{"id":19536,"date":"2013-11-27T13:47:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T13:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=19536"},"modified":"2013-11-27T16:39:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T16:39:58","slug":"big-arthritic-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=19536","title":{"rendered":"Big Arthritic Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, Pepper stopped jumping up on the bathroom sinks - despite loving to drink out of the faucets. For a while, she would try to jump up but not quite make it; so she just stopped trying. Now, she just stands in front of them and meows. And then she stopped being able to jump up onto the edge of the tub without taking a few practice tries. We thought she was just fat (which the vet always says she is).<\/p>\n

And then she started having trouble getting up the stairs, which is bad because the litter box is upstairs.<\/p>\n

So, after scaring ourselves by Goolging \"cat can't jump anymore\", we took her to the vet. <\/p>\n

Turns out she isn't considered fat any more - my food rationing worked! But she does have arthritis in her back knees. She's only 6 1\/2.<\/p>\n

Poor girl.<\/p>\n

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Adrian Belew - Big Electric Cat<\/div><\/div>
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