Our cat has hurt his right front leg. He's clearly not in huge amounts of pain, but is limping and reluctant to put his weight on it. No visible sign of injury, but I think he's hurt somewhere above the knee joint. When it first happened he slept on his chair and didn't go far. In a day he was putting weight back on it and a lot happier, then a day later back to his old self, no sign of a limp and running around. Then another day on, he came in limping again. So clearly not broken, but strained, twisted, or maybe a muscle pulled. What do we do??
We thought keeping him in to give it time to heal best so shut the cat flap. In spite of putting the old litter tray out, showing him where it was, the poor thing's just wee'd all over his cushion. It feels cruel keeping him in, but is that the kindest? We haven't taken him to the vets yet, as it's obviously not broken, so not too sure what they could do for him.
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Cat injured but not broken leg, what to do?
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Traalaa · 07/11/2016 08:59
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