ARGH!
Tobias didn't appear at supper time last night, wasn't worried because if he's deeply asleep in the evenings he sometimes comes down late. Got up this morning, most of the supper was left in the bowls. A little puzzled, but scraped the old into the food waste and put new breakfast down. Still no Tobias, starting to get a little worried now.
Got ready for work, last thing I do is give them some of their favourite sliced chicken. He came HOPPING on 3 legs from behind the sofa, took the chicken then dropped it. Called vet, called Annie to help me get him there, called work.
Naturally he was still able to shoot round the house to avoid capture despite being on 3 legs! He then growled and hissed at Annie, something he hasn't done for ages.
Vet thinks he's pulled something in his shoulder or elbow. He hissed at her as well, normally he adores her. He's had painkilling injection and also a "just in case" antibiotic in case we've missed anything. We tried liquid Gabapentin while still there and he dribbled for ages afterwards, even rejected lik e lix after which he'd had some of earlier in the visit. Going to TRY Gabapentin tablets crushed in treats later for the pain & inflammation (he is not pill-able at home) but he loathes them as well.
How an indoor only cat, in his own home where he's been for years, somehow manages to injure himself like that goodness knows. We did notice a dark smudge across that paw, so think he may have got it stuck under something & injured himself trying to pull away?