Hello all! Just when I hoped we were done with cat issues. Our two sister, Aggie & Allie are getting along much better...but it took three months after misdirected aggression.
Over the past few days, I've noticed Aggie was favoring her right, front leg. Today, I took a look at her by sitting on the floor and holding her upside-down in my lap. She had no issues with the moving her arm, paws, claws, etc...except when I played around with the small horn-like growth sticking out the front of her smallest toe pad.
We took her to the local emergency vet. When they examined her, she didn't flinch, etc when they checked that pad. They moved her arm and paws around and didn't find anything. She seemed to walk better there....but more crouched and not the way she'd walk at home. They trimmed the "Horn" off without issue and gave us some pain medicine in liquid form. They didn't want to do x-rays as they didn't think we'd learn anything. They assume it's some sort of tissue pain. I asked if it was caused by jumping, etc and said it could be. In the end, they suggest using some of the pain medicine and watch her.
They're not convinced that the small horn sticking out was causing her to favor that leg. I'm not a vet, but I know she only reacted to that little horn being touched. She still jumps and acts largely normally.
She is still favoring it since we're home and I'll keep an eye on her...hoping that she gets better. I know she's a bit bananas usually running around, etc...so I wouldn't be surprised if she did something that caused something like a sprain.
Over the past few days, I've noticed Aggie was favoring her right, front leg. Today, I took a look at her by sitting on the floor and holding her upside-down in my lap. She had no issues with the moving her arm, paws, claws, etc...except when I played around with the small horn-like growth sticking out the front of her smallest toe pad.
We took her to the local emergency vet. When they examined her, she didn't flinch, etc when they checked that pad. They moved her arm and paws around and didn't find anything. She seemed to walk better there....but more crouched and not the way she'd walk at home. They trimmed the "Horn" off without issue and gave us some pain medicine in liquid form. They didn't want to do x-rays as they didn't think we'd learn anything. They assume it's some sort of tissue pain. I asked if it was caused by jumping, etc and said it could be. In the end, they suggest using some of the pain medicine and watch her.
They're not convinced that the small horn sticking out was causing her to favor that leg. I'm not a vet, but I know she only reacted to that little horn being touched. She still jumps and acts largely normally.
She is still favoring it since we're home and I'll keep an eye on her...hoping that she gets better. I know she's a bit bananas usually running around, etc...so I wouldn't be surprised if she did something that caused something like a sprain.