I feel soooooo bad. I was volunteering today and had put a kitten back in his cage with his mates and had an old man who was a little weird talking to me so was distracted. The cage doors can stick a little sometimes, which it did, so I went to slam a bit harder just as I turned to look at the man, and I didn't notice the little 3 month kitten had just his paw under the cage door!!!
The poor little guy absolutely screamed in pain, and I turned and the little guy who is really sweet and confident was cowering in the back corner with his fur up looking at me with an absolute look of terror on his face and holding his little paw up
After a minute or so he was still not putting any weight on his paw, so I grabbed one of the vet techs and he took the kitten away. He said when he squeezed the kittens paw he seemed fine and was purring before too long, but said he'd put him in isolation for 24 hours just to make sure he was fine.
It was an accident but I feel terrible for hurting the little guy.
The poor little guy absolutely screamed in pain, and I turned and the little guy who is really sweet and confident was cowering in the back corner with his fur up looking at me with an absolute look of terror on his face and holding his little paw up
After a minute or so he was still not putting any weight on his paw, so I grabbed one of the vet techs and he took the kitten away. He said when he squeezed the kittens paw he seemed fine and was purring before too long, but said he'd put him in isolation for 24 hours just to make sure he was fine.
It was an accident but I feel terrible for hurting the little guy.