How can you tell if your cat is in pain?

[davidc4430]

How can you tell if your cat is in pain? Scientists have a new grimace scale that might help

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-02-01/vet-pets-how-can-you-tell-if-your-cat-is-in-pain/1188...

if you cant tell when your cat requires help you prolly shouldnt have a cat, or any animal pet.

animals give pretty obvious signs when somethings wrong.

[kopenhagen5]

How can you tell if your cat is in pain?

Ask it......................................or am I the only one with a talking cat ?  

Seriously, they do tell you by the type of meow. Croaky meow usually means it's unwell or scared.

Unless the cat is old or has a permanent croaky meow.

[davidc4430]

rosie gets angry if i dont reply

[channys_mum]

Cinders and Charm have a way letting me know what they want feel etc

Last year Charm had hay fever and although my heart went out to him, a bloke with man flu has nothing on him.

[ambercat16]

They are stunning😍

[channys_mum]

My cats are now 9 years older than the pics by the way

[channys_mum]

Thank you ambercat

[zanadoo_56]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

rosie gets angry if i dont reply

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Burmese - ignore them at your peril. 🙂

My cat nags.  She doesn't care how badly I speak cat, as long as I answer her with a pathetic human attempt.

[imastawka]

My cat is 16 yo and totally deaf now.

Before she was deaf, she had a dainty liitle 'mew'.  Now the meow is so loud. long and often goes on for minutes - it can be heard by the people next door.

I know it's only for attention - she can't hear how loud she is.

She does it so I can brush her - she can't turn her neck to groom.

But I studied the pics in the link, and now I know she's fine.     No pain at all.

Just old and cranky.    Much like her 'staff'   

But I'll keep an eye on those eyes, ears and whiskers now.

[twyngwyn]

7 Sounds Cats Make and What They Mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjRs_WT8VzM