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Below is typical of what the internet says:

In moderate or more severe cases, low blood potassium results in extreme muscle weakness and can make walking or holding up the weight of the head difficult.

https://wagwalking.com/cat/condition/lo ... -potassium

Was she exhibiting any stumbles?

She went back in yesterday for her X ray, but the vets did blood electrolyte tests first, as the had a main blood test 2 weeks ago. He phoned me up at 12ish and says she has very low potassium (2.9 mmol/l when normal range is 3.4-5.6). I asked if I could have a copy of the blood test. The sodium to ...

Fingers crossed for the x-ray. I've never heard a vet say that arthritis is uncommon in cats, even the Pets at Home articles say it's common! I know, it says it's common everywhere. The vet just freaked me out. Two of them went for a half hour wander this evening with me. Her back left leg looked v...

Thanks, both. The vet was palpating her legs a lot this morning, maybe he hurt her, I don't know.

She climbed up the fence onto the flat roof and back down again today.

Will observe her and film her walk, as the phone video where she stumbled once was what the vet based his idea on.

I took her to the vet for a follow up today, and the (different vet) says that arthritis is very uncommon in cats (although the internet says different) and it may be neurological. Since we got back from the vets today she's been stumbling more, although I hadn't noticed anything in 2 weeks previous...

Waiting for their dinner on the roof:

She's on Gabapentin for the next 2 weeks.

Blood test came through all clear, and she went for her walk up the road with a normal gait this evening.

Probably just age catching up with her.

She went to the vets today, and the vet was surprisingly quite thorough (finally allowed to get inside the examination room with the cats, had to wait outside in the car park for the last year due to covid concerns). He examined her for ages and could see no signs of clots, neurological issues or in...

Has anyone's cat had periocular dermatitis? One of my cats had a white ring around one of her eyes, which still mostly seems to be there but the vets don't seem concerned.

Hi One of my cats (around 13 y.o.) ocassionally stumbles (ever so slightly) when walking, particularly around obstacles (such as the keyboards and mice on my desk). Today she went for her walk and I'm not convinced her back legs are working as well as her front ones. I first noticed this a few weeks...

Two of my cats have had pancreatitis, one in 2016, one in 2019 (she really wasn't well and was hospitalised for 3 days). Both are fine now, and haven't yet had a recurrence.

One of my cats had a lump for about three weeks after a vaccination, as did the OP in this post:

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Hi, yes, sorry for delay.

I did, vet did a fine needle aspiration, said he thought it was a cyst. Turned out to be nothing, just a reaction to the injection.

It went down after a week or so.

She had her jabs again a few weeks ago, nothing this time.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/regulation/6/made Restrictions on movement 6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse includes the need— (a )to obtain basic ...

This link may be of interest:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52011915

It says that vets and pet shops will remain open after tonight's announcement.

One of my cats had her annual vaccinations on the 5th and I noticed a lump under her fur around the vaccination site on sunday. I posted on another thread. I was worried about fibrosarcomas, and have spent a torrid week since I took her to the vets on tuesday morning, convinced it was cancer. She wa...

One of my cats had her annual vaccinations on the 5th (12 days ago) and I noticed a lump under her fur around the vaccination site last night. Obviously I'm worried about fibrosarcomas, but realise that it could be a vaccination lump. Do you think it's worth getting her checked out at the vets, or t...

Don't want to speak too soon, but there's been no recurrence for 15 days and noticed her faeces were solid yesterday.

Thanks all. I'm squirting the medication into her mouth after food (much to her chagrin) and have seen diarrhoea in the tray. I saw her straining yesterday and she produced a small amount of diarrhoea. I haven't noticed any blood for two days (touch wood). Eating normally, and diarrhoea stools seem ...

Coco's chin acne cleared up by itself, but plastic or dirty bowls are one of the main culprits.

Two of my cats have had pancreatitis (at different times), and the vet wanted to see them back in the surgery two days after to check up on them.

Did the vets ask you to come back?

Anyone with a cat whose had colitis ?

Hi all. You may recall that one of my cats has had sporadic diarrhoea and blood in her faeces (usually about once every six months), that the vets aren't concerned about. Now another cat has had the same thing, only it has happened every day since thursday. She is straining, and watery, often bright...

I got the follow up blood test results from the vets today, and everything is now back to normal.

She's been acting fine for the last two weeks. Fingers crossed.

Acting almost normal friday and today so far, eating a fair amount, going outside, rolling, scratching fence posts etc. Vets today said jaundice and temperature has gone - the inflamed pancreas was squashing the bile duct, so have to go back for more bloods in 2 weeks. Gave her a jab to replace 2 of...

She's back home now, with 4 pills to take per day! Has to go back on saturday for a check up. Let's hope it gets better. She's certainly much different from how she was earlier in the week. Has been eating loads of Royal Canin, but has gone back to sleep now.

Thanks for all the support. She was anaesthetised while they gave her a scan and an ultrasound today, and fortunately there were no signs of tumours. Apparently she had a blocked bile duct and pancreatitis. One of my others had the latter three years ago and was fine within a week. I hope hers is th...

The vet said she has a scan tomorrow to see whether it's an infection/cancer etc. The blood tests indicated her liver is quite inflamed. I went and saw her earlier in her pen and she actually was standing up, connected to a drip) and ate a bowl of food while I was there (didn't touch it before I arr...

Hi. Two days ago one of my cats started hiding away. Yesterday I took her to the vets and temperature was normal, no obvious signs of anything, gums pink etc. The vet said try feeding her for another day and bring her in if she's not better tomorrow (today). Very little food eaten yesterday, no wate...