Earlier this morning, my cat Graham tried to jump onto a dining room chair. Something went horribly wrong and he fell off it - very awkwardly - which I only half-caught happening, and was so panicked watching it happen, I didn't even pay full attention to how he landed. On his side? His head? Front legs heavy? Back legs heavy? I couldn't honestly tell you if you offered me a million bucks. I just remember he fell awkwardly.
He did, however, get up and move around... a little gingerly... but I watched him, then felt him all over and I assume nothing broken (it's not a huge drop from chair seat to the floor after all), and he seemed OK. But it still worried me because he's 15 years old and been a bit off with his back legs lately and I feared it might be related to that, or he was possibly re-injuring something that had been causing his recent troubles.
( His past history, featuring the weak/injured back legs is in this mega long thread - http://www.thecatsite.com/t/312715/...-then-goes-and-does-the-complete-opposite-too )
But that's not the point of this thread...!!!
Once I was sure he was alright, I said, "Let's have a treat to cheer up!" and he got excited as he heard the bag of treats being rustled.
These are fairly new treats, glucosamine heavy, to help his senior joints. This past week he has gobbled them like crack. He's excited to know they're coming, he gobbles them with glee, and he cries for more. He ADORES them.
So I get down on my knees with a treat in hand... he's excited... then he smells the treat and pulls away.
I offer it again. He smells it and looks at me in TERROR. No puffy tail, but he is freaked out.
"What's wrong?" I ask, and he RUNS down the hallway to another room, peeking out from its doorway.
I gave it 15 mins then went down the hall and tried it again. He basically shook his head and moved away again.
Naturally, I won't be trying the treats any time soon, Maybe another 12hrs at the earliest.
So, any thoughts on this? Have you had a cat who's gone from adoring something to being terrified of it? I'm trying to think whether he equates the treat with his accident, but the treats weren't out, or near, where he fell awkwardly. It seems something in their smell is putting him off? Maybe he's nauseous from the accident and they don't go well with that? No idea.
In every other way, however, he's moving pretty well, purring (with ears forward), and being loving to me.
He just doesn't want to know about the treats...?!?
He did, however, get up and move around... a little gingerly... but I watched him, then felt him all over and I assume nothing broken (it's not a huge drop from chair seat to the floor after all), and he seemed OK. But it still worried me because he's 15 years old and been a bit off with his back legs lately and I feared it might be related to that, or he was possibly re-injuring something that had been causing his recent troubles.
( His past history, featuring the weak/injured back legs is in this mega long thread - http://www.thecatsite.com/t/312715/...-then-goes-and-does-the-complete-opposite-too )
But that's not the point of this thread...!!!
Once I was sure he was alright, I said, "Let's have a treat to cheer up!" and he got excited as he heard the bag of treats being rustled.
These are fairly new treats, glucosamine heavy, to help his senior joints. This past week he has gobbled them like crack. He's excited to know they're coming, he gobbles them with glee, and he cries for more. He ADORES them.
So I get down on my knees with a treat in hand... he's excited... then he smells the treat and pulls away.
I offer it again. He smells it and looks at me in TERROR. No puffy tail, but he is freaked out.
"What's wrong?" I ask, and he RUNS down the hallway to another room, peeking out from its doorway.
I gave it 15 mins then went down the hall and tried it again. He basically shook his head and moved away again.
Naturally, I won't be trying the treats any time soon, Maybe another 12hrs at the earliest.
So, any thoughts on this? Have you had a cat who's gone from adoring something to being terrified of it? I'm trying to think whether he equates the treat with his accident, but the treats weren't out, or near, where he fell awkwardly. It seems something in their smell is putting him off? Maybe he's nauseous from the accident and they don't go well with that? No idea.
In every other way, however, he's moving pretty well, purring (with ears forward), and being loving to me.
He just doesn't want to know about the treats...?!?
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