Ok I'm sure this has been asked before and I understand it has been known for cats to do this but I'm not sure if it's likely the case with my cat here; she's 12 years old I believe, so not really old just yet and she's always been relatively healthy, or she seems so to me. She can still manage quite high jumps and keeps herself active and aside from her being sick a couple of times in the past there's been no real scares with her. But this morning she came in late (our cats go out at night) with what looked like a busted leg, she couldn't put any weight on it and was hobbling around the house, she did eat her food though. I called the vet and booked an appointment as soon as I could which was in a few hours time and in the meantime I thought she seemed ok because she made it up the stairs albeit with some effort and had a bit of a nap. One thing I should mention though is that she went in quite secluded spaces where she doesn't normally; under my bed, behind the couch, in a room she never goes in, and I did read elsewhere cats sometimes try and find spots like this nearing their death. Anyway after a while I saw her hobble downstairs again and I went and got her bowl and gave her a bit to eat and put her bed by it thinking she'd go back to napping there, but when I next went downstairs she wasn't there and she wasn't in any other room of the house. I've now looked all round the garden and checked everywhere I think she might have gone with no joy. She doesn't leave the house that much in the daytime when she's healthy never mind when she's lacking use of one of her legs so I can't have thought she'd have been physically able to go far
She's been gone a good few hours now and I've missed the vet appointment, am I just overreacting or do I have cause to be concerned?
She's been gone a good few hours now and I've missed the vet appointment, am I just overreacting or do I have cause to be concerned?
