Thread: Is her back normal

looks about the same many thanks
tried to post pics but cant do it partner will be back from france soon will make it his job before he goes back

Originally Posted by candes

Is this the kind of weird posture stuff you were posting about?

Oh gosh I remember him having a few nasty falls, and wondered if he had broken something. All his back and leg bones stick out weird. Same on both sides, so I guess not broken.

And I just added a pic of him sitting with a rounded back.

Still beautiful though!!

I have one who sits the same as Molly,he is seven years old & is very long & lean,you can feel every knobbly bone in his body,I have posted a picture of him not showing off his back but his front leg,have got a better one somewhere which shows it more but as usual when you want it you can't find it,he sits with the right leg as you are looking at him in the photo & at what I call his "elbow" joint it is bent inwards & his paw turns out to the side but he is still sitting up straight,very often this position is exagerated a lot more & thats why I have always said he must have been a contorsionist in an earlier life because he seems so bendy.Will try & find the one that shows it off more,or take another,the fact that he is white legged just makes it a bit harder to show.....

Went straight out into the hall & guess how Bruce was sitting....!

I think it might be something typical for maine coons... Our adult males have the same habbit.

I keep looking at all of mine,Bruce is the only one with that shaped back as he sits & although a couple of the others have their paws slightly turned none of them have got that bowed bend in their leg,will just keep watching now........

I've been wondering this same thing myself as Gryfn walks around with a curved back.... seems to be a mc thing I guess.

Here is a pic of Sarah at 9 months with I think the same curve in her back.

I have also noticed that Zack has a curve in his back now when he is standing and I noticed it because he was standing right next to Sarah and she didnt have it. He is not quite 9 months yet so I am thinking it must be something they do about this age

It must be to do with their length then - I've not noticed any weird bone shapes on Freyja but when playing with something she will often be on her back with her back legs up and over her head, claws in the carpet, whilst she plays with the toy in her front paws. Really strange to see as I've never seen another cat do it, but as Candes says, it seemed natural and comfortable to her, and she's always doing it.