Cat with Cerebellar Hypoplasia

This is Dory, our practice cat. She was born with a brain abnormality called Cerebellar Hypoplasia. The part of her brain which controls her balance was damaged while she was still in the uterus. The damaged is usually a consequence of the virus Feline Panleukopaenia ( or Feline Parvovirus), it is quite rare as it is now covered in the standard cat vaccinations.

Dory came to us from a family with small children. They thought they would be able to cope but Dory found it difficult to get away from the kid´s grabbing hands quickly enough. She has settled in well at the practice and often wobbles out to meet the clients! She is mentally normal and is very happy with life. We get the odd client who gets quite concerned that we have let one of the cats recovering from an anaesthetic out into the waiting room!