Should I be worried if my cat ran into the wall and hit her head?
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Should I be worried if my cat ran into the wall and hit her head?
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When my cat was a kitten, we were worried about our ability to keep our wild child alive. Severe head trauma was not something that she worried about. We had her regularly examined by our vet, and she was fine. Now she’s 7 and a perfectly sweet, loving lap cat. Kittens and young cats can be a little crazy. Mostly, they recover quickly. Then they get older and heavier and can no longer perform their kitten acrobatics.
While cats can cause concussion by doing unwise acrobatic moves, most of the time it’s just an embarrassing incident for them.
Concussion can have a number of symptoms including behavior change, unequal pupil sizes, inappropriate pupil sizes for lighting conditions or in -coordinati…
It depends on how hard she hit, how old she is (sorry for using a female pronoun; currently I have females who own me). My little one is crazy, she fell off the roof of the house and toolshed. She just sat up, shook her head, mumbling to herself (she’s a talker) and I went outside to see if she was ok. I saw this from the window where I usually sit at.She was more mad at herself for not being careful I think. I watched her (I let her in for the rest of the day),she was fine.
I would watch for 24 hours to see if any abnormal actions occur. Look at her eyes to check occasionally her pupils are dialated, any blood coming from ANYWHERE, appetite normal, shaking of head more, physical appearance normal, etc. If all normal for 2 days it’s probably alright. If worried, go to the vet absolutely. I’m not a vet, and I can’t actually see your cat. But after having 7, I found they are fairly used to bumping into things.
Now if the cat is over 10 years old, I would be more cautious and get to a vet at the FIRST anomaly. Older cats aren’t as resilient as younger. A check out would be best.
Keep an eye on your cat. If she’s acting like nothing happened, or like, yes, that was totally what she intended to do all along, then your cat is just fine.
If your cat is hiding, you should go and check that it’s not more than just her ego that is hurt.
If your cat is unsteady on her feet, has dilated pupils that may be of different sizes or erratic eye movement, a tilted head, spells of unconsciousness or if your cat is bleeding then you need to take her to a vet for examination.
Thanks for the A2A. It would depend on how hard she hit. If it seemed very hard, you might want to consult a vet, just to be safe. If you don’t go to the vet, at least observe her and watch for things like trouble walking, loss of balance, unequal pupils, nausea, excessive sleeping, being hard to wake up, etc. if she shows any of those signs, take her to an emergency animal clinic immediately as those would indicate possible bleeding, or a concussion.
If she is acting fine, then she is most likely okay. Cats have pretty hard heads. If she is acting like she cannot see, yowling, holding her head in a weird position or walking in circles, she has a big problem and needs to go to the vet now. But if she is acting normal and there isn’t a huge lump or soft spot there on her head, she should be fine.
Thanks for the A2A.
Boo bear runs into things all the time and Benny’s been bopped a couple times and they’re all fine.
I wouldn’t worry unless she starts acting really abnormal outside her normal personally and then take her to the vet. But she should be fine
I have had several cats who were pretty wild and crazy during their first couple of years. There were a number of times where they would be racing at top speed and not quite make a corner, skidding into a wall or door frame. Once, Isaac ran into my shin as he tried to stop. That hurt, raising a big knot on the bone. He just took off into a different direction.
Unless, your cat knocked himself out, I would not worry about him. Just as kids get bumps on their heads at times when playing hard, kittens and puppies will do the same. Just check them if you can get a hold of them. They are usually okay though and want to get back to whatever game they were playing. They settle down by the time they are three or four. Or at least part of the time. 😀
Maybe. The first time my cat Carmilla ran into a wall I didn’t think anything of it. When she kept on doing it, I realized she had gone blind—she was an older cat when this happened. But my young cat Pan runs into the hallway wall all the time: He’ll be chasing something and gets so excited that he doesn’t notice the wall until he makes contact with it.
Probably not. Unless she starts showing signs of a concussion, you have nothing to worry about.
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Was she doing the power-slide across the linoleum?
No – slamming face-first into things is normal cat behaviour, as is falling off things, knocking things over, missing the jump by an inch, forgetting the edge is an inch away, learning claws don’t work on bathtubs, realizing screen doors are cat traps, and discovering that going through the cat flap the wrong way results in a sudden stop.
Cats are tough – they’re not babies. In most cases, whatever disaster the cat creates on a daily basis, the only injury will be to its dignity – which is screamingly funny.
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