Is this symptomatic of a lateral medullary lesion in cats?

Question

1.5 yrs ago, my cat (who is now 12 yrs old), started having little trembles. I took him to the vet who referred me to an out-of-state neurologist. Ya--sounds really affordable, I know! Anyway, b/c his quality of life is still great, he eats well, purrs a lot, grooms himself, etc., I have chosen not to seek the care of a specialist. He still trembles a lot and has increasingly lost his balance when jumping on or off of furniture or my lap. Now he has hiccups frequently. It'll last for about 5 mins, w/a hiccup every 15 secs or so, and this occurs about 4x/day. My research indicates all of these sypmtoms combined are symptomatic of a lateral medullary lesion in humans. Any vets out there with an opinion about extrapolating this to felines?

Answer 1

If you had stuck with the referral of your vet, the cat may have been cured of all of this, these are the symptoms of this particular lesion.

I called my vet before answering this, and the symtom will not go away without treatment from a specialist such as a neurologist.

you may to rethink and take the cat to the specialist.

sorry that your cat is not doing too well.

good luck and god bless your little baby,.