4.6K views · 90 reactions | Ginger, an adorable shelter tabby with feline hyperesthesia syndrome, is healing after a necessary tail amputation and ready for adoption. Hear from a veterinarian that treated her about the rare neurological condition that led to the amputation. | USA TODAY Video | Facebook

FELINE TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY Feline temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a syndrome with characteristic ictal signs including orofacial otomatism with lip smacking, facial twitching, chewing together with mydriasis and/or hypersalivation. It is important to recognise that feline TLE is not itself an aetiological category but can be caused by many different aetiologies ranging from vascular, neoplastic, inflammatory or unknown aetiology. MRI in these affected cats often shows changes in signa intensi