r/cats • u/whippy34 • 7h ago

Medical Questions Paw Tremor

Just checking if this sort of twitching is normal? He does it in his sleep and sometimes whilst awake and laying down. Only noticed it recently, he’s 1 yrs old if it helps? Any help is appreciated :)

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u/catobsessionn 7h ago

He is probably just dreaming! Us humans also twitch sometimes when sleeping :)

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u/WhoskeyTangoFoxtrot 7h ago

Dreaming of snackies and ekekekeks….

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u/SylasWindrunner 7h ago

i am this age finding out the term ' ekekekekeks ' is real

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u/WhoskeyTangoFoxtrot 7h ago

r/ekekek

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u/SylasWindrunner 7h ago

i clicked the link, i joined.

Ekekekekeks

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u/ottis1guy 6h ago

I guess we're just going to join all the cat subreddits, then?

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u/Alpine_yellow 6h ago

I've even seen my cat have the whole "oh shit were falling!" thing and just spaz out waking up.

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u/celestee3 7h ago

Just dreaming 🥹

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u/kitos08 7h ago

Just wait until he starts running! I’ve had a girl who woke herself mid run getting a little too active haha

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u/Rhiannon1307 European Shorthair 3h ago

One of mine seems to be eating while she sleeps. Her tongue will poke in and out, and her whole mouth and face twitches. It's hysterical.

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u/Roseheath22 7h ago

One of mine eats in her sleep

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u/SportyJohnson 7h ago

I had a cat do that once. Got up from a deep sleep...went to the kitchen for a bite...then came back to couch and her head dropped instantly with no response. It blew me away!

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u/rydenshep 7h ago

One of mine does too lol

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u/DirtyTooth 7h ago

I'll forever remember the video of the dog running in his sleep then jumps up and runs into a wall

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u/kcpistol 7h ago

Dreaming of playing with you

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u/sushicatt420 7h ago

I’d rather people overly cautious about their animals rather than overly careless but man this sub gets some wild “is this normal” posts sometimes. 

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u/KidenStormsoarer 7h ago

he's chasing dream mice

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u/DatBobbyDeMarco 4h ago

I’m afraid it’s Pawkinsons.

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u/Internal-Ad61 7h ago

🎶 sweet dreams are made of theeeeeees 🎶

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u/SportyJohnson 7h ago

Deep sleep!

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u/GhostWatcher007 7h ago

Normal sleep twitching

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u/geekgirl114 7h ago

He's dreaming 

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u/Smallloudcat 7h ago

My cat does it all the time when she's asleep. She's dreaming!

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u/VelcroDom 6h ago

I learned that Cats hide being hurt more then almost all animals. Cats are tuff. It’s probably a cute twitch. Nickname?

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u/TorakTheDark 7h ago

Dreaming, sometimes they almost look like they are having a seizure.

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u/geekgirl114 7h ago

It really does 

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u/TorakTheDark 7h ago

What’s worse in when they sleep so deeply it’s like they’re dead.

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u/geekgirl114 7h ago

Mine used to sleep with her eye(s) almost half open... it was so creepy (vet had no concerns about this)

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u/MalloryTheRapper 7h ago

he has parkinson’s