The posture of cats with folded ears is that they will sit up and lie down like humans to sleep. They will also adopt a standing posture and lift their forelimbs to reduce the pressure of the body weight on the joints. At the same time, symptoms such as a stiff tail that cannot swing, abnormal walking posture, limp, and a tendency to crouch may also appear. When a folded-eared cat shows these symptoms, the owner should take the cat to the pet hospital for examination in time.

Symptoms of the disease in cats with folded ears

1. The tail is short, stiff, and cannot be bent

After the disease occurs in cats with folded ears, the disease is the most serious The place is the tail and limbs. The tail will become thicker due to bone hyperplasia, the flexibility will decrease, it will not be able to swing, and it will be painful when touched.

2. Abnormal curvature, hyperplasia or lumps in the limbs

After limb lesions, the most obvious manifestation of a cat with folded ears is an unwillingness to walk or lameness. The hind limbs will be shorter than the forelimbs and very stiff, causing pain when flexing, causing it to sit in a human-like posture. At the same time, the joints and toes will also be deformed due to swelling of the joints.

3. Abnormal growth of toenails

Generally, the abnormality of toenails is that the pads are thicker than normal cats, and the back paws are also abnormally thick. When the cat sits upright, the pillow meat of the back paws It cannot touch the ground.