One of our newest foster kittens is acting a bit well odd.
She can be mid playing or siting there "talk" to you and fall asleep in the middle of doing something!
I mean sleep sleep to where she does notwake up on being picked up or taped etc.

Thisa happens in under 2 seconds!
Then she wakes up a fewmoments later and picks right up were she left off as if nothing happened.
What the heck?
She has seen the vet and tested negative for the normal diseases but we had noticed she was sleeping a bit oddly but didnt thinkmuch of it since kittens can be pretty odd at times.
Was not until yesterday that I started keeping a real close eye on her and she came running to me and BOOM on the floor fast asleep mid running to me:help: I picked her up, taped her chin etc and she did not wake up.
When I picked her up she was just floppy to say the least.
Breathing is fine and all she just passes out!
Has anyone encountered this before?
I'm awaiting the auth to take her back to the vet to have her checked out again.
Man I wish my space bar would work properly

Looks to me like she has sleep apnea.

oh, I remember a teeny chiauaua(sp?) puppy with this and it was a blood sugar issue.

Vet time!!!!

Sounds like a sleeping disorder I heard about in a dashshund before.

Sounds like a cardiac or neurological issue to me. Has she had an ekg, chest x-ray, etc?

Por baby, looks likemore vet time for her.
Maybe the vet will look at her hips while she is at it this baby has a very odd gait to her walk and is a big floppy in the hindquarders

Ok I remembered what it was called, but not how it was spelled, narcolepsy?.

Ok I remembered what it was called, but not how it was spelled, narcolepsy?.

Certainly sounds like it could be. Animals do suffer from this too. I think it has a genetic cause.

If it is narcolepsy, I don't think the cat suffers too much. For humans it can be hell, but for an indoor cat, it should be okay as long as it doesn't fall asleep somewhere where it could fall off and hurt itself.

A cat who has a problem like this obviously cannot be let outdoors.

I agree with everyone that a trip to the vet would be necessary. And if the vet you do see is unable to help, a trip to another one would perhaps be in order.

Certainly sounds like it could be. Animals do suffer from this too. I think it has a genetic cause.

If it is narcolepsy, I don't think the cat suffers too much. For humans it can be hell, but for an indoor cat, it should be okay as long as it doesn't fall asleep somewhere where it could fall off and hurt itself.

A cat who has a problem like this obviously cannot be let outdoors.

I agree with everyone that a trip to the vet would be necessary. And if the vet you do see is unable to help, a trip to another one would perhaps be in order.
Well hopefully I can get an appointment in the next couple days.
This is one of my little foster babies , her name is Boomer and she is about 6.5 maybe 7 weeks old.
Her brothers are Adama ( the one with the broken leg) and Apollo who is an odd looking little guy with big round eyes like a "toy" dog and massive bat ears.

Very sweet litter of kittens though and highly social

Oh that is cute.
It's funny, the only time I've heard about a cat randomly passing out was a cheetah at a zoo that I volunteered at for a while. She had some kind of problem with breathing or her lungs or something so every time she got really excited (which wasn't often since she lived at a zoo, though I guess she wouldn't have survived in the wild) she would start breathing more rapidly, as you do when you get hyped up, and then sometimes pass out. The keepers said it was really disconcerting when Temba started running over to them for her food or whatever and then just fell over comatose. The vet had a look at her and apparently it wasn't anything that would hurt her, or that could be fixed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbmbQkX7czo&search=poodle%20dog%20snoring%20sleeping

like everyone else suggested, have her blood sugar and breathing checked and if nothing else seems to be the cause it could be narcolepsy. if it is, the cat can lead a long relatively normal life, she probably doesn't know what's going on. as long as she's kept indoors it shouldn't be a big problem.
keep an eye on her sleeping patterns between now and your vet appointment. i mean when she actually means to sleep. does she sleep soundly and for how long at a time and how often through the day. if her patterns are unusual it could be something like apnea i suppose. if she's a restless sleeper, doesn't sleep for long enough periods etc.

she's so adorable :) fluffy grey kittens are the best :smitten:

Sounds like a heart problem to me. I agree it's time for the vet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbmbQkX7czo&search=poodle%20dog%20snoring%20sleeping

like everyone else suggested, have her blood sugar and breathing checked and if nothing else seems to be the cause it could be narcolepsy. if it is, the cat can lead a long relatively normal life, she probably doesn't know what's going on. as long as she's kept indoors it shouldn't be a big problem.
keep an eye on her sleeping patterns between now and your vet appointment. i mean when she actually means to sleep. does she sleep soundly and for how long at a time and how often through the day. if her patterns are unusual it could be something like apnea i suppose. if she's a restless sleeper, doesn't sleep for long enough periods etc.

she's so adorable :) fluffy grey kittens are the best :smitten:

I agree...I immediately thought narcolepsy.
It is not as uncommon as you would think and if she is eating regularily and drinking regularily (not excessive thurst) plus so young? I would be floored if it was a blood sugar thing with her not being purebred.

Blood sugar and heart probs sometimes come with kittens taken away from mothers too soon, inbred kittens or kittens with reoccuring infections. But this kitten sounds healthy. Normal breathing. I would immediately think narcolepsy , when in doubt...acutally either way she needs to go to a vet. She will require a owner whom is willing to give her special care regardless...i hope you find one. I have a diabetic dog and partially blind cat and it is a handful! But I wouldn't give them away for the world :D