Hello all.
I currently am living with 11 cats, 10 males, all ranging from 1-5 years, and one female, who we believe is about 14 or 15. Give or take a couple years. This post is about her.
Her name is Tidi, first of all.
So the story goes.. last night I was woken up by her screaming. This isn't unusual as the younger boys like to try to play with her, and she won't have it, so this tends to egg the boys on and it can get more rough than I'd like it to be. Anyway, I ran downstairs and rescued her, brought her to my room, and went back to sleep. Well, this morning, I noticed a scratch on her nose; a battle wound from earlier in the night. Not a huge deal, I just felt really bad for her. Well as of an hour or so ago, I noticed her growling more than usual when the other cats weren't super close to her or even when they weren't near her at all. I also noticed she didn't want to move too much, which seems typical for her being an older cat, but the growling was throwing me off. I could sense something wasn't right, and then as soon as she stood up, I saw she wasn't putting any pressure on her hind left leg. She can lift it, it isn't paralysed or anything, but she will not put any pressure on it. She was fine just yesterday and never limps even in the slightest. I carried her back upstairs away from the other cats after I noticed the limp. We have her in the bedroom now with us and the door shut. My boyfriend is buying a heating pad as we speak, in hopes it'll help for the time being. Anyway, I tried to examine her leg, but to no avail. Even the TINIEST touch makes her growl a little bit and she pulls it away. I'm talking like even a tickle and she won't have it. And it's basically her whole "foot" from what I could tell. I wasn't able to make any progress higher up on her leg either so I don't know where the pain starts or ends. Her paw didn't look swollen to me, though, and I didn't see anything in her foot. All my cats are indoor cats so I don't believe she could have anything in her foot like a thorn. She still purrs and wants pets from her dad and reaches her paws out for more when he stops, which is totally normal for her. She has been using the litter box normally and eating normally. I haven't seen her go since we discovered the limp, but that was very recently. She's currently in her favourite drawer resting. She crawled up into it, growling the whole time, but she did it. (It's a large drawer built in to the side of our bed. She crawls in from underneath the bed.)
So yeah, that is my story as of right now. I'm not sure what to make of the situation and don't want to freak out too soon before I have an idea of what's wrong. Could it be a tear of some sort? Any ideas are welcomed.
I currently am living with 11 cats, 10 males, all ranging from 1-5 years, and one female, who we believe is about 14 or 15. Give or take a couple years. This post is about her.
Her name is Tidi, first of all.
So the story goes.. last night I was woken up by her screaming. This isn't unusual as the younger boys like to try to play with her, and she won't have it, so this tends to egg the boys on and it can get more rough than I'd like it to be. Anyway, I ran downstairs and rescued her, brought her to my room, and went back to sleep. Well, this morning, I noticed a scratch on her nose; a battle wound from earlier in the night. Not a huge deal, I just felt really bad for her. Well as of an hour or so ago, I noticed her growling more than usual when the other cats weren't super close to her or even when they weren't near her at all. I also noticed she didn't want to move too much, which seems typical for her being an older cat, but the growling was throwing me off. I could sense something wasn't right, and then as soon as she stood up, I saw she wasn't putting any pressure on her hind left leg. She can lift it, it isn't paralysed or anything, but she will not put any pressure on it. She was fine just yesterday and never limps even in the slightest. I carried her back upstairs away from the other cats after I noticed the limp. We have her in the bedroom now with us and the door shut. My boyfriend is buying a heating pad as we speak, in hopes it'll help for the time being. Anyway, I tried to examine her leg, but to no avail. Even the TINIEST touch makes her growl a little bit and she pulls it away. I'm talking like even a tickle and she won't have it. And it's basically her whole "foot" from what I could tell. I wasn't able to make any progress higher up on her leg either so I don't know where the pain starts or ends. Her paw didn't look swollen to me, though, and I didn't see anything in her foot. All my cats are indoor cats so I don't believe she could have anything in her foot like a thorn. She still purrs and wants pets from her dad and reaches her paws out for more when he stops, which is totally normal for her. She has been using the litter box normally and eating normally. I haven't seen her go since we discovered the limp, but that was very recently. She's currently in her favourite drawer resting. She crawled up into it, growling the whole time, but she did it. (It's a large drawer built in to the side of our bed. She crawls in from underneath the bed.)
So yeah, that is my story as of right now. I'm not sure what to make of the situation and don't want to freak out too soon before I have an idea of what's wrong. Could it be a tear of some sort? Any ideas are welcomed.