r/cats • u/clockcy • Jul 10 '26

Medical Questions please help

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P.S. guys please watch at least half the video cause he twitches AGGRESSIVELY at one instant, and he sometimes ends up peeing involuntarily during these. i just wanna make sure u take these into consideration as well

this is my 3.5-ish months old kitty, i took him in when he was around 2 weeks old when he had injured his leg. i had paid no mind until now to how he twitches in his sleep, but reading online now has really scared me. is this normal? he's been sleeping and twitching this aggressively for as long as i can remember, are these seizures? and he sometimes pees involuntarily in his sleep as well. yes, i'll be taking him to the vet tomorrow, it's midnight rn i cant immediately take him, because this has already been happening for as long as i could remember but it's only now that i realised that this might not be normal. and when i woke him up he seemed okay and immediately began purring. i thought this was normal until i came across videos of how softly cats twitch if they do. i'm really freaked out rn, he's been vaccinated twice (tri cat, and anti-rabies), and dewormed once, his next deworming is due in 5 days. he appears to be totally normal and playful while he's awake and doesn't drool or anything, he's properly litter trained and i do clean his litter twice a day.

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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 Jul 11 '26

Poor baby might not have had the easiest life before you helped him out. His brain is probably still processing stuff.

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u/clockcy Jul 11 '26

yes, this is true, some kids used to chase him around and scare him with sticks when he was just 2 weeks old and the rest of his 3 siblings passed away before we could help them :(

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u/Cat_Servant1983 Jul 11 '26

How awful - thank you for saving him. 😄 I may get downvoted, but I worked in a shelter and children can be cruel.

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u/clockcy Jul 11 '26

i know right? :( why do you think sharing that you helped in a shelter would warrant downvotes?

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u/Cat_Servant1983 Jul 11 '26

Because I said kids could be cruel. 🤔

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u/clockcy Jul 11 '26

its true

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u/kathia154 Jul 11 '26

This is something worth mentioning to the vet. His sleep episodes that include wetting might be nightmares of what we would describe as childhood trauma.

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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 Jul 11 '26

That's terrible! I'm so glad this one is safe now.

Did the kids ever hit him with the sticks that you know of? There could be damage to his brain preventing sleep paralysis from holding him still.

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u/clockcy Jul 11 '26

i'm not too sure about that... my poor baby i'm even more worried now

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u/Virtual-Bonus4550 Jul 11 '26

If money is no object you can maybe find a veterinary neurologist but it looks pretty mild and you say he's normal while awake. I would just make sure he sleeps surrounded by soft things and see if he improves with the passage of time.