We have examined her back as best we can, but apart from a bit of dandruff and rolling around garden dirt, we can't see anything obvious.
She is not in distress at all and guess it will end up with a visit to the vet but just wondered if anyone else could shed some light on this, or had the same problem?
My 5yr old cat has developed a sensitive back when stroked.?
Hi there,
I have a 9 year old tom cat who does just the same. When I took him to the vets about it she told me it was it the only place he cannot reach when having a good scratch. That's why he enjoys it so much as to nibble my fingers whilst I'm doing it so now I feel I am doing him a favour.He also randomly twitches down his spine when he lays down as if something is crawling on him, this again is apparently normal. My cat has no fleas and is in good health and my vet was not concerned as he was not losing his coat or any evidence of a skin disease. Having said that, that is my cat, and I would suggest you pop to the vet just to put your mind at ease.
Hope all goes well, sure it will.
Reply:If it's nothing obvious, then a vet visit is in order. Poor baby. It could be she bonked her back into somehting and it's just a bruise, could be a slipped disk. She's not really old enough for arthritis... but maybe. Could be something internal. You could give it a few more days and see if it improves on it's own, rather than spending a bundle trying to let the vet figure it out... If she's moving fine... walking and jumping and playing... then I would wait a bit before going to the vet.
Reply:Could be a sign of internal pain. The vet may take an x-ray and do some blood work. My cat was sensitive in that spot and it was diagnosed as lung cancer that she had had for quite sometime. She was 14 and your cat is only 5; don't mess with it, get her to the vet.
Reply:At the moment Minx has the same problem with her back left leg, she spasms with it and will actually scratch, bite and hiss if you try to get a better look at it, I plan to take her to the vet on Friday as she has an appointment for something else then anyway, they said on the phone that she's probably pulled a muscle there and it's taking it's time to heal, so it could be the same problem with your cat, but either way take her to the vet to be seen to in case it's not the same problem and is something more serious.
Hope kitty feels better soon and Good Luck.
Reply:Well unfortunately this happens in a lot of cats. 4 of my 5 cats, (Rest in Peace 2 of them,) have developed this. (The one is only 2.) It's just a sign of getting old. But in some rare cases, it may be a sign of a disease. I can't spell it nor remember what it does. But I'm sure this isn't a life threatening thing, but, if you want, go ahead and take it to the vet. It might be a good thing to do. My cat is to the point (maybe 12 yrs.) where touching her back makes her hiss, bite, growl, or even lick herself.
Reply:My cat developed a twitch too on her back. We think she got it when she was attacked by another cat. She has also been spayed and is not in any stress about it. We just let it be because she seems ok with it and i dont think it is anything serious because our cat has had the twitch for about 6 months now.
Reply:It sounds like something that only the vet can diagnose. It could be arthritis or something, but that is difficult to say without having a diagnosis. If it's arthritis, which is pretty common in pets too, there are lots of ways to help that. I hope it's something small and nothing serious. Good luck!
Reply:Hi
There will be lots of reasons why your cat acts this way, she may have the beginnings of an infected scratch or bite on the other hand, she may have been bumped by a car or even landed badly, there's also the possibility she could have been shot by some moron, I'm not a cat lover myself I think they're sadistic but I hate to see any animal suffer, get her to the vets pronto.
Ray. West York's. U.K.
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