Turned in "wrist"

I'm not sure exactly how to describe this. Nora's front left "wrist" turns in. It happens when she stands and sits, so it's pretty much all the time. Is this normal, or should I have her seen? Could she have bad joints? Does that happen in cats? It's been that way pretty much since she was a kitten, and it's never seemed to bother her. It's similar to what I've seen in older small breed dogs that have bad joints.

Here are pictures, not the best b/c they were off my phone, but it's hard to get pictures of her standing still.





In the pictures it looks like she is doing it with both feet, but she rarely does it with her right paw, mostly just her left paw. When you look at her, it almost looks like her paw is broken. Kind of weird. Should I be concerned?

I would take her to the vet just to be sure. Lynxx had that with 1 of his paws from moment we found him. The vet said nothing was wrong. He had it all his life, it didn't stop him from doing all the normal things kittens/cats do. The vet didn't think it was broke or anything like that. But if I were you I would still have your vet check your cat, just incase she is injured.

Sometimes the joints form incorrectly as kittens, or don't develop correctly, but I would be sure to ask your vet about it.

Do you think it looks strange/different, though, or am I crazy? I don't have another cat to compare her to, and I don't remember what our previous cat's feet looked like. Maybe I'm just reading into things.

Of all 18 or so of mine, nobody has turned in feet like that.

Originally Posted by kara_leigh

Do you think it looks strange/different, though, or am I crazy? I don't have another cat to compare her to, and I don't remember what our previous cat's feet looked like. Maybe I'm just reading into things.

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No you aren't crazy or seeing things, the paw does look turned. Take her to the vet, just incase.

I'll mention it the next time she's at the vet. I don't think it's cause for hurry b/c she's 2.5 years old and it's been that way her whole life, so it's obviously not bothering her. Thanks!