Is That Kitty Saying Me-owch? Cats Tell Us When They Hurt. We Need to Listen and Turn Pain into Purrs.

Feline Pain Scales (Apps -- iOS and Android available)

• Feline Grimace Scale 
• Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale 
• WSAVA’s Vet Pain App 

Additional pain scales available as a pdf

• Feline Musculoskeletal Pain Index 
• UNESP-Botucatu Multidimensional Composite Pain Scale for assessing postoperative pain in cats (available as pdf)

Additional resources

• 2022 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Acute Pain in Cats 
• AAHA Acute and Perioperative Assessment of Pain in Cats
• 2022 WSAVA Guidelines for the Recognition, Assessment and Treatment of Pain