Older Cats Articular Problems

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     As we get older most of us are already starting to feel chronicle pains associate with articular degenerative sickness of some kind. We wake up in the morning with all kinds of stiffness and movement rigidity in some part or the other of our body.

We all know that dogs often suffer from articular pains. We often hear the word dysplasia which is the typical term used for describing degenerative sickness on dogs. Sometime its on a hip or at other times on a leg joint. But what about cats? Those small animals full of flexibility and agility. Could it be that their articulations be less affected by old age than ours. Well its a resounding no! When studied under radiography it shows that on the majority cats older than ten years have arthritis lesions and visible signs of degenerative articulatory damages even though most of them don't seems to show any symptoms of suffering pain. A cats is a very proud and secretive animal who does not like us to know that it has pains.

Results of study.

Researchers who studied articular degenerative diseases on cats. When studied under radiography taken ed on many cats brought to the veterinary for various medical reasons (but in most case because the cats were limping or because of articular pains) Here is what they discovered:

In one study alone , 80 percent of cats have shown some kind of lesions due to articular degenerative sickness.

During another study, 92 percent of the cats of over 12 years of age and older under radio graphic studies had articular degeneration symptoms. But only 4 percent of them would show evident limping signs.

100 percent of cats over 15 years of age had articular degenerative lesions.

Another further study was made on cats sent to a veterinarian university school, it was discovered that 34 percent of all cats older than 10 years old are showing signs of articular degeneration when studied under radiography, while only 16.5 percent of them was showing any signs of having slight problems.

This is to say that the majority of cats over 10 years old have a very good chance of suffering from articular pains even if they don't show an y outward signs of suffering, for the simple reason that cats do not like us to know that they are suffering.

Big cats are more at risk and sometime they do show some small signs of having articular pains.

During another study prospects, a total number of 1460 cats have been medically followed during a five year period. The study demonstrate that slightly overweight cats tend to be 3 time more at risk of developing articular degenerative lesions and sadly that real overweight cats are 5 time more at risk of developing those articular degeneration diseases. Your cat is very secretive about his pains. It may be already suffering from articular pains if:

It is 10 years old or older.

It is less active than before and tend to sleep more than usual.

If its fur is less glossy and looks less maintained than before.

If its movements seems altered and with less suppleness.

It seems to have occasional stiffness.

It seems to hesitate before taking a jump.

It tend to not jump very high anymore, and sometime miss its target.

It occasionally defalcate or urinate outside of its litter box.

It is less playful and interact less with you.

It hides.

It has mood changes, seems more grouchy and less sociable, etc...

It has certain periods of meowing without apparent reasons.
What to do?

Just like us cats who present certain symptoms of articular degenerative pains don't have to suffer unnecessarily.

Today's veterinary medicines offers a panoply of alternatives which can be combined to diminish chronicle pains an ameliorate the quality of life of cats suffering from arthritis. So take good care of your cats. They are wonderful friends, and do not deserve to suffer for nothing

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A self employed design draftsman who would like to learn internet marketing, I like biking, inventing, surfing the web, TV, movies, reading, walking and more... Since I was raised on a farm of course I love animals. We had a collie on the farm who we all loved a lot, he would go fetch the heard of cows in the morning and at night for milking time all by himself. I preferred that he did that chore instead of me, the Jersey cows bulls are very bad tempered, they respect dogs but not humans. For dog training tips, I invite you to visit the following website: http://bestdogtrainingsolutions.net