in the last week my cat seems to be not using her back legs. Today I found her in a bush just lying there i had to pick ehr up and her back legs were stiff and couldnt move? has anyone seen this or had their cats go thrui the same problem. I took her to the vet they are doing x-rays tomorrow. She isnt in any pain, she still purrs and meows and eats. ITs seems to be nerves or no muscle? She is a pure bred cat a maincoot or something like that....please anyone help me
Since your cat is an older one it's probably just arthritis, just like people get. Also, since its a purebred Maincoon it could be something with the breed. I personally have never owned a maincoon and don't know much about the breed, but I'm sure it's something in the bloodlines.
Last winter my 10 year old male cat started displaying pretty much the same symptoms you describe.
The vets were able to determine that he had not suffered any trauma, but couldn't come up with a definitive diagnosis.
My regular vet referred me to a specialist who seconded her opinion that the only way to either treat or definiteively diagnosis the problem would be an extraordinarily expensive procedure such as an MRI or spinal cord surgery.
They both suggested, that the only real hope was to assume that the problem was simply some sort of inflamation of the spinal cord. Such a problem can be treated with drugs. This didn't work out for me, but it might for you. I recommend getting your cat to a vet quickly. Good luck!
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