My cat had a seizure. Should I be worried and take him to the vet?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Male | unneutered
My cat just had a grand mal seizure. This it's the frosty one he had ever had and he's around two years old. Should I worry about him?
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Published on June 7th, 2017
I would recommend taking Monkey in to the vet. Toxins can cause seizures and while epilepsy can occasionally be seen in cats it's not common. He should be evaluated to see what caused the seizure.
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Seizures in cats are more rare than dogs and are slightly more concerning. Potential causes include toxin exposure, infections and even organ disease. Whereas with dogs we sometimes don't do too much if they only had one seizure with cats I recommend they go ahead and at least get examined by the veterinarian to ensure nothing is going on.
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Published on May 24th, 2019
Seizures can develop at any age and in many cases only happen once, or very infrequently. All anti-seizure medications have side effects and it would not be recommended to treat unless the seizures were frequent or if the first seizure was prolonged (more than 5mins). Given the brief nature and no previous history it would be ok to watch and wait to see if signs develop or progress in the future - it can help to keep a diary to track any unusual behaviors or symptoms as these may build up a pattern of what if anything is developing or trigerring seizures
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