by Frank Will

Created on: May 22, 2009   Last Updated: May 23, 2009

Cats rippling skin disease is a very mysterious condition and it has a virtual quagmire of possible causes and several different names associated with the causes. Several experts have called it a phenomenon, self-mutilation, feline epilepsy, and twitchy cat disease.

The official name for the disease is Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome.

It is very real and can demonstrate an entire range of conditions, from mild depression to seizures, severe chest pains, and even brain damage. If your cat has had this disease, or has it, you may even think they may have gone crazy.

What is it?

Cats rippling skin disease is a condition that is most common in Siamese or similar breeds of cats, and a condition where your cat actually acts like they may have gone crazy for some reason, or something is so severely wrong that they have suddenly lost any type of normal control for extended periods.

All cats will exhibit this type of behavior in spurts, especially kittens or young cats, as they are just acting crazy or playing in chasing their own tail or something along those lines. However, with Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome, your cat is actually in distress.

Something hurts them or they sense that something has hurt them so severely that they can't handle the pain.

What is even more mysterious about this condition is that the stress that you show when this happens may be telegraphed back to them, causing even more stress to your cat. No one knows for sure exactly what it is. Is it psychological, is it physical, is it an obsessive disorder, is it a compulsive disorder, or is it actually a form of an epileptic seizure.

Or is it what they are eating?

But there is one thing that everyone agrees on, and that is that there is something horribly wrong, as when it happens your cats skin literally starts to ripple. If you have witnessed it first hand, it is very frightening.

Symptoms:

The first symptom of this disease is the condition that bears the name, rippling skin. Your cat's skin on the lower back will actually ripple as it seems to be moving. It is often set off by you simply touching their lower back near the tail. As soon as this happens, your pet will start to either bite or scratch their back or their tail very aggressively.

Another symptom will be your cat, for no apparent reason, starts to meow very loud and for long periods of time, almost like they are crying. This seems to occur mostly during the evening hours or at nighttime. If this happens, the next symptom that

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