Eclampsia in cats is a milk fever caused by hypocalcemia, i.e. calcium metabolism disorder. It occurs in the first weeks after delivery due to calcium leaching from the body. Most often eclampsia develops in multiparous cats.
Signs of milk fever are an excited state of the animal, pale mucous membranes, restlessness, rapid breathing. The cat leaves the kittens in search of privacy. Her movements become abrupt, her muzzle becomes sharpened, and the skin on it tightens until her teeth are exposed. As the condition worsens, the animal falls on its side, has seizures and twitching of the legs, and salivation increases.
Increased excitability in cats with eclampsia is expressed by jumping up to the ceiling and walking on hind legs. Some animals, on the contrary, show sluggishness of the hind legs, inhibition, indifference to kittens and not recognizing their owners.
Treatment of eclampsia in cats
When the first signs of eclampsia appear, 2 injections of calcium in a volume of 1.5 ml are administered to the cat’s hind legs. If there is no lasting effect, after half an hour, injections are repeated in the same dosage. If the stabilization of the animal’s condition is achieved, 3 more injections in the same dosage are given, but with an interval of 12 hours. Further treatment is carried out according to the scheme of one injection every 7 days (until the end of feeding).
To facilitate the introduction of calcium, experts advise warming the syringe with the medicine to room temperature, you can in your hands.