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Originally Posted by Acrophylla
During the early hours of this morning, my cat (who's about 8 years old) woke me up on three separate occasions. Every time she appeared to be "fitting", almost like an epileptic seizure? Her eyes were flickering and she was gasping. It lasted a few minutes. I've never her seen her do that before and she looked worried. It's completely different behaviour to when a cat wretches and convulses as it tries to vomit. Any thoughts on what could be wrong?
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Found this vet site quote about fits, don't know whether it will help you or not........
Fits
Fitting is fairly uncommon in cats. Potential causes are poisoning, brain tumours, severe liver or kidney disease and post-viral inflammation in the brain. A fit can be recognised by sudden uncontrolled spasmodic movements, often with chomping of the jaw and muscle twitches across the head and neck. The cat will often fall onto its side and will not be aware of its surroundings. Most fits only last a few minutes although afterwards your cat will be drowsy and disorientated for an hour or two.
If your cat is having a fit don’t try to restrain it – you make the fit worse and could get bitten or scratched badly. Try to move or pad any furniture or hard objects on which the cat could hurt itself. Keep the room dark and quiet to reduce further stimulation.
If the fit only lasts a few minutes and the cat then appears normal, keep it inside, quiet and arrange a check up at the vets. If the fit lasts more than 10 minutes or the cat keeps having attacks, it should be seen as an emergency.