The Osteoarthritis of Cats

A common evil that too often passes unnoticed!

Your cat may be suffering from an ageing of its joints without showing his pain obvious. However, if you look carefully, you can detect changes related to its arthritis and give him the treatment he needs to continue to live comfortably.

The senior cat and osteoarthritis
Thanks to increasing the quality of health care and nutrition of our small domestic cats, they have the opportunity to live longer and longer on our side. Thus, it is not uncommon to see beyond the age of 15-16 years. However, beyond the age of 10 years, the cat is regarded as a senior. It may suffer from ailments associated with aging bodies, including some of its joints. The latter suffered a progressive destruction of cartilage that gradually lose their role as shock absorbers shocks and a deposit of abnormal bone can be formed in the joint. This phenomenon, which induces a strong and constant pain, would receive 90% of the feline population over the age of 12 years!

A chronic illness and discreet
Animal lonely and independent, chat shows in general much less pain than his dog. Thus, when the latter is limping and complaining, chat n'exprimera his suffering as a very discreet. The signs of osteoarthritis in cats include a change in its behavior. It may become more irritable, especially when the caress in the back or rear train, areas most often affected by osteoarthritis. It may even become aggressive with any person or other animal trying to play with him and wake up and its pain. It can also no longer be clean if there are difficulties to get into his litter box and needs to make its side or in another location in the house. In addition, immobility more frequent and the decline in daily exercise (jumping, climbing, climbing stairs…) cause a melting of muscles especially in the hind limbs and the animal appeared emaciated at this level. Finally, a chat with stiffness may have difficulty maintaining its coat, which becomes dull and ruffled.

How to help your friend to find his mobility?
To confirm the presence of osteoarthritis in the joints of your friend, your vet will carry out a careful examination of its members and its back as well as X-ray to locate the damage and determine their severity. If your cat suffers from osteoarthritis, we can relieve with anti-inflammatory and making him follow a diet if necessary. Indeed, overweight yet accelerates aging joints! Finally, there are dietary supplements protectors joints to slow the progression of the disease. These supplements are marketed in the form of tablets or directly incorporated into croquettes special cats disordered joints.