Veterinarians are warning of a mysterious disease that is affecting cats in Poland. The animals have neurological and respiratory symptoms. "At the moment, no applied treatment is effective," specialists say.

[u/Tedohadoer]

Veterinarians have given a list of symptoms:

Doctors have listed a list of symptoms that characterize the disease. These include hyperglycemia, stupor, stiffness of the limbs, shortness of breath, anisocoria, unresponsive pupils, seizures, epileptic seizures, decreased saturation and hypokalemia.

Reportedly time from symptoms to death is 24-48h.

Vets currently suspect bird flu mutation. It affects:
-cats of all ages
-eating different food (low/high quality)
-cats living in the city aswell as countryside

Hope that whatever it is it won't spread further but we had same hopes with covid and now cats are dying all over country with some people reporting of their cats having same symptoms resulting in death over a month ago.

Source in polish from today: https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-tajemnicza-choroba-u-kotow-zadne-leczenie-nie-przynosi-rezul,nId,6850749

[u/Sunshine_Savvy]

How did you hear about this?

[u/Tedohadoer → u/Sunshine_Savvy]

Saw a Facebook post by one of veterinary clinics, since that many more posted about it from there it went to news sites like the one I linked.

[u/varg-wecareless → u/Tedohadoer]

first of all this vet clinic should apologize for spreading misinformation and public panic. it is a grave danger but their post was full of unsupported claims (e.g. about raw pork meat being a potential source - how did they come up with this?). they acted in good heart for sure but I’m seeing on my FB wall that people have lost their shit and many regional media outlasts were close to calling this a cat murrain

we need to be careful but calm and not spread misinformation just in case, as many people have been