![]() ![]() ![]() Doing exercise directly overhead puts you more at risk of impingement. If you must reach up try to have your arm positioned a bit in front of your body. But here’s what you can do to make it less of a problem: Focus on pulling your shoulder blades down and in (depress and retract) especially before any overhead motions. After about the age of 40 it’s tough to heal shoulder injuries. You are probably going to have a lot of trouble with your shoulder because it is the most mobile joint in the body and therefore highly unstable. Having a missing or even weakened body part leads to extra wear and tear in the parts that must compensate. This would lead to premature wear and tear on other joints, in the same way declawed cats become predisposed to arthritis. Sounds like age and overuse caused by the missing front leg, which has caused changes to how he moves. Ask your vet if there are some supplements Charlie could be given that support joint health. I immediately thought of pain as the issue the moment I read the title. I then noticed that he only did it when about to jump up hence my assessment. When he growls, it is exactly the same as if he was growling at another cat which made me initially think he was involved in some sort of territorial problem but none existed. I have not done any research before writing this short post but it makes sense to me. I think in this instance growling is vocalising the sensation of pain. Anyway, it gives me a chance to cuddle and kiss him, which he enjoys.Īnyway, back to the growling. Because it is difficult for him to jump down, even from a relatively small height, I sometimes carry him to the kitchen to feed him. The stump of his right leg also contacts the ground when he jumps down. ![]() When he jumps down he twists in the air landing on three legs simultaneously. He has certainly modified the way he jumps down. It may be the case that in compensating for only having three legs, he has put extra pressure on his rear legs. The extra weight on occasions would have added to the difficulty of moving particularly when you combine that with only having 3 legs. This is because he is more static because of his age and because moving is harder for him. It’s been a bit of a struggle to keep his weight off. On occasions, he has been overweight but not by much. He’s probably about 13 years of age at a guess. I don’t know his age but is not young (he is a rescue cat). I think he may have a bit of arthritis and when he puts pressure on the joints of his hind legs in preparation to jump he feels a twinge of pain which is vocalised in a growl just as a human would make a similar sound if she were to suffer a short-sharp pain. It has just dawned on me this morning what might be happening. In other words he makes this vocalisation when his hind legs are tensed and slightly contracted and he is leaning back looking up at the target above. It doesn’t happen all the time but before he jumps up to his two main places where he sleeps, he growls. For people who don’t know Charlie, he has three legs – he is missing his right front leg – and is quite large. Essay on Cat Behavior Toggle Child MenuĬharlie about 3 years agoThis is Michael.Wild Cats of Asia (for kids) Toggle Child Menu. ![]()
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