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Hello guys.
My 16 year old girl Stitch developed a sudden weakness in her back legs about a week ago. This seems to be progressively getting worse as the week has gone on, though that said, sometimes she seems absolutely fine. We just let her in the front door, she couldn’t even climb up the small step into the house, but then went out back and jumped up a 6 foot fence with no trouble at all!
There’s been no trauma we’re aware of. She’s been to the vets and had a good thorough check over, they can’t find anything wrong. She’s had some bloods done, and other than a slightly elevated WBC (she has a tooth infection so that accounts for that) her bloods are fine. The vet even said they were remarkably good for a cat her age! Even the vet herself is stumped!!
She’s been displaying some odd behaviour over the last few months, all of which we’ve shared with the vet. Licking rust off our fire pit (as I say, bloods are fine!), pawing food out of her bowl, getting scared of it and running away, then going back and pushing it to the other side of the room before eating it, and then going back and doing the same thing again and again until it’s all gone.... She’s stopped doing this now and has been eating normally.
Other than these behaviours up until this current issue there have been no other issues. No appetite loss, no weight loss, nothing.
Is it possible this is just old age? My thought is potentially just some dementia or something, but in my (human) experience, this wouldn’t account for the sudden decline in her mobility. I considered a stroke, but again it doesn’t fit? Surely the weakness would be one sided?
We’re just stumped! Wondering if anyone out there has experienced anything similar with their fur baby?
Thanks!
Vicky
My 16 year old girl Stitch developed a sudden weakness in her back legs about a week ago. This seems to be progressively getting worse as the week has gone on, though that said, sometimes she seems absolutely fine. We just let her in the front door, she couldn’t even climb up the small step into the house, but then went out back and jumped up a 6 foot fence with no trouble at all!
There’s been no trauma we’re aware of. She’s been to the vets and had a good thorough check over, they can’t find anything wrong. She’s had some bloods done, and other than a slightly elevated WBC (she has a tooth infection so that accounts for that) her bloods are fine. The vet even said they were remarkably good for a cat her age! Even the vet herself is stumped!!
She’s been displaying some odd behaviour over the last few months, all of which we’ve shared with the vet. Licking rust off our fire pit (as I say, bloods are fine!), pawing food out of her bowl, getting scared of it and running away, then going back and pushing it to the other side of the room before eating it, and then going back and doing the same thing again and again until it’s all gone.... She’s stopped doing this now and has been eating normally.
Other than these behaviours up until this current issue there have been no other issues. No appetite loss, no weight loss, nothing.
Is it possible this is just old age? My thought is potentially just some dementia or something, but in my (human) experience, this wouldn’t account for the sudden decline in her mobility. I considered a stroke, but again it doesn’t fit? Surely the weakness would be one sided?
We’re just stumped! Wondering if anyone out there has experienced anything similar with their fur baby?
Thanks!
Vicky