Scabby, peeling toe beans

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Poor cat has two sore feet, one back one and one front one. She's walking fine but just happened to notice her paws yesterday. Looks like the skin has peeled in the centre of a few pads and has scabby, crusty bits. She doesn't go outside at all so it's not an injury.

Google suggests she just might have dry paws? Recommends cream so I have ordered some. Anyone else had a cat with this issue and did cream work?

Could she have stepped on anything hot inside the house and burned herself?

It may be the cat litter. One of my cats had this. Suddenly developed dry, scaly pads on one paw. One pad became so raw it bled. It was so sudden we thought must have injured it somehow but flared up 3 times within about 3-4 months. New vet suggested we try different cat litter. We'd been using Catsan for 2 years with no issues so seemed unlikely but changed to a paper based litter and cleared up in no time. That was 8 years ago and no reoccurrence since - just healthy pink pads. May be worth a try to see if it helps.

Can’t imagine she’s been on anything hot. Only possibility is a hot tray left on the hob but I’ve never seen her jump up on the worktop so unlikely.

cat litter is a good shout. I use world’s best cat litter.

We had a cat with an autoimmune disease which caused scabby pads. The vet recommended clean the pad with dilute hibiscrub, smear on medical grade honey, cover with a sterile dressing, and wrap the paw in a cohesive bandage. Thought the honey was a bit weird but it's amazing stuff and worked wonders. Always keep a tube in for humans now.

Gosh did the cat keep it on?

dd has read about something called pillowfoot and is worried its that. Photos do look a bit similar, I’ve just taken out insurance.

Yes, pillowfoot. It's quite rare and he had a mild version. We put a cone on him to stop him pulling the bandages off and he shuffled around with all his feet bandaged up for a couple of weeks.The vet put him in camouflage bandages. I know he was ill but he looked cute in his little camo socks.😻
The biggest problem was when he decided he was feeling better and didnt need fresh dressings.
He had steroids and antibiotics as well. It flared up a few more times but after his initial flare up it wasn't as bad and easily managed with the honey dressings. He lived to a good age and didn't exhibit many other symptoms.