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Knowing this had to be mandatory if you want to live with a cat. So pay attention. Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. This was one of those typical topics that we were going to discuss on the secondary channel, which, in case you didn't know, we have a secondary channel here on YouTube called Questions and Answers from a Veterinarian, where I answer questions that you usually ask me on social media. They are very, very short videos, only about a minute or a couple of minutes long, where I answer specific topics. But I thought it was so important, and I saw that so many people had been asking me about it that I hadn't even considered it. That's why we decided to include it here on the main Happy Pets and Families channel. That's when thinking a little about the topic, to talk about it and so on, I. I realized that it's something quite important because it's something that's going to help you understand how your cat is behaving, why its behavior is changing, and whether or not there's something that's hurting it. Today's video is about how your cat is telling you that something hurts without being able to talk to you about it. Because cats are also experts at hiding when something hurts them, when they're sick, when they feel bad until they can't take it anymore. So when your cat is telling you that something hurts them, it's because it's been hurting them for quite some time, and it really is a very intense pain. This is something that not everyone knows. It can't just be pain in a leg or muscle pain, for example, but it can also hurt an internal organ, and they're reflecting it in some other part of their body. This is called reflex pain, which is very typical for it to manifest itself here behind on the back or something like that. It's not that his back hurts, but rather that his internal organs are hurting. He's telling you that something is wrong. Well, let's see how your cat can tell you that something hurts. Well, I don't know if we should include this point in the discussion or not. Well, we're going to call it point zero. This seems pretty obvious. Your cat can tell you that something hurts if you go to touch him somewhere and he complains. How do cats complain? Well, I don't think it's necessary to explain it, but hey, it could be a very deep meow or even become a little aggressive and turn away because wherever you're touching him is causing him Very, very intense pain. And he might want to move or turn around or even swipe at you because he's saying, don't touch me there. It really hurts. Anyone can identify this, but just in case there's someone who's really, really new to living with cats, or. Well, here's point zero. These are like the levels when you learn English. Elementary, pre. Elementary. But yes, related to this is point one, which is when you do something that you normally do with your cat, which is pick it up off the floor, hold it in your arms, and your cat suddenly becomes a little evasive, meowing at you, or even whining or even growling. It's not as severe a pain as the first one, because the first one is when it hurts to the point of rage, but simply by picking it up off the floor, the area that hurts is moving, and that's why it's growling. Suddenly the cat simply makes or makes a little meow that is already indicating to you, oh, it doesn't like that very much. In other words, it's not that your cat has stopped loving you, but rather that something inside your cat is hurting that you haven't identified yet. And continuing a bit with this, it is also worth mentioning point two, which would be that your cat is acting a bit elusive, that its behavior towards you has changed, not only when you want to pick it up off the floor, but at any time that your cat used to be very, very affectionate and would climb up to where you are on your lap to be petted. But of course now it has stopped doing that and you keep trying to go and pet it. That is why the cat distances itself a bit more from you. You are seeing that there is a change in behavior. It used to do it a lot and suddenly it does not do it as much anymore, or it runs away from you altogether, because it knows that every time you approach it, it is to pet it, which you think does nothing to it, and that it is a little affection that you are showing the cat, but that you are touching it in a place where it hurts a lot, and it prefers to distance itself a bit from you. This can be a bit extended, although it is not pain. For example, when your cat is undergoing a very, very long treatment, a treatment where you have to give it pills or syrup that the vet has recommended, at first your cat would come very close to you, but when it sees you with the syringe in your hand, what does it do? It runs away because it knows that you are there for it. Point three, your cat May stop eating or not want to eat. It is very, very common that when cats have pain, it does not only have to do with pain in the mouth, but also with pain in other parts of their body. They feel more apathetic, do not want to go eat or eat very, very little. In fact, your cat may lose weight. Related to this, if you notice that your cat is leaving more food in the dish or you see that your cat is suddenly losing weight without knowing very well why, you will have to take it to the vet to see if there is something that hurts or if it has some other type of illness. 4. Your cat may have stopped grooming itself. Grooming is very important for cats because it tells you that they are well. It is very common for cats to stop wanting to groom themselves with any type of pain. Sometimes the pain is in their bones or joints. Sometimes you do see them groom themselves in places where it doesn't hurt, but when you try to reach certain areas, they can't and decide to stop. But related to this, you may also see your cat wanting to lick certain areas in an almost compulsive way. That can also be pain. It is a much more focused pain and all the cat is doing is licking itself there because that calms it down, that helps it feel a little calmer or more relaxed. 5. Your cat may not want to move, may spend a lot of time in its basket, may not want to go out at all, or may go out for a few hours a day, very few, and then go back in all the time or may be listless in the basket. This is an unmistakable sign that your cat is in pain or is not feeling well for some reason. In these types of cases, your alarm bells should ring a little to let you know that you need to rush to the vet with him. Number 6. Adopt Anti Pain postures. Again, those words from the vet that we like to say. These are postures that we also adopt when something hurts. It's something that's much more common in dogs. Cats generally, even if it bothers them, are going to hide it quite well keeping their cool. But if your cat, for example, walks more hunched over with an arched back and so on, it could be telling you that something is already hurting them, not necessarily in their back. As I said, there are times when the reflected pain manifests itself back there and it's hurting in another part of their body. And apart from hunching over some, something else is more characteristic in cats. The most common is hunching over right.

