Hello!
So I've currently had the cat in question for a year, he was a skinny little stray that I picked up while I was in the park and have looked after ever since. He's currently un-neutered due to not being able to find a vet who I completely trust to do the task (most of the vets I've come across over here are simply money looters and know next to nothing about animal care :/ Also, I'm currently residing in Pakistan, so). He's a rather skinny little cat too and is INSANELY active, always walking around the house and bugging my other cat (a 9 month old Balinese). He's also very vocal and yells at everything lmao.
Anyway, the problem started yesterday when he woke up from a nap and suddenly started limping really badly. He's an indoor only cat (though he does go onto the balcony, and this is only when he's supervised) too, by the way.
I don't recall him having any sort of accident or anything, he didn't yelp or anything, he just woke up with a really bad limp :/ But once he started walking around again he was fine after a few hours and the limp was almost none-existent! Then he went to sleep again and when he woke up he was limping again :/
I felt around his leg and nothing seems to be out of place and nothing hurts when I touch along his leg. He only growls and spits when I touch his paw, especially his pads. But I looked around the pad area and can't really see anything wrong? There's no cuts or anything, though the edges of one of his toe-pads seems a little hard? It's kind of hard to see what with all of his squirming and his pads being pretty much black I put some coconut oil on his pad and he seemed to like that (I warmed it a bit so) I just want to know if any of you guys have had the same problem?
Also, he's jumping and running around fine and he's grooming/eating/pooping exactly like he used to before the incident. He's just really cranky and hates it