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Grateful for any sage advice from more experienced owners!
My 7 year old cat, Rufus, started limping his front right paw last night. He is an outdoor cat who regularly climbs fences and dropping from 6ft heights on a daily basis. He's a chunky sod at 5KG so there is not an inconsiderable weight being placed on the ground.
There's nothing obviously broken on his leg, no swelling, punctures or signs of infection. He's not crying out in pain when we press the leg. I'm wondering whether he's just sprained it as he's been moving up and down the stairs and jumping onto sofas without placing any weight on the limping paw.
If it's a sprain, I'm planning on giving it another 24 hours or so before shipping him to the vets. Is this something which is likely to right itself after a day or so, or should I be rushing him in tonight?
My 7 year old cat, Rufus, started limping his front right paw last night. He is an outdoor cat who regularly climbs fences and dropping from 6ft heights on a daily basis. He's a chunky sod at 5KG so there is not an inconsiderable weight being placed on the ground.
There's nothing obviously broken on his leg, no swelling, punctures or signs of infection. He's not crying out in pain when we press the leg. I'm wondering whether he's just sprained it as he's been moving up and down the stairs and jumping onto sofas without placing any weight on the limping paw.
If it's a sprain, I'm planning on giving it another 24 hours or so before shipping him to the vets. Is this something which is likely to right itself after a day or so, or should I be rushing him in tonight?
Cats tend not too give away much so when they show discomfort it is usually significant.
There is a high chance of a brewing abscess on the paw which will be difficult to spot.
Whilst it's not completely unreasonable to see if 24hrs rest will sort it I'd still advise appt today to ck. If it is a sprain he can still be given pain relief and anti inflammatory to speed up recovery, if it's an abscess it'll heal faster the quicker he gets antibiotics.
There is a high chance of a brewing abscess on the paw which will be difficult to spot.
Whilst it's not completely unreasonable to see if 24hrs rest will sort it I'd still advise appt today to ck. If it is a sprain he can still be given pain relief and anti inflammatory to speed up recovery, if it's an abscess it'll heal faster the quicker he gets antibiotics.
One annoyed cat, one terrified vet and 75 quid later and we're back.
Spot on Bex. He's got an infection in his paw which was brewing. No foreign body found in it but the vet reckons he's got himself into a fight and whatever it was has now dropped out.
We've now got the joyful task of shoving a pill down and squirting some anti-inflammatory down his throat for a week. Joy!
Thanks again.
Spot on Bex. He's got an infection in his paw which was brewing. No foreign body found in it but the vet reckons he's got himself into a fight and whatever it was has now dropped out.
We've now got the joyful task of shoving a pill down and squirting some anti-inflammatory down his throat for a week. Joy!
Thanks again.
Oh dear, still at least it should get better more quickly due to quick treatment. Seen a few of these type of infected paws recently. One owner left there cat limping for 5 days, that foot was a real mess by the time we got to see it!
Hope he heals quickly (I'm sure you've been told but make sure he has just eaten before giving him the liquid medicine)
Hope he heals quickly (I'm sure you've been told but make sure he has just eaten before giving him the liquid medicine)
gd49 said:
ali_kat said:
If it is Metacam you can put it on his food 
And its less likely to upset his stomach given that way.Method of giving just depends on what is easier (and best tolerated) by owner and pet
eltawater said:
Grateful for any sage advice from more experienced owners!
My 7 year old cat, Rufus, started limping his front right paw last night. He is an outdoor cat who regularly climbs fences and dropping from 6ft heights on a daily basis. He's a chunky sod at 5KG so ?
A 5KG CAT .Or is it a panther My 7 year old cat, Rufus, started limping his front right paw last night. He is an outdoor cat who regularly climbs fences and dropping from 6ft heights on a daily basis. He's a chunky sod at 5KG so ?
.My little lad is passed ok at 11( and he's a big specimen of his dog breed), so he's one big cat . Anyway glad to hear he's ok . [quote=Who me ?].My little lad is passed ok at 11, so he's one big cat . Anyway glad to hear he's ok .
My female Maine Coon is a correct weight 6kg (ie not fat)eltawater said:
Grateful for any sage advice from more experienced owners!
My 7 year old cat, Rufus, started limping his front right paw last night. He is an outdoor cat who regularly climbs fences and dropping from 6ft heights on a daily basis. He's a chunky sod at 5KG so ?
A 5KG CAT .Or is it a panther My 7 year old cat, Rufus, started limping his front right paw last night. He is an outdoor cat who regularly climbs fences and dropping from 6ft heights on a daily basis. He's a chunky sod at 5KG so ?
.My little lad is passed ok at 11, so he's one big cat . Anyway glad to hear he's ok . My friend has a 14mth old male Maine Coon he weighs a whopping 9.2kg and still growing!
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