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Hi, and thanks a lot for the help!

I know his heart rate goes up after a seizure because I can feel it with my hands when I try to calm him down. I've been reading more about the methods you mentioned in one of your comments below and it feels like a "holter" is something that could help. I can't find any commercial solution though but I'll talk to the vet about it.

Very useful links! In the end, seems like my best option is to use a BLE sensor of some sort (others mentioned vibration sensors which also look interesting). Thanks a lot for your help!

They are similar, yes, but they might happen if he's under a table or a bed which makes video tracking really difficult. Someone suggested using a bodycam and that might be an interesting solution, if I can find one that streams video instead of just storing it in an SD card.

Right, I'm already compiling a list and contacting customer support - things look better for dog owners but there are a few options for cats as well. Thanks a lot for the help!

The bodycam is a very interesting idea, but I need to find one that could possibly stream video instead of just storing it for later viewing. Adding this to my growing googling backlog :) Thanks a lot for the help!

All the solutions I found online seem pretty bulky and mostly used during surgery or for short-time monitoring. However, thanks to your comment, I found PetPace and I've already contacted them to see if their collar could help. Thanks a lot for your answer!

This is useful! Someone else mentioned PineTime which is pretty similar to the P8 and writing custom firmware in Python definitely sounds less daunting. I'll buy one since it's pretty cheap and see if Yuri can tolerate it on his collar. Thanks a lot!

Interesting! Do you know what caused your cat's seizures? And how did you come up with the Keto diet idea?

I agree, but going from polling to push notifications will give me some peace of mind :)

Yes, this sounds like a good solution - someone else mentioned the PineTime which looks very promising.

This is fascinating indeed!

From the 2nd link:

> The worst part of epilepsy is never knowing when you’re going to have a seizure. The psychological impact of that uncertainty is overwhelming.

..which is one of the reasons I made this post.

Thanks for your input!

This is amazing and very very promising. I was looking for something like PineTime but apparently my google skills weren't good enough.. Thanks a lot for the help!

> That's the easy part

Wait, I thought that's the _difficult_ part! What kind of accelerometer would that be? And is there a microcontroller small and light enough for a cat?

(and thanks for your answer of course!)

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)

I didn't know about Whistle! Just contacted their support, asking if it would be possible to detect seizures. Thanks a lot!

> There exists ready made BLE beacon hardware with accelerometer, which is excellent for an application like this.

I didn't know that and it's a great start. If I get something like the MOKOSmart M1 Ultra Thin Beacon Tag [1], will I be able to send accelerometer data to let's say a Raspberry Pi, process it further, and send a push notification when needed?

[1] https://www.mokosmart.com/beacon-tag/

These are extremely helpful resources, now I have somewhere to start! The ESP32_CoinCell project looks very promising, since I'm mostly worried about the size and weight of whatever I'll put on the collar. Thank you so much!

I really appreciate your help, thanks! Yuri says hi :) https://imgur.com/a/LfDttO9