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My 8 month old manx kitten, Lilith, just started showing discomfort in her chest area yesterday.
She's a very social and playful girl. I got home from work, she ran up to me as she always does. I picked her up and she immediately meowed at me as if she was in pain and squirmed to get out of my arms. I put her down. As soon as I did, she was fine again, and started rubbing my legs and purring like nothing happened.
I'm a worry wart when it comes to my babies so I flipped her on her back and touched different parts of her belly to try and find out what was hurting her. Every time, it seemed like it was right in the center of her chest. She tenses and growls when I apply pressure to it but is absolutely fine when it's not touched. She still runs around, plays with her toys, eats, uses the litter box, and allows me to pet her. She doesn't seem to be in any pain at all unless I touch her.
She does play pretty roughly with Binx, my two year old. He is about 12 pounds while she is around 7, so I could see how he could accidentally hurt her. I'm thinking that's what happened.
I did call a friend who is a vet tech and she said that she may not need to be taken into a vet, since there's not much they can do for a rib fracture anyway. All they can do is treat the pain, which she doesn't seem to be in.
Does that seem right? I'm keeping a close eye on her at the moment and she's not showing any signs at all of being in pain. No limping or anything. I'm concerned of course, but I don't want to waste a few hundreds dollars on a vet trip if I don't have to.
Thank you for any advice
She's a very social and playful girl. I got home from work, she ran up to me as she always does. I picked her up and she immediately meowed at me as if she was in pain and squirmed to get out of my arms. I put her down. As soon as I did, she was fine again, and started rubbing my legs and purring like nothing happened.
I'm a worry wart when it comes to my babies so I flipped her on her back and touched different parts of her belly to try and find out what was hurting her. Every time, it seemed like it was right in the center of her chest. She tenses and growls when I apply pressure to it but is absolutely fine when it's not touched. She still runs around, plays with her toys, eats, uses the litter box, and allows me to pet her. She doesn't seem to be in any pain at all unless I touch her.
She does play pretty roughly with Binx, my two year old. He is about 12 pounds while she is around 7, so I could see how he could accidentally hurt her. I'm thinking that's what happened.
I did call a friend who is a vet tech and she said that she may not need to be taken into a vet, since there's not much they can do for a rib fracture anyway. All they can do is treat the pain, which she doesn't seem to be in.
Does that seem right? I'm keeping a close eye on her at the moment and she's not showing any signs at all of being in pain. No limping or anything. I'm concerned of course, but I don't want to waste a few hundreds dollars on a vet trip if I don't have to.
Thank you for any advice