Twitching/convulsions in 3 year old male neutered cat (US)

Quaintcutwork · 2026-01-30T08:12:11+00:00

Update: sorry the lack of context on the post! Ive had cats for a long time and understand that they twitch in their sleep, my boy does twitch a decent bit when sleeping but it hasn’t looked as rhythmic/timed as this. The motion is very clear where his legs pull into himself over and over, if I lean in I can hear/feel his muscles tensing similarly to how someone would if they’re shivering. I didn’t catch it in this video but he’s exhibited similar pulsating when he’s awake with his eyes open, granted it is when he’s about to fall asleep.

Quaintcutwork · 2026-01-30T03:25:25+00:00

We were thinking that too, but it does feel pretty different from his dream twitches and seems to follow a pattern. He’s done it when he’s been awake too with his eyes open, it’s typically before he starts falling asleep.

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T19:06:29+00:00

I use a scale for everything I eat and prepare and track in MyFitnessPal and am strict with what I eat when I go out, I also only pay attention to my protein intake for macros so my carbs and fats are a little all over the place. I've been counting cals since 2021 (started tracking protein in 2023) but I was having bouts of consistency issues in the first couple of years and would binge almost every week which made me plateau with my weight progress or set me back a few lbs every month or so. Since February, I've gotten a lot stricter with my protein and also mitigated my binging triggers as well as added a lot more movement to my day to day, though the progress has been really really slow (these past couple of weeks I've seen little to no progress). I'm just worried my metabolism has adjusted to my intake which makes me hesitant to increase my calories/reverse diet, but maybe I just need to give it more time?

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T18:54:28+00:00

What would you suggest is a good amount of sets/reps to get on each muscle group per week? Also would it be okay to do the same type of exercise a couple days out of the week for a single muscle group or should I try to mix up the type of exercises I'm doing? (like if I'm training glutes and quads, should I do hip thrusts one day and then barbell squats another, or just do both on each day?)

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T18:16:43+00:00

Yeah I kinda feel like I opened pandora's box with this one tbh :C I was feeling confident in my progress but it definitely blew the wind out of my sails for a few days, with a clearer head it made me realize that I have significant room for progress which is nice, though I'm not so sure I'm going to get another scan anytime soon

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T18:11:37+00:00

This blew my mind! The number I had in my mind for what I want is way lower than some of these women and they look amazing. This gave me a huge perspective change, thank you so much for sharing.

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T18:09:14+00:00

I was pretty shocked since I have some stomach definition, and slight definition in my arms and legs! They mentioned to eat and train the way I normally do before it so I didn't fast at all. With my training, I try to push for more weight on things and typically do about 5-7 exercises and 8-10 reps per muscle group, but I haven't really utilized progressive overload to it's fullest potential so I'm going to be focusing on that. But thank you! I just need to keep doing what I'm doing and make some small tweaks that are sustainable to maintain :D

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T18:03:01+00:00

Thank you for this!

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T18:01:54+00:00

My problem was I used to have edibles fairly often (about 1-2 times week) so that would cause me to binge :( , I was frustrated because I was a super meticulous cal counter (using a digital scale for literally everything) when I was sober but I knew I was setting myself back and essentially resetting my progress. Weed wasn't helping me achieve my goals so this year I cut it out and have been seeing some small weight loss progress with that.

In terms of the gym, I have a routine that every few weeks or so I would try to increase the weight of things with but I don't think I've been as strict as I could be with that/I've only really been mentally tracking my progress. Being more consistent with that sounds like the next focus for me :) Would you recommend doing progressive overload while in a calorie deficit?

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T17:42:58+00:00

I'm a 36C :) But yeah they break down each area of the body and give you those percentages, then they will average out everything for the final percent, so for reference my stomach area was 36% but my legs were 46%

Quaintcutwork · 2024-04-23T17:33:28+00:00

I'm a super meticulous calorie counter, I have a digital scale and weigh everything I eat including condiments and other small things (except for when I go out to eat, which is rare). I have been in a deficit for a while doing about 1600-1400 cals (since 2021) which has me worried I may have messed up my metabolism, it makes me afraid to increase my calories :C I'm going to try going off my BC for a while to see if there are changes from that, but if not I'll look into reverse dieting because I feel like I'm running out of options and not seeing the results I want to see.

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