My cat just had a seizure. What should I do and is it serious?

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My cat Jet is awesome but we think he may have seizures. He has never had one for the 3 years we have had him but today he had a bad one and was crying and spazzing and then seizing for a minutet. We took him to the vet and she thinks it is probably something mental and seizures but can’t tell for sure. Is it common for cats to seize after 3 years! And is it bad to give them seizure medicine just in case? She recommended a 3000$ MRI but we can’t afford that. What can we do if it happens again? Pet's info: Cat | York Chocolate | Male | neutered | 10 lbs

Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA · Accepted Answer

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

My cat just had a seizure. What should I do and is it serious?

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