Catatonic cat

[flexagon]

Emergency vet visit on Tuesday night, the scariest Nala episode since sometime last year. This time she stopped being able to use her hind legs very well; suddenly one of them froze up, kind of in a forward position, and then she started yowling in the very unhappy way she does when she's having an Episode and then she went mostly non-responsive. We laid her down in the sun and petted her (she was conscious) while doing some web searches, then called the vet while she worked on being able to walk again. They wanted to see her, so I took her in and spent a lot of money to learn that... well... she is old. Nothing really new. We did an X-ray for something the vet felt in her abdomen, but it turned out just to be stool.

Thanks to covid-19, vets don't let you go in to the office anymore. The vets come out and take your pet in from the sidewalk, then take payment over the phone and bring the pet back out when they are done. I found myself thinking unhappily about euthanasia, how much it would suck to not be able to go in with her in that case, and wrote to a house call vet to see if that kind of service is still available.

In the meantime, the expensive little wobbler is TOTALLY FINE and is walking around like nothing happened, and is now curled up in front of the fireplace. Her birthday is soon; last year I celebrated on 4/6 so I guess that's her birthday, or close enough.

Comments

[justplainuniverse]

yikes, terrifying! so glad she's basically OK.

[flexagon]

Thank you! She is glad too.

[melebeth]

I'm glad she's ok! Pets can be terrifying

[flexagon]

Terrifying and such a pain! Good thing for them that they are cute.

[randysmith]

Arggh Sympathies.

[meat_and_breath]

The partner of one of the guys on my team works at a vet, and at least at her vet they do allow owners in for euthanasia. Not to dwell on the topic, but they do seem to be making exceptions in that case.

[flexagon]

That's great. I also read at least one story on reddit from a person whose vet did not make that exception, so who knows -- I did hear back from the house call vet, though, and she's still operating, and that's my preference anyway.

[meat_and_breath]

Yeah, that does feel like a better option for lots of reasons. Fingers crossed that's not a thing you have to worry about for a while still.

[coraline]

oh kitty. glad she's... doing ok for the moment? *hugs for you*

[cordjostler]

Glad she's ok!
I remember this kind of thing with my ancient cat before he passed. I think he was getting cramps.