Success Stories: "Pistachio"
Pistachio, a 13 month old Sphynx Cat, was referred to our neurology service for a several month history of progressive ambulatory ataxia in his pelvic limbs. You can see in the video below that when he tried to walk he would take very dramatic steps with his left hind leg or his legs would give out from under him. It is very abnormal for such a young cat to have such pronounced ataxia without a known injury. This lead our doctors to draw some preliminary conclusions about wha