Young cat suddenly hesitant to jump.

Post date: 2019-04-14 03:22:41

The red herring: a new kitten has arrived. Attention seeking behavior or vet time?

Our cat, Mush, is an approx 4-5 year old tuxedo girl. Previously she's never had an issue with jumping. She is a pretty "low to the ground" cat - not much of a climber/scaler, but she can get on the bed or couch no problem. Within the past couple days, instead of jumping she stands on her hind legs, puts her forepaws on the bed/couch, and just kind of hesitates there before ultimately aborting the jump. She is pooping, peeing, eating, drinking and playing appropriately at this point and we are closely monitoring these behaviors. She seems to be her normal self - isn't hiding, peeing outside litterbox, etc. She has also gotten a litttttlee chunkier in the past week as well(eating the kitten kibble) but she is not overweight.

Now, we got a 6 month old tabby girl on 4/4. We did proper introductory rites, kept them away from each other, and did slow introductions. We think they're okay with each other! There was some hissing at first but no fighting, they can be around each other with no problem. Mush is still hesitant and investigative regarding tabby baby but it's still early. I'm thinking that the hesitance to jump could be attention seeking?The internet says she may have arthritis but she's not an elderly cat. We checked her paws and legs and all seems well. Vet time or shall we wait and see?

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