under the bed and do pull ups and then run to the litterbox later….
He does have a ticklish tail when I touch his tail base.. Can you please help? Haven't found anything so far in bloodwork
It can, you'll need to work with your veterinarian to do an appropriate medical work up, including a trial of pain medication.
We are undergoing this with our vet. My cat only has these extreme episodes during and after she has a bowel movement. She runs frantically while pooping and after her back ripples while she harshly grooms her back and under her tail. We have finished antibiotics and finishing steroids. Also taking gabapenton but just half because it sedates her. She is only 1.5 years old and it just came on. She also had urinary crystals so it’s a complex diagnosis. The cat in your video looks exactly like ours. Shes identical to the beige cat with stripes and blue eyes. (Aka lynx point Siamese). Have you ever seen this connected with voiding?? Please I’d love your feedback.
I'm so sorry to hear that you are having a tough time with your cat. From your description, this most closely fits with your cat having untreated pain of some sort (orthopedic? Neurologic? GI related?) that is worst during bowel movements. Your cat needs imaging (we often start with x-rays, and if those appear to be normal then get your veterinarian to send you to a veterinary neurologist).
All the best to you and your cat.
@@VetMedCorner Thank you so much for your response. We have had imaging and next step is neurologist. It's just so odd. She just started doing this. You can tell when she is going to need to poop because she croutches and does little fast runs. Then gets zoomies and twitches. Followed by little sits to poop and keeps running. Recently, I was able to catch her before it started, put her in her litter box and held her there while calmly petting her and softly telling her what a good girl she is. She acted so disgusted by her potty. I helped her back scratch over it, which she then continued on her own. Shes on a strict perscription hills diet (both dry and canned) for urinary crystals so the only treat reward I can do now is making a 'gravy' out of her canned food. It was interesting because she didnt have the agitation afterward. I had given her a 1/2 of a gabapenton about an hour before so I'm wondering if it helped. I have noticed sometimes when she is aggitated and running around with the rippling back and washing under her tail and hind quarters I am able to pick her up and put my hand on her back which seems to stop the 'attack' sooner. I havn't come across anyone else seeing the link with the process of pooping and FHS as of yet.
I know you said that a complete check of everything should be done before jumping straight to one diagnose. Isn’t that very expensive?
It's less expensive than treating the wrong thing and potentially causing harm.
Hi, my cat was I was diagnosed with FHS , doctors gave injections of neurobion and calcium muscle and anti allergy, b complex, my cat is still twitching and running around:( what am I supposed to do?
Did your cat go through the diagnostic and medication trials outlined in the video? If not, that's the place to start.
When I pet my girl she ripples as I’m doing it. I thought all car do?
Although I am guessing from a brief comment, without any context, what's most likely in this situation is that your cat is slightly annoyed with how you are petting it. Cats generally overwhelmingly want to be touched around their head, so I would try that!
@@VetMedCorner that’s what it is. The ripple is usually followed by a bite 😂😂
Hi
I visited my vet as my cat was very itchy and restless. She was acting exact same way which is shown in the video. My vet did spot on but still she was facing same issue so i took her to another vet and he asked me about her medical history. I told him that we neutered our cat in September 2023 and now she is 6 years old. He told us that maybe some part of her ovary is left inside of her. I was not able to trust that doctor.
Can you please tell me if it can be one of the reasons?
Thank you for the question! Without examining your cat it's impossible for me to diagnose anything, however in general cats with an ovarian remnant act like they are in heat.
My cat way over grooms
A cat won't overgroom because of hunger so it's necessary to see your veterinarian for a medical work up!
@VetMedCorner my cat does not groom do to hunger. She is well fed. The vet said she has allergies
Gotcha! If your GP veterinarian has done what they can to help you then it's time to see a veterinary dermatologist for additional help in managing the allergies. All the best!
my cat only has a few of these symptoms. i can’t pet her near her tail or really her back at all because she starts to lick excessively like she can’t control it and sometimes bites herself. she will also randomly start licking but in a very aggressive way and she grooms herself constantly. these are really the only symptoms she has. could this be it?
Yes, it's possible. However, as the video discusses before this can be diagnosed, we first need to rule out the other possibilities (like back/hip/arthritis pain...).
You'll need to work with your veterinarian to do a proper medical work up!