[ajb]

Someone else suggested the whistle, which looks a plausible off the shelf solution. But otherwise:

Mount a bell on your cat. Maybe more than one, with different sounds - collar, back and (if you can get him to tolerate it) a leg. Then train an ML model to recognise the sound of a seizure.

There are a few options for electronic collar-mounted platforms. But finding one that is all three of capable, lightweight enough for the cat, and has decent battery life, is difficult. We already know that bells are light enough, and they don't have a battery life problem. My guess is that ML will easily be able to detect a seizure with high accuracy, probably even with only one bell. You might need a mic in each room.

(after watching the video) It may even be enough to just detect the bell, and have a crude threshold for the proportion of time it's been ringing in the last minute or so - which will be a lot faster to gather the data for. That would be a good MVP.

[latexr]

> Mount a bell on your cat. Maybe more than one, with different sounds - collar, back and (if you can get him to tolerate it) a leg.

No, don’t do this. Would you like to have bells mounted on you in several different places, just jingling all day with every movement? That becomes stressful for both the cat and the humans.

[ajb]

Do you have any evidence for this, or is it from intuition? People have been putting bells on cats for generations, so if it was an issue someone probably investigated it by now .

My anecdotal experience is that cats adapt very quickly to ignore noises that don't have consequences, even if initially they find them extremely startling. Cats also walk extremely smoothly - there are reports of cats that manage to catch prey despite being belled. Although I admit that this wouldn't likely work for a leg bell.

Anyway, if you put a bell on your cat it's probably going to be obvious if the cat hates it.

[latexr]

> Do you have any evidence for this, or is it from intuition?

I used to interact with a large number of veterinaries, including some with an explicit interest in cat behaviour. That is the consensus I recall. Though I have no doubt that this will be a spectrum and anxious cats will be more prone to disliking the bell, but the original comment suggest multiple bells in different body parts with each new one adding to the discomfort.

As for it being annoying to the humans as well, naturally that depends entirely on yourself.

[sph]

I know it would be torture to tie a bell around a cat's neck (as they are by nature a stealthy predator) but I have always wondered how cows can grow accustomed to having a loud bell around their neck at all times.

[phi161]

I appreciate your input! If everything else fails, I'll epxeriment with sound. Maybe not with bells, but the sounds his body makes during the seizure might be easily detected (especially on hardwood floor)

[sph]

Do NOT tie a bell on a cat. They are a stealthy predator. You might keep them as a pet but please remind yourself of their nature, and try to respect it for their own mental and physical wellbeing