I'm sorry to read about your kitten having a seizure. Vets will tell you seizures/epilepsy in cats is rare, however, we personally have three epileptic cats and two others with seizure disorders (and a 14 year old epileptic dog) and I am a member of yahoo's feline epilepsy group. We stand at 600 members and are growing every day, so seems to me that it isn't as rare as we are lead to believe.

Seizures can be caused by many different things - and yes the first time you witness one, it can be very terrifying. Do try very hard to stay calm should it happen again as your stress will only make it harder on your little one as she picks up your stress and fear.

Seizures can be caused by items in the home - chemicals, cleaning solvents, plants. They can also be caused by overexursion, especially if there is an undiagnosed heart problem. Other things that are rare are high blood pressure (especially in a kit so young), liver shunts, brain tumors.

If you are not a regular member of yahoo groups, I urge you to join and then join the feline epilepsy yahoo group. It is a great group of individuals all with cats who have seizures or epilepsy. The moderator is studying to be a vet and is a fantastic help with suggestions for tests to have run and understanding the tests and medications prescribed.

The thing to realize - most all cats can live long and healthy lives with a seizure disorder or epilepsy. Medications, most often, phenobarbitol help to control the seizures - if it is epilepsy you can't 'cure' it, but you can control it. Like I said, we have several seizure/epilepsy cats - all over four years old who have been controlled with phenobarb. Our dog has been an epileptic from the first night we rescued her from the middle of a busy highway and she had a seizure that night.

Please join the epilepsy group, post your story and let the group welcome you and help to calm your fears. Our moderator will help you with the tests to have run and medication doses.

Stay calm. /mari

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