Hi all,
My kitty, Kattie has an issue with cracked paw pads. She had this issue back in October, when she was limping really bad and I took her in to the vet. Well the first vet I took her to wanted to give her metacam thinking she had arthritis even though I insisted it was her pads causing the issue. I decided to go to a cat only vet and he said that it was the pads, that seemed dry and irritated and told me to give her fish oil for a few weeks.
Her pads on her front feet have always been deformed looking because of the bad declaw she had before I got her. The toe bones though aren't giving her issues yet as I had them xrayed. Anyways, she has chronic skin allergies that are worse in the fall and spring and I'm thinking it is related. I noticed today that she was walking gingerly on her left front foot and she has been licking all her feet a little excessively as her allergies are acting up again. I started up the fish oil again but that takes a few days to start working. Is there anything I can put on topically? My vet said to be careful with topicals as it makes them go after their feet more and can aggravate or irritate the pads more.
I want to do a wait and try home remedies first as it isn't too bad yet and I started the fish oils. Plus at the moment I have no transportation as my car blew a rod in the engine and it is in the shop ($3800 fix there, gotta love fords) anyways, I feel bad as she is tender foot, and I want something to work faster than the fish oil in the mean time, but I don't want to cause more harm. Last time I put some panolog cream on the cracked pad and boy was that a mistake, she licked her foot to a bloody mess. I don't want to do that, but I read olive oil rubbed on might be soothing. Any ideas would be great. I will take her in if this doesn't resolve, but I'm going to have to count my pennies after this car repair, and the 300 I spent last week on senior dog exams, bloodwork ect.
My kitty, Kattie has an issue with cracked paw pads. She had this issue back in October, when she was limping really bad and I took her in to the vet. Well the first vet I took her to wanted to give her metacam thinking she had arthritis even though I insisted it was her pads causing the issue. I decided to go to a cat only vet and he said that it was the pads, that seemed dry and irritated and told me to give her fish oil for a few weeks.
Her pads on her front feet have always been deformed looking because of the bad declaw she had before I got her. The toe bones though aren't giving her issues yet as I had them xrayed. Anyways, she has chronic skin allergies that are worse in the fall and spring and I'm thinking it is related. I noticed today that she was walking gingerly on her left front foot and she has been licking all her feet a little excessively as her allergies are acting up again. I started up the fish oil again but that takes a few days to start working. Is there anything I can put on topically? My vet said to be careful with topicals as it makes them go after their feet more and can aggravate or irritate the pads more.
I want to do a wait and try home remedies first as it isn't too bad yet and I started the fish oils. Plus at the moment I have no transportation as my car blew a rod in the engine and it is in the shop ($3800 fix there, gotta love fords) anyways, I feel bad as she is tender foot, and I want something to work faster than the fish oil in the mean time, but I don't want to cause more harm. Last time I put some panolog cream on the cracked pad and boy was that a mistake, she licked her foot to a bloody mess. I don't want to do that, but I read olive oil rubbed on might be soothing. Any ideas would be great. I will take her in if this doesn't resolve, but I'm going to have to count my pennies after this car repair, and the 300 I spent last week on senior dog exams, bloodwork ect.