Over the past year I've seen my 19 year cat old have a fit several times. She's been to the vet, who basically said that she's too old for any tests. So I'm wondering whether anyone's had anything similar with their cat.
The fits are pretty brutal - going stiff, growling, falling over, jerking or scrabbling, foaming at the mouth, slowly recovering, but remaining shocked for a while and weak for longer.
I've come to realise that the fits are set off by humans, on a couple of occasions by me when I jerked cat food out of a sachet into the cat bowl, and recently when someone struggled to get some paracetamol out of the metal packet. I sometimes see the cat stiffening, and stop what I'm doing so that she doesn't go farther and have a fit. Anything resembling a jerky movement sets her off.
I'm curious as to what may be causing this.
She was ill recently, and I thought she was probably reaching the end of her life, but she recovered and is generally happy (though getting frail) and has a good appetite. But I'm sure that a few fits in a succession would be too much for her to take.