i have a 3 year old female moggy. now, she's always been clumsy, temperamental and arsey but a few weeks before christmas, she absolutely flipped out and attacked my sister and i. i'm talking ears back, fluffed out growling hissing spitting teeth and claws everywhere and she defecated while staring right through me when she cornered me in my bedroom. she had never ever displayed behaviour like it at all so obviously i took her to the vets who diagnosed cystitis and treated with antibiotics and painkillers. the vet noted that one of her pupils wasnt responding to light the same as the other but put it down to stress at being at the vets and her being ill as she has always been terrified of the vets so i didn't think too much of it at the time i just wanted her to feel better
since then she has gone to attack again more than once, has become clumsier and her pupil reaction is such that i can see with no special lighting that her pupils are not only different sizes but different shapes. she is eating 3 times more than usual but gaining no weight, if anything she's getting skinnier and she's always been slender, she's drinking more than usual, has started scenting all the time, sticking her nose right up my nostrils and in my mouth for example. she's extremely possessive over me and very clingy. she's wobbling and struggling with anything but mostly flat and clear surfaces as in she shows no grace or flexibility but isn't limping or displaying any symptoms of pain. she's also become very vocal of late when previously she barely ever raised a meow. she's also sleeping a lot more than she ever used to, she was always a very high energy cat who needed a lot of stimulation.
her injections, worming and flea treatments are all up to date, she has had no injuries or bites (she's an indoor cat anyway)
obviously my concern is that there's something neurological going on but apart from taking her tot he vets asap, what can i do for her?
please, anyone,w hat can i do as i'm devastated that she's seemingly so unwell and i don't know what to do, she's the first cat i've owned outright myself, all other animals were family pets and as such their care was my mums job. i'm absolutely distraught at the thought of losing her 
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OneNightTimeMenaceStrikesBack · 02/01/2016 07:47
Hi OP, your poor girl she does sound quite distressed, must be upsetting for you too to see her like that. I have to be honest her symptoms sound far too complex for there to be any real way to help her other than getting her back to the vet asap. I would also suspect something neurological from what you describe. Sorry I can't be more positive, please let us know how you get on when you've taken her 
I think apart from a vets visit, there is little you can do. If you have a vets hospital near you, I'd take your cat along for an emergency visit as soon as you can. Get a fresh pair of professional eyes to look at the symptoms.
Good luck
things are okay. she's been calmer over the last few days but we've had no visitors or anything to upset her. i have an appointment booked for her and a vague idea of the cost for the first round of investigations so i know what i'm working with for now. i'm obviously still hugely worried for her but trying not to get ahead of myself and to wait and see what the vet says but i do know it doesnt seem good for her
well, the vet did a general health check up and then a basic neuro exam and agreed that things don't look right based on gandalfs pupils and the symptoms and behaviours ive described to them. going back in with her tomorrow to have blood, urine and stool samples taken for testing and then we wait and go from the results but some sort of scan on her brain and spinal cord is looking likely and the vet didnt want to say too much, i could tell but she said basically it could go either way right now and she didn't want to upset me OR give me false hope so yeah. thats what we know so far
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thanks cozie i know it doesn't sound good and i do think the vet was trying to get that across without having to say it. i've lost pets before but never had to deal with it outright myself if you know what i mean as they were always family pets, Gandalf is my baby and it's for me to deal with and to make her as comfortable as possible. i'm not hopeful right now though
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