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What would cause an elderly cat to suddening walk stiff legged and not be able to jump good up on furniture?
February 5th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Yahoo Answers
Tags: Cat Walk·Elderly Cat·Furniture
painful arthritis or a stroke
if your cat had ever been outside then it could even be from an injury. Please take the old dear to a vet to make sure and to get treatment if there is anything wrong.
old ageeeee
Back, leg and neck problems. Arthritis doesn’t come on suddenly, so it’s a recent injury. Your vet should see if there’s a cracked bone, pulled muscle or something worse going on.
There could be a number of reasons but it’s likely to be old age, you really should take it to a vet
xxx hope he/she gets better
my cat is old and does that its that hes becoming slow minded and cant see very well his bones ache and he is very lazy
The above answers are good.
But also diabetes can cause back leg problems and the cat cannot jump properly. But it is more of a weakness of the back legs than a stiffness.
My old 21 yr old couldnt’ walk so well before I had her put to sleep.
I gave her chairs so she didn’t have to jump so high. Or a ramp.
sounds like the muscles are not working as well as they use to. I found that things would come on suddenly in my old girl.
might be a stroke. this happened to my bf’s cat. she’s 16 and they had to take her to the vet because they didnt know what was wrong and found out she had a stroke. it was so sad we thought she was gonna die but you know she could’ve, but instead survived fortunately.