My cat (just over a year old) has been prescribed steroids.
History is him limping.
The pads on his paws are swollen & some are quite purple/black.
He is otherwise fit & healthy & doesn't always limp. When he does, he won't put his weight on his front right paw.
A few weeks ago he was given an anti biotic injection & Metacam.
Took him back for a check up on Saturday & although he's not limping, his paw pads are still inflamed.
So he now has oral anti biotics & prednisolone steroid.
He doesn't have any official diagnosis of what's wrong with him. Vet seems to think some sort of autoimmune thing. She says if no improvement then there will need to be more exploratory investigation.
I gave him his 1st half of steroid this morning.
But now I'm having second thoughts. He's not actually ill. Other than his pads of his paws being swollen.
I'm just worried steroid are a bit much.
Can someone please just reassure me. Before I google. Which I have resisted a far!
Many thanks.