Neurolical problem in cat

Question
My cat is approximately 4 months and has been diagnosed with a neurological problem by a vet. She has head tilting, falls over when walking, sleeping or even just sitting still. She also walks or hits into furniture or walls. She basically looks like she is drunk.  This has been happening for 3 weeks now and keeps getting worse. She eats well and still loves playing.

I have no idea how this happened cause the vet did not do blood work etc. He said if she does not respond to treatment I may have to consider putting her to sleep. Is there anything I can do to help improve her chances.

Answer
She may have been born with this Justine. Momma cats that have panleukopenia while they are pregnant will have kittens with neurological issues just like this.Also kittens that get it themselves and survive commonly can have this disease. They develop CH,or cerebellar hypoplasia.

I am not a vet, but I do not know of any treatment except for steroids for this. Some kittens will recover enough to live a fairly normal life but they will not be safe from falls, etc.

They will never walk normally but will stagger and sometimes fall. If she is able to eat, use the litterbox, be spayed etc, then she can live a happy life with you. But she must be treated always as a 'special needs' pet.

If she cannot eat, or cannot stand at all, or react normally to you or look around at her surroundings, then the only kind and loving thing to do is put her down.

But give her some time. Ask your vet how long- say six months- you can give her to see if she will adjust and live somewhat normally.

Of course it's much harder to let them go by then, so you really need to do some hard thinking on this one.  

I did find this site after doing some research, so you might want to check it out.
http://www.chkittyclub.com/
 
take care and please let me know how she does.