{"id":99665,"date":"2022-04-22T12:28:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-cat-walking-with-a-hunched-back\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:28:06","slug":"why-is-my-cat-walking-with-a-hunched-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-cat-walking-with-a-hunched-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is my cat walking with a hunched back?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why is my cat walking with a hunched back?<\/h2>\n<p>Cats communicate through body language and vocalizations. However, it can be difficult for humans to understand the meaning of an arched back. <b>A cat raising its back can signify contentment or aggression. Cats arch their backs to display affection, happiness, and contentment.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>What are signs that your cat is in pain?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Signs that your cat is in pain include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agitation (unsettled, trembling)<\/li>\n<li>Cat crying, growling, hissing.<\/li>\n<li>Limping or difficulty jumping.<\/li>\n<li>Avoids being petted or handled.<\/li>\n<li>Playing less.<\/li>\n<li>Licking a particular body region.<\/li>\n<li>More aggressive.<\/li>\n<li>Change in posture or gait.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How do you know if your cats back hurts?<\/h2>\n<p>Cats often experience pain when the lower back is touched or moved. Other signs include <b>a loss of paw position sense, muscle wasting, or weakened reflexes in the hind legs. X-rays may show signs of degeneration, but diagnosis requires magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is my cat walking with a hunched back? Cats communicate through body language and vocalizations. However, it can be difficult for humans to understand the meaning of an arched back. A cat raising its back can signify contentment or aggression. Cats arch their backs to display affection, happiness, and contentment. What are signs that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}