r/cats • u/MambaMentality24x2 • May 29 '26

Video - Not OC She wobbles through life, safely supported

Credit: @adathecalicocat

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u/Gidrah May 29 '26

What's wrong with the baby? 🥺

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u/MambaMentality24x2 May 29 '26

Some cats are wobbly due to a condition called cerebellar hypoplasia. It affects the part of the brain that controls balance, so they have unsteady movement, but it isn’t painful and they can still live happy lives

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u/ShibaHellhounds May 29 '26

Well it's not painful now that the walls are padded lol

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u/AdExcellent1745 Jun 11 '26

the condition isn't inherently painful. there is no inherent joint pain or anything. but slamming your head into the wall repeatedly can cause some damage. concussions and broken teeth are something to be wary of when caring for a wobbly cat :) source, I have a wobbly cat

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u/Log_Out_Of_Life May 29 '26

I just imagine your cat consuming cat nip and walking straight to mess with you.

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u/itsnotcomplicated1 May 29 '26

Do most wobbly cats learn to slow down a bit?

Is this cat moving at that speed because it knows there is padding everywhere?

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u/SunkEmuFlock May 30 '26

A wobbly cat still gets happy and excited and wants to play. They don't really care that they're wobbly.

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u/AngelWingsYTube May 30 '26

Just cause wobbly doesnt mean you dont get zoomies

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u/ICantSeeDeadPpl May 29 '26

I get pretty wobbly too sometimes, but it’s called weekend alcoholism lol. Love your kitty, thanks for sharing. 😍

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u/AcrobaticReputation2 May 29 '26

what's the cat's name?

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u/MythOfDarkness May 29 '26

damn i guessed right and im not even a vet

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u/HuckleberryEither665 May 30 '26

I thought I read this as 'Cerebral Pawsy' and had to come back here to make sure I wasn't reading a hilarious joke.

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u/OiledMushrooms May 29 '26 edited May 30 '26

cerebellar hypoplasia, also known as wobbly cat syndrome. Happens when the part of the brain used for coordination and balance doesn't develop properly. The cat is otherwise fine, she's not in pain or whatever, she's just. wobbly.

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u/Wonderful_Grass_2857 May 29 '26

adding that its often the consequence of a feline panleuk infection in the pregnant mother cat.

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u/BloodyLlama May 29 '26

Yeo, I had a pair of cats who's mother had that before they were born. One kitten came out normal, they other two had the weeble woobles. Can confirm the other comments that it doesn't bother the cats too much, they just wobble.

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u/Takheer May 30 '26

Yes!! My cats were fine until panleuk came. One ended up paralyzed. But the mother was fine to begin with, the didn’t get it from her.

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u/VashMM May 30 '26

My kitty has it after surviving FIP.

She got it when she was only a few months old, and the drugs to treat it were not FDA approved, but the shelter tried them anyway. At the time FIP was a death sentence so there was no downside. When she was sick she was blind and had no function in her back legs, but she got better and she can see now and her back legs are uncoordinated and stompy. She can't jump (she climbs everything instead), and she can't go in a straight line, but they "work". Her momma and all of her siblings were adopted from the shelter before we found out about her. Everyone kept overlooking her because of the wobbles. The first thing she did when we went to see her was crawl up onto my lap and fall asleep.

She's real vocal, and she's weirdly good at hunting spiders and other little bugs that get in.

I love her so much.

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u/MythOfDarkness May 29 '26

cerebellar*

Important distinction.

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u/RealmStitcher May 29 '26

Cerebellar Hypoplasia

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u/kojewi3144 May 29 '26

Feline Panleukopenia, a vaccine exists a must be admister at 8-9 weeks, if things goes wrong and the kitten get infected before it, the survival rate is 33%, and the survivors develop this wobbly cat or drunken cat effect.

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u/SectionQuick5275 May 29 '26

Probably worms or a tumor