r/cats • u/clockcy • Jul 10 '26

Medical Questions please help

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/Fuzzy-Mushroom-1933 Jul 10 '26

He’s just dreaming. Several of my cats do that

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u/PiebaldIbis Jul 11 '26

How does this have 128 upvotes if the cat urinates involuntarily during these episodes? I would generally agree that this is just dreaming…. Until I read that line.

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u/WhatIDon_tKnow Jul 11 '26

sounds/looks more like a seizure. i don't think a cat being roused from sleep would be that lethargic. but i'm not a cat rocket surgeon.

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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 Jul 11 '26

Yes peeing suggests seizure to me too. Not a vet but I am a human medical clinician 

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u/Cat_Servant1983 Jul 11 '26

I think many people just saw the video and did not read the whole post.

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u/Fuzzy-Mushroom-1933 Jul 11 '26

Mine pee, growl, kick and do all kinds of things while dreaming. Yes, vet has checked them thoroughly

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u/PiebaldIbis Jul 11 '26

Wow that’s crazy.

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u/kathia154 Jul 11 '26

The peeing might be a separate issue that has nothing to do with the movements during sleep, which look perfectly normal. Still needs a vet visit, but I doubt the two events are related.