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Number seven. Labored Breathing. Well, obviously, if they haven't done any type of very intense exercise which could be causing them to be labored breathing, they've simply been running. But labored breathing at rest should always indicate that something is wrong. And sometimes what is wrong is pain. It is precisely pain that is affecting or attacking the cat without you touching it. And that is why it keeps breathing a little more labored. Generally, you will see it when it is lying in its bed because it does not want to move, as I have already told you, and you see that its chest moves very, very, very quickly. And that in the end, it will do several things, not just one, of course. You have to see them together in a combination. You have to go with the notebook.

Yes. Well, it is really like when we do it in the office, we have a kind of checklist in our heads and we say, okay, we. This is happening to it. This is happening to it. This is happening to it. And based on all of these, what is happening is when we make a diagnosis, and this does not mean that you have to be able to diagnose that your cat has a disease. All of this advice that I'm giving you is simply so that you can learn to identify it and quickly go to the person who can diagnose it or get to the bottom of the matter, which is the veterinarian at the clinic, of course. Number eight, your cat shouldn't want to climb high places. Okay, let's go back to the same thing. If your cat has never wanted to climb high places, then don't pay any more attention to this point. But if your cat was usually a bit of a jumper who liked to climb on shelves or tables on the sofa and suddenly reaches a point where they don't want to climb, it may be indicating pain. Also, this is very, very common in very old cats because they usually have joint pain and develop osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis in cats is not usually as easy to see as it is in dogs. You see that your cat is a little less active. You see that your cat wants to climb up a little less on places. You say when. Well, it's because he's older and you're right. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't do anything to prevent that pain and suffering. If you see that your cat used to climb up on the couch and spend long periods of time with you there, and now he doesn't want to. In addition to being able to encourage him to climb up by putting a small step or some Intermediate points so that he doesn't have to make that jump. You will have to go to the vet so that he can be given some type of remedy, if there is one, and so that your cat can have a better quality of life. 9. Excessive drooling. A lot of drooling is generally indicative of pain in the mouth. And in fact it is quite common in cats that have periodontal disease, gingivitis. More serious problems in the mouth, as I explained in the video about gingivitis that we made on the channel and that I'm going to leave here for you to watch. The sign of excessive drooling can also cause you to notice that your cat wants to eat less precisely because of that. And then we are going to have different types of things that can indicate that your cat is in pain.

Leaves drool on the floor. Uh, you. Yes. Sometimes it is stringy drool, like thick. Sometimes it is a little brownish because it is mixed with a little blood from the gums. Sometimes when cats are very, very, very happy, they drool a little, but it is much lighter drool, much less thick. If it is only because they are happy, do not pay any more attention to it, but at least observe it. Do you have the 2020 CAT instruction manual? I am going to have to get.

An instruction manual every year. Hey, if I get it from Amazon, I might get some drool and that's it. There are no more signs. Well, there may be some more, but these are the most important ones. And obviously we are talking about pain and pain in itself is already a problem. But we also have to consider that many times this pain is caused by an illness, which is also another added problem. Well, I think all this is understandable. I hope I have cleared up some of your doubts. I don't know if you have any more, if the video has raised many more questions than you had at the beginning, because that is also possible. And anyway, if you want to leave them in the comments so we can go over them a little bit, so we can read them a little bit, we will try to answer them little by little, of course. Don't make me diagnose your cat online because we can't do that. If you are identifying these signs, you have to go to the vet. That's it. There's no more to it. And that's it. Well, before I go, thank you very much for all the comments because thanks to them, I realize that there are things that raise doubts for you that for me can be very clear. And thanks to those Comments. Videos like this one come out. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone who has cats, which, as I said, is essential for living with a cat. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families channel, and I'll see you in the next video and subscribe, because I always like to say it at the end. I don't know why, and I don't need to tell you what goes at the end of our videos. Right. As always, at the end, we get to know your animal companions, who you introduced to us through our Facebook group. And here we have Ingrid and Minet, who say they also thank us very much because they've learned a lot from us. Thank you very much. Ingrid and Minet has probably also learned a lot about how to destroy boxes. Oh my gosh, Bot. What a beating she's giving him. And mate. Pinero introduces us to her babies, Nicky and Toby. She's been with them for eight years, since they were babies picked up from the street. She says the poor things are a little restless because she's had to close the doors to the rooms because she doesn't know if she's allergic to them or not. We've made a video on the channel about cat allergies. I'll leave it here for you to check out. It might help you. And Fanny introduces us to her two beauties, Percy and lyi. Well, I don't know about Percy and lyi. She says they love each other, and the truth is that it's very clear to us. Look at this photo, please. I wish I could be there too, lying down with them. And that's it? And that's it. Well, if you want us to introduce your animal companions in this section, what you have to do is send us their photos in the Facebook group and we'll put them up at the end of our videos, little by little. Three a week. Please don't get mad at me because there are people who are already crucifying me in the town square. See you next week. This should be it, right? Knowing this should be mandatory if you want to live with a cat. Okay, but we don't have to be mad either. There are times when.

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What's wrong with you? What's wrong? What's wrong? Oh, he has a runny nose. It's just that these little cats suffer a lot from respiratory distress when the weather is this cold, changeable or whatever. Poor things. Well, it would probably be better for us because we never say anything to people on the street. We should go with him. He wants me to tell him about the.

He wants me to tell him about his pet.

Obviously, your cat can.

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I'm sorry. No, it's okay. It's okay. What's wrong? What's wrong? And he doesn't dare.

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Don't say that, please. Trick question. Uh, no.

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Look, the little tail is like saying, I'll play or I won't play. Come on. Come here. Come on. Two.

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Notice there are points. One point. I don't know how many.

Uh, there's one. Okay. Yes. Uh, five. Yes. This was the four. Five, which is the three there. Yes. Oh, a. How nice, huh? I like the yours when they're in a good mood. There are some yours who aren't in a good mood. And that's it. And that's it for today's video. And that's it. No, no, I didn't change the shot. Ah, okay.

This is the original shot that I liked.

Well, I don't know why he did the experiment. I'm going to do it soon. And that's it. If no one shows up in the end, well, let's take advantage. Thank you very much to all of you who make it to the end of the videos, which is a very low percentage. It makes us very sad. But anyway, thanks for showing up. To you who made it. To you who made it. Thank you to the one who doesn't even get water. And obviously we're talking about pain, but pain isn't just pain for pain's sake.