Penny's nothing like that, but she does have a sort of curious gait -- she seems to move her hind legs from the hip, and not bend her knees so much (I know where cat knees really are, and I'm not totally sure that's what she's doing, but her hind legs tend to be stiff and straight when she walks). She's very well coordinated, though; she's fast and has no trouble running or jumping or navigating complicated obstacles (just don't ask her to get back down out of a tree). But Charley's wide-legged walk seems like an exaggerated version of Penny's, which is strange. We never asked a vet about it -- we hadn't actually noticed it when we brought her in for her first checkup, where she came out totally fine, and we haven't really had cause to bring her in again.
In contrast, I once had a cat whose gait was normal but whose name -- Dizzy, short for Disaster -- was well-earned in terms of his physical coordination. He's the only cat I've ever known who (as best we can tell) broke his own nose.
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Penny's nothing like that, but she does have a sort of curious gait -- she seems to move her hind legs from the hip, and not bend her knees so much (I know where cat knees really are, and I'm not totally sure that's what she's doing, but her hind legs tend to be stiff and straight when she walks). She's very well coordinated, though; she's fast and has no trouble running or jumping or navigating complicated obstacles (just don't ask her to get back down out of a tree). But Charley's wide-legged walk seems like an exaggerated version of Penny's, which is strange. We never asked a vet about it -- we hadn't actually noticed it when we brought her in for her first checkup, where she came out totally fine, and we haven't really had cause to bring her in again.
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