Hind legs don't work

Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

What gives?

Thanks

Bob

"RD" wrote in message
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Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When
walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump
anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction
from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He
walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.


Get him to the vet ASAP. Could be a couple different things, none good.

--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
"Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG

in article , RD at
wrote on 3/16/05 9:16 PM:

Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When
walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump
anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction
from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He walks
a short
distance, stops, starts again.

What gives?

Thanks

Bob

What did the VET say? This is a very serious problem and the cat should be
seeing a VET as soon as possible.

"RD" wrote in message
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Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When
walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump
anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction
from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He
walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

What gives?

Thanks

Bob

I don't know, but please take him to a vet & find out.

Cathy

"RD" wrote in message
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Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When
walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump
anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction
from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He
walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

What gives?


It never occurred to you to see a vet? What gives?

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:16:07 -0500, RD wrote:

Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

What gives?

Thanks

Bob

Two weeks ago and you are just now wondering? He obviously has been hurt
or ill. See TED.

RD wrote:

Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

What gives?

Thanks

Bob

Vet, ASAP!

Why why why... is it you people consistently come here for solutions to
issues that are obviously medical issues and need treatment by
professionals?

If there was a group called... humans.babies.health+behav ... we'd
probadly get the same kid of idiotic posts.

shaking head

"RD" wrote in message
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Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When
walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump
anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction
from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He
walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

What gives?

Your cat needs to see a vet.... *2 weeks* ago. He needs bloodwork to rule
out hypokalenic myopathy and x-rays and/or ultrasounds to rule out heart
disease. Are his hind paws cools or nail beds bluish?

Get him to a vet *immediately* - if not sooner.

The next time you notice *any* abnormality, don't delay in taking him to a
vet.

In article ,
RD wrote:

Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When
walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump
anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction
from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He
walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

We lost a cat to these same symptoms last year. At first the vet
thought it was a case of bad knees. It turned out that he had a tumor
wrapped around his spinal cord. We had the tumor removed, but it was
too late. Too much damage had been done by the time we got a proper
diagnosis. We had to get an MRI done in order to diagnose it properly.

Doc
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:36:18 -0500, "Robert \"Doc\" Coleman"
wrote:

In article ,
RD wrote:

Came home about two weeks ago and found my cat walking strangely. When
walking, his hind
legs keep shifting from side to side like a skater. Also he can't jump
anymore. I've
examined him, squeezed and groped his legs, his back and paws, no reaction
from him.
Besides that he behaves like an ordinary cat, eats sleeps and purrs. He
walks a short
distance, stops, starts again.

We lost a cat to these same symptoms last year. At first the vet
thought it was a case of bad knees. It turned out that he had a tumor
wrapped around his spinal cord. We had the tumor removed, but it was
too late. Too much damage had been done by the time we got a proper
diagnosis. We had to get an MRI done in order to diagnose it properly.

Doc

Wobbly walking could also be a symptom of diabetes. Has his blod
glucose been tested?

--
CATherine