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Hi all,
These forums have been a great comfort and help to me as I worked through my guy's allergy issues earlier this year. I'm coming back to hopefully get some thoughts around another behaviour of his.
Ever since we got him (February) he has has a habit of hunching or crouching quite frequently rather than lying down (pics below). I had read that this is associated with pain or discomfort and attributed it to his allergy issues (chronic bloating/diarrhea for many months). His GI issues have been clear since late June when we switched him on to his current food. He went on and off pred for a while after that because he was having coughing fits (potentially athsma or maybe more allergies) but always at a low-ish dose (never more than 2.5mg/day). We tapered slowly and he has been off pred for around 2 weeks at this point. He last saw a vet around 6 weeks ago and they did not find anything wrong with him.
He is still hanging out like this all the time. I'm having a hard time googling this since everything that comes up seems to imply this is not a normal behaviour. My question is - can this be a normal behaviour for some cats, or is he still in pain and needs another vet check-up? He has done this the whole time I've known him, but he's also been sick for part of that time. He is eating, playing, pooping/peeing normally....but I am still worried about potentially missing an obvious sign.
thanks all <3
These forums have been a great comfort and help to me as I worked through my guy's allergy issues earlier this year. I'm coming back to hopefully get some thoughts around another behaviour of his.
Ever since we got him (February) he has has a habit of hunching or crouching quite frequently rather than lying down (pics below). I had read that this is associated with pain or discomfort and attributed it to his allergy issues (chronic bloating/diarrhea for many months). His GI issues have been clear since late June when we switched him on to his current food. He went on and off pred for a while after that because he was having coughing fits (potentially athsma or maybe more allergies) but always at a low-ish dose (never more than 2.5mg/day). We tapered slowly and he has been off pred for around 2 weeks at this point. He last saw a vet around 6 weeks ago and they did not find anything wrong with him.
He is still hanging out like this all the time. I'm having a hard time googling this since everything that comes up seems to imply this is not a normal behaviour. My question is - can this be a normal behaviour for some cats, or is he still in pain and needs another vet check-up? He has done this the whole time I've known him, but he's also been sick for part of that time. He is eating, playing, pooping/peeing normally....but I am still worried about potentially missing an obvious sign.
thanks all <3