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He was such a sweet boy. Burmese kitty. I love you forever Max. You always craved attention and loved everyone you met. Always annoying us by jumping in our laps and demanding attention by headbutting us. I wish I appreciated you more and gave you all the pets your little heart desired. 💔

My girl was licking her 1 back leg excessively. She was moving back and forth like she was uncomfortable. When she lay down, while she was going at her leg, I started massaging it. There was a huge knot in her muscle.

She sat still and just looked at me obviously starting to feel better (I say that bc she wasn’t trying to get away while I sat massaging her leg.. and her eyes looked grateful). When the knot was gone that’s when she got up and just went to lay in her spot. No more pacing restlessly, licking at her leg.

If your kitty is missing a front leg, massage the one still there bc it takes more weight than it should. Their muscles get tight too. If it’s the back leg gone, massage the one still there. Nothing wrong with massaging all of them but they might not be as uncomfortable and kitty won’t let you bc it doesn’t feel as relieving.

Just wanted to share in case there are some of y’all’s babies displaying the same thing occasionally. Hope this helps someone.

Edit: was just informed massaging the stump is a good idea too!