Comments on: How To Know If A Cat Is In Pain https://www.walkervillevet.com.au/blog/myth-1-my-pet-will-cry-if-they-are-in-pain/ 142 North East Road, Walkerville. Ph (08) 8344 2000 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 22:03:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andrew https://www.walkervillevet.com.au/blog/myth-1-my-pet-will-cry-if-they-are-in-pain/#comment-234594 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 22:03:51 +0000 /uncategorized/myth-1-my-pet-will-cry-if-they-are-in-pain/#comment-234594 In reply to David.

Hi David. That’s interesting as I know very little about physio. Do you think the problem is entirely muscular or can these problems occur secondary to arthritis (which would be my bet).

]]> By: David https://www.walkervillevet.com.au/blog/myth-1-my-pet-will-cry-if-they-are-in-pain/#comment-234566 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:31:40 +0000 /uncategorized/myth-1-my-pet-will-cry-if-they-are-in-pain/#comment-234566 My cat is 12 and has always jumped on the kitchen counter to look out of the window. One day I noticed she was instead sitting on the floor asking to be lifted up. Next thing I notice she can’t jump on a chair anymore either. Thinking about it I then realised that when I went to stroke her back as she walked past she would duck under my hand. She’s never been a great lover of strokes but not usually this bad.
As a phsyio who spends most of my working day treating bad backs I gave her a check (without letting her run away as she normally would) and found she had very tight back muscles. Long story short, after giving her a few massages she can now jump on chairs no problem, races up and down stairs playing again and is generally a lot happier. She isn’t jumping on the kitchen counter yet, but we’re working on it.
Everyone gets tight, painful muscles, including cats, they’re just better at hiding it

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