Caturday: Things about Cat Arthritis You May Not Know

 


Our elderly gentlewoman Simone has had arthritis for 5-6 years now, controlled well enough by cosequin until recently; now she needs a monthly shot. Not only has she lived a long time with arthritis, but she has also lived a long time, period, for a Himalayan cat. The life span of that breed is 10-15 years. Simone is a dignified 17 years old. In the past year, she has developed high blood pressure controlled by medication, and in the last three months, she has lost all of her eyesight. Still, she manages. She spends a lot of time dozing comfortably in her memory-foam cat bed (shown above) that was especially developed for arthritic cats, but she insists on spending nights in bed with me in my sleep number bed, set at a very firm mattress level but topped with two layers of foam. It is also comfortable. 

Tomorrow, she is going to the vet to have her front leg x-rayed; she missed the stairs leading to/from the bed, which, of course, she cannot see, and tumbled onto the floor. She is also getting her monthly arthritis shot. She is a very sweet, a scared street rescue long ago but now docile and uncomplaining -- and affectionate. 

She has outlived the actuarial tables for her breed, and, with arthritis, we do not know how much longer we will have her, but I did find this article helpful:

How Long Can a Cat Live With Arthritis? (msn.com)

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