![]() He was previously owned, very friendly, and I'll adopt him out soon. So I decided to take him home and put him in my spare bedroom so he could rest that paw. ![]() Question: can you tell if initially when she walks she is stiff and then walks with more ease? That's a good sign. Also, he may develop arthritis in that limb. I scruffed him, took him to a cat professional for evaluation, best guess: sprain or tore tendon (TD showed no reaction to his limbs being manipulated.) If the paw doesn't improve in three or four weeks, then I may take TD in for an x-ray. When I returned from vacation, I noticed he was limping on one paw, and I was concerned about his ability to hunt for food. "Twiddledee" is part of my feral/stray/abandoned cat colony. You *might* also put 1/4 of baby aspirin in her food for pain relieft/anti inflammatory. Give her extra food so she doesn't have to hunt (run) for food. Or should we just continue feeding her until she's well enough to go to other areas in her territory? Point is, is there anything we can do to stabilize the area? I think, if we were to see her again we might be able to wrap an Ace bandage or something similar around the area. I don't know if he caught her or she got hurt jumping down from a tree she used to escape, etc. We don't know how it happened, though we saw a large dog not far away. We put food and water out for her (we normally don't because several people in the neighborhood do.) We were able to take a look there are no bite marks or anything, and it doesn't seem like it's broken. She can use it to stabilize herself but won't walk on it. At the joint, her back left leg is leaning to the right by about 7 degrees. ![]() Then around 10 PM we come home and she's walking with a decided limp. (she is semi tame, would not make a house cat but accepts petting occasionally.) We saw her yesterday afternoon, all seemed okay. She is feral though we have had contact with her since she was around three months old.
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