Our kitten is 4.5m old now, and completely vaccinated. We've been letting her out since her last jabs, and she's been loving it. Spending most of the day outside wearing herself out and coming in just to eat and sleep.
Yesterday one of the children noticed that one of her paws has a raw area just before the big pad. She's not limping or anything, but she is worrying at it a bit. DH has bathed it in salt water last night and this morning to try to keep it clean, but I'm wondering what to do next - should we bandage it or something to stop her licking it and making it worse?
Secondly, I've noticed her be very sleepy when she's in the house since she's been going out, but I'd assumed that was because she was burning up so much energy exploring and climbing trees etc. She's started leaving the back garden, but is finding her way home brilliantly - we have no catflap, but she scratched at the front door yesterday, having been let out of the back door!
However, last night I noticed that she looked a bit dopey. One of her eyes looked like it would prefer to be closed, although it was able to open fully, and it seems a bit better this morning. It's more that when she is sleepy, the right eye closes first, IYSWIM. Doesn't seem red or anything.
But the main thing is the dopiness. Although she is playing if one of the children grabs one of her toys and bounces it around, but not as boistrously as usual.
We've not let her out this morning. I'm wondering if she's fallen out of a tree and knocked her head or something, grazing her paw in the process. I'll take her to the vet on Monday if she's not better by then...and sooner if she deteriorates. But, in the meantime, any thoughts? It's our first house pet, so I'm a bit of a novice!