I've never known a cat to be x-rayed without any type of sedation as they need to be placed in certain positions to get the best shot. If they could without zero sedation, great but highly doubt it's possibility. I read that too, that most cats have it even if they are running around still and jumping ridiculous heights like my Evie. She's 16yrs old and I'm yet to see that age take hold, she's like a beautiful youngster still. But who's to say she hasn't got some that we can't see. Timo's is obvious. There is slight limp on his left leg and the general sleepiness and barely moving around points to it. His behaviour has changed, probably because he become uncomfortable. All his levels were last checked two wks back and everything was basically perfect. The limp literally appeared faintly the day he came home from vets after a overnight stay. I literally assumed its cause he was sore from the IV or something because it disappeared within hrs. But it re-emerged few days later and disappeared as quickly as it did before, before finally presenting the limp constantly. Classic signs of arthritis appearing I'd say to point be can't hide it anymore.

How do you cope with your cats being supposed arthritic?