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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2006Cat's Walking Funny
When my cat tries to get up it looks as though he has weakness in his hind legs. Finally when he does get up and starts to walk, he walks with his hind legs bent close to the floor. Several weeks ago he started defecating outside of the litter box, (we thought it was from stress from one of our other cat's) we brought him to the vet and they gave him an exam and checked his fecal waste. They found nothing wrong with him. Then four days ago he started with his latest problem, walking with his hind legs close to the floor. We brought him back to the vet yesterday, they did blood work, and is now checking another stool sample for worms. Any ideas? Thank you. Maybe chronic renal failure? There is definitely something very wrong. If your vet is unable to find anything, seek a second opinion. Gail > When my cat tries to get up it looks as though he has weakness in his > hind legs. Finally when he does get up and starts to walk, he walks [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thank you. Vet did blood work and ruled out his kidney's. > Maybe chronic renal failure? There is definitely something very wrong. If > your vet is unable to find anything, seek a second opinion. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Thank you. > Vet did blood work and ruled out his kidney's. Clearly something is very wrong, and clearly you know this because you sound very worried. And you should be. So you have two choices: Take the cat back to the vet and make them understand that something is very wrong. -or- Take the cat to a different veterinarian and start from scratch, and make it clear that something is terribly wrong. Write down every symptom as you have here. We can't help you long distance. It could be something that wouldn't show up in bloodwork (spinal injury) or your first vet is incompetent- *we* don't know. But I *do* know that it is going to take a hands on veterinarian to diagnose and treat this poor kitty. If it were me I would have him at a veterinary hospital somewhere/anywhere when they unlock the doors in the morning. Or even an ER tonight.  SignatureToni http://www.cearbhaill.com/rules.htm Suddenly, without warning, Toni exclaimed (10-Aug-06 11:49 AM): >> Vet did blood work and ruled out his kidney's. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > clear that something is terribly wrong. Write down every symptom as you have > here. Better yet, videotape the cat getting up and walking around. I'll now always grab the camera when Meep's acting weird (especially movement issues), 'cause they usually hide those things at the vet. Used it when she got grass stuck in her soft palate; it'd shifted by the time we got to the vet but with the video she was able to diagnose her symptoms and sore throat. I agree something's very wrong, and would probably seriously consider a second opinion. Have they even done an exam of his hind limbs? jmc just watch out for mercury poisoning. http://www.gotmercury.org/ put in your own bodyweight and see how much you can eat safely... your cat shouldn't be eating much of this I don't think! I used 13# for my cat, and canned albacore tuna... and a 3oz can (which is tiny) it was 730% of the maximum recommended intake! 7 times the human limit per week. maybe cats can handle it...? I won't chance it! > When my cat tries to get up it looks as though he has weakness in his > hind legs. Finally when he does get up and starts to walk, he walks [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thank you. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com sorry for that^^ wrong thread! > just watch out for mercury poisoning. > http://www.gotmercury.org/ [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> Thank you. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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