Strange incident
Last night, our newest kitties came out of the kitty tunnel. He was limping and when he finally stopped walking, he lifted his left paw off the ground and started crying. I picked him up and walked around with him a bit. I didn’t want to touch his paw as he is new to the group and doesn’t quite know us very well. Instead, I brought him upstairs to the cat room to confine him and limit his activity.
This morning, when I look at his paw, I see one of his claws protruding where it shouldn’t. Sitting with him quietly and petting him, every time I go to pick up his hurt paw, he snatches it away cries then tries to bite me. We played this game of gently lift paw, look on the bottom of it and then try to part the paw to look at the injured footpad. He stops me quick enough.
Since the paw looks out of the ordinary, a bit swollen and it is hot to the touch, and since the claw is visible all the time. Looks like we are going to the vet today. Sometimes, it never ends around here. Never a dull moment.
Kitty had a rough day. In order for them to examine him, they had to make him drowsy. Turns out he has an abscess in his footpad. They drained and cleaned it, gave him a shot and sent him home with me with pain meds and antibiotic. He is upstairs in the cat room, sleeping in the closet.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Awww, poor little baby. Give him a pat from me.