My Cat’s Strange Symptoms (Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome)

NOTE: This video is old and my cat was first diagnosed with Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome. His symptoms disappeared immediately after going on Tramadol and Phenobarbitol. Recently he had an ultrasound and it NOW appears that FHS is maybe NOT the cause of his symptoms. His intestinal track had inflammation and now it appears he has IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). He is now taking Budesonide. ——————————————— This is my 7 year old cat, Dracula. He is awesome and mellow and totally people friendly. I know this looks like a pissed-off cat, but he is not angry in the normal sense. He is obviously irritated but he is not being provoked or anything of the sort. He started having these fits about a year ago, totally out of the blue and the vet hasn’t been able to crack it yet — for one thing, he’s always totally normal and fine when I take him to the vet. The first time he did it, I thought he had an abscess because he is indoor / outdoor and occasionally gets in scuffles. And, usually when a cat has an abscess, they get sensitive and irritable. So, I took him to the vet the next morning but there was no injury and he was acting normal, like nothing had happened. The vet gave him an enema because he thought he might be constipated from my description. This is a hard thing to describe, so I filmed it. Basically, he does this TOTALLY out of the blue a few times a day — usually at night at around 9 after I get home from work and he comes in and eats …

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