cat question--answers to Irene's questions [1 Attachment]

[Tanya Marquette]

Tc this morning right after posting with extra information:

Personality: most empathetic of the all the cats. if one of the other cats cry when getting his nails cut, this cat will
run over and sit there chirping till the other cat is put down. Then she licks him all over.

If owner in bedroom and other cats elsewhere, this cat will sit in hall and chirp till everyone is together; then
she goes her own way

During a major grief of the owner, this cat would come up and lean into the owner’s body; would tilt her head
in an endearing way.

A chow hound herself, she will let the other cats eat first

Will not let boxes keep their covers. Will use her paws to remove the covers and if the box is hidden, she
will go looking for it to remove the cover. Then she leaves the box and its contents alone.

Described as very ‘in tune’ but keeps her distance

Hope this helps

tanya
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[Irene de Villiers]

Dear Tanya,

I would suggest Phos, I shall explain why:

Gene features:
Dark Color gene (codes for black and/or red patterns)
Back and leg length longish "square" side view
Shorter than usual tail
Tendency to sit (easier with longer legs in cats)
Lies or sites in ready to move positions.
Wispy fur sticking out from the regular fur (you have to slowmo the video to see against the wall)
Takes long steps when walking, with feet lifted quite high
Bunnyhop or trotting motion
Chest deeper than wide
Hips NOT narrow.
Long legs, not heavily built.
Chatty
Alert, interested, eye expression

Genetic phenotype is PHOS.

Her actual motion is stiff and the curved back suggests back pain not leg pain causing the problem.
I forgot to ask age and whether declawed.
Arthritic back joints may be an issue, or if declawed, that causes back problems by 8 yrs age or before.
Clipping claws can also cause back problems. Claw clipping in cats is an injury forcing scar tissue development.
Cat claws are retracted in nature to keep the claws from getting scuffed or damaged or getting the nice sharp tips messed up, and also to set the paws at the proper level and attitude for locomotion.
Claws in cats are not nails as in dogs, they are like onion layers that get peeled off pone at a toime as a claw's outer layer is worn and scuffed. If you "clip" them you go across the layers instead of removing the outer one, and injure them, and you also expose all the layers, which then can pick up dirt between the "onion ring layers" in the litter tray, and become painful and infected... causing painful walking...and eventually back problems from incorrect foot positions.
Declawed cats are worse off - and have missing finger digits and cannot balance properly nor put on brakes, and by age 8 they all have back problems from the abnormal weight bearing on deformed feet. (It is hard for me to even talk about this cruel practice still too common in USA instead of banned as it is in more civilized places).
Severely clipped claws cause scar tissue to build up, and they hurt, and claws cannot retract or feel normal due to the scar tissue.
Either way - Feet are not used normally to accommoodate the deformed/missing claws/digits, and that leads to back trouble in cats.

Somehow or other I beleve there is a back issue here, whether from arthritis or degenrative disk disease or from a foot related issue.
There are no narrow hips to cause a question of hip dysplasia, and even the vet sees no leg issues.

So to add in rubrics that may be relevant, the foll are all in PHOS:

MIND - ACTIVITY - desires activity - creative activity
MIND - AFFECTIONATE
MIND - ANXIETY - others, for
MIND - ANXIETY - pains, from the
MIND - CAPRICIOUSNESS
MIND - COMMUNICATIVE
MIND - DICTATORIAL - talking with air of command
MIND - LOQUACITY
MIND - SYMPATHETIC
BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region
BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - lameness
BACK - PAIN - periodical
BACK - PAIN - Spine - extending to - Up spine
BACK - PAIN - walking - agg. - prevents walking
EXTREMITIES - DRAGGING - Legs
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Hips - limping gait; causes
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - rheumatic - weather - cold - agg.
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - warm - applications - amel.
EXTREMITIES - TOTTERING GAIT (slowmo shows uneven left-right motion)
GENERALS - PAIN - Joints - dislocated; as if (I am thinking back joints)
GENERALS - PERIODICITY
GENERALS - RISING - sitting; from - after - agg.
GENERALS - SITTING - impulse to sit
GENERALS - WALKING - agg.
Hope this helps.
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.Furryboots.info
(Info on Feline health, genetics, nutrition & homeopathy)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Leilanae]

Hi Tanya,

"Also, observed when defecating, she leaves the box mid way through the process of excreting solid waste."

Is the cat constipated? When she leaves the box is she in "elimination position"? Describe stool.

Atb,

Leilanae