Need Advice ,

Ok, my 4 year cat Jo-Jo just went outside like he usually does in the afternoon to play. I go outside to call him in and I can't find him. I go to my front yard and I see limping. I pick him up and bring him inside to check him out. He has a bloody nose and it is obvious that his left hind leg is hurt badly. He is walking funny and limping on it. Of course I am freaking out and crying like baby because my baby is hurt and I don't know what to do. He ate a little bit of his dry food and used the litter box. My mom with her usual self is trying to tell me he is ok, that he got into a fight with a tom cat outside.(There is no proof of that btw) I am trying to get her to take him to the vet in the morning just to be on the safe side. Yes, he has had a rabi shot this year. Any thoughts on what I can do for him tonight to help him out. Thanks..

Could it not be that he jsut got into a fight with another cat and having a hurt leg and bloody nose is the result. At least that is what I hope anyway. he is tough guy and it is just so frusterating to see him like this. He does have a little cut where his whiskers are and I put peroxide on it to clean it and so on. I guess i will just watch him and decide in the morning. He is on my bed right now asleep.

No, there was just a little bit of blood in and on his nose, it wasn't a lot just like he had a scratch or something hit it. I highly doubt a car hit him, seeing as how he goes no where near the road. My house is somewhat far from the highway. I have never seen him even halfway near the road let alone in it. I am taking him to the vet first thing in the morning. What would they do to him. Just like do a normal examination and possible x-rays. I have also noticed he is not really responding to me or maybe he just does not care right now. He will walk alittle then sit down and just take a nap. I am praying and hoping that when I wake up in the morning that he will miraculously be healed. This is so strange, I am in the midst of starting school to become a vet's assistant. Man, if only I had already started the classes, i would be more prepared and more relaxed instead of freaking out. I believe I could be really good with other people's animals, but not my own, it is way to hard to deal with your kids.

I have been against him going outside from day one. I don't like it one bit. But since he is very playful and restless at times, certain people in my home let him outside to play for 15-20 mins. I have always said, nothing good can come from him being outside, but unfortunately it takes this incident now to confirm my worries. The thing is, is that I have never seen another cat around my house, let alone anywhere else for that matter. We do have coyotes, but God forbid it was that that hurt my boy. I honestly beieve that while he was outside for 15 mins, no more, that a tomcat came along(out of nowhere) and picked a fight with him. JoJo is not exactly Rocky Balboa, but he is tough. The other possible cat just roughed him up a bit and left him limping and tired. At least that is what I am telling myself for the time being, and to get some sleep before tomorrow morning. I hope the weather does not cause any delays in when the vets office open up. Anyway thanks for all the well wishes, and advice. I will be back in a while to let everyone know what the vet said. Thanks...

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE ADVICE AND WELL WISHES. SO, WE TOOK HIM TO THE VET. THIS VET IS VERY GOOD AND I TRUST HER. ANYWAY, THE VET DOES BELIEVE HE DID GET INTO A FIGHT WITH A TOMCAT. THEY SHAVED A LITTLE BIT OF HIS FUR ON HIS HIP/HIND LEG AND THERE WAS A MEDIUM SIZE SCRATCH ON IT AND THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS WHAT WAS CAUSING HIM TO LIMP ALSO HE HAD SOME LOOSE FUR AND A COUPLE OF SCRATCHES ON HIS FACE, A CUT LIP AND SOME WHISKERS MISSING. THE VET DID A THROUGH EXAM ON HIM AND DREW SOME BLOOD AND SAID THAT HIS HEMOGLOBIN WAS GOOD.( NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, JUST KNOW THAT SHE SAID IT WAS GOOD, ALSO MEANING NO FELINE LUEKEMIA) SHE GAVE HIM SOME PENOCILIAN AND WELL I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT ELSE SHE SAID, BUT I JUST REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT HE SHOULD BE FINE AND THAT HE SHOULD START TO FEEL BETTER REAL SOON. I ACTUALLY JUST GOT HOME WITH HIM LIKE 15 MINS AGO. I TOOK HIM IN ANOTHER ROOM WITH HIS WATER, SOME FOOD AND LITTER BOX TO LET HIM REST. HE WENT RIGHT UNDER THE BED TO GO TO SLEEP. I WILL STILL BE WATCHING HIM VERY CLOSELY THESE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO MAKE SURE HE HAS HEALED AND GETS BACK TO BEING MY SWEET LITTLE BOY AGAIN. WELL IT IS NOT THAT MY MOM WAS AGAINST ANYTHING OR DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE SHOULD GO TO THE VET, IT IS JUST THAT SHE IN HER OWN WAY WAS TRYING TO CALM ME DOWN AND JUST BE A MOM. SHE WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM THE WHOLE TIME AND I KNOW SHE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING FOR JOJO TO MAKE HIM ALL BETTER. I DID TELL HER THAT HE WILL NO LONGER GO OUTSIDE, AND IF HE DOES I WILL WATCH HIM LIKE A HAWK. I WANT TO START HIM ON A LEASH, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WILL TAKE TO THAT. I WILL TRY THOUGH. NOW, THAT I CAN BREATH A SIGH OF RELIEF, I CAN HOPFULLY HAVE A DECENT NEW YEAR'S EVE. AGAIN THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT.!!!!!!!!!!

No, i agree with you a 100%. If i had my way he would never go outside. It all started with my mom letting them outside just to roam around and play. They like to watch the birds and catch bugs, at least that is what jojo did. Jojo had a brother named diego. They were inseparable. Again my mom would let them outside, just like 15-20 mins a day. They claim the cats would scratch at the door and cry like crazy, so instead of doing something else, they would open the door and out they ran. One afternoon, she open the door and diego never came back. So being outdoors is not my thing. btw, JoJo is the cat in the middle on my profile.