Apparently Duchess had a stroke

[cjsmith]

She acted totally normal in front of the vet. Of course. Goober. After asking me whether the head was TILTED or just TURNED as in a car turning on a road (I confirmed her ears had been level), and after asking me about eye movement (I confirmed no nystagmus), the vet said she'd probably had a small stroke and she had recovered.

They're taking her blood pressure now, to see if she needs meds for it, but basically the answer is "take her home and hope it doesn't happen again".

edit: and now she's on blood pressure meds.

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[recordersmith.livejournal.com]

I imagine, not much fun. Glad it wasnt more serious!

If you're not the pilot you dont use oxygen? Be careful with that!

The hypoxic and ischemic rats were.....messed up. Oh, and the oddest of them all, the rats on speed. Yep. Made them pretty hyper. There was this one, it was doing circuits of the cage at top speed, round and round and round.....backwards.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

No worries - we don't fly all that much higher than "cabin altitude" in a commercial jet. I'm not courting major medical trouble, but I'm a bit slower to do arithmetic and that sort of thing. Suboptimal for a pilot, though not so troublesome for a passenger. :)

Oh man, the hyper rats must have been something to see. I've seen a kitten do that sort of thing, once, trying to get out of her don't-eat-your-stitches collar. Full speed all over the house, backwards. But she got over it!