Cat Jumping On Hind Legs

In particular older cats often get stiff hind legs that make them walk weirdly.

Cat jumping on hind legs. A Persian cat sits up on its hind legs and looks around. Sometimes this can develop into them holding the leg up and not wanting to put weight on it. A patellar luxation or luxated patellar occurs when the cats kneecap dislocates from the groove it sits in trochlear groove and moves to either side of the knee joint in the hind legs.

My eleven year old male cat possibly may be having a problem urinating for the fact that he is walking slow and funny with his tail up in the air I was standing close to him when I felt wet on my leg. While there is no argument that a cats jumping ability is impressive it can also be annoying and dangerous as Vetstreet notes cats dont always land on their feet to have cats regularly leaping to spots in your home that are high above their heads. Stumbling and struggling to stand because of lacking support from her hind legs.

It has now been 2 weeks and although he is definitely better he is still limping and favoring the sore. Hind legsOur vet put him on antibioticshe began urinating. Share the best GIFs now.

As you can see cancer is not on the list of sudden rear leg weakness in an older cat. It takes much less effort for a cat to jump up since they have such powerful muscles in their back legs jumping down would have a terrific jolt to the front ones. But when the cats are all playful and happy the cats might be doing this just for getting a few extra brownie points.

Mobility problems in cats are immediately obvious. I took him to emergency on a saturday when he did it and the vet was able to get an xray which looked ok. It could be a simple strain so try resting your cat for a day or so but if you think your cat is in pain then you should contact a vet.

Cats can lose fur on their hind legs due to a variety of issues. Infectious disease can arise from a number of sources that affect the brain including tick-borne diseases Cryptococcus feline infectious peritonitis and taxoplasmosis. My cat is limping on its foreleg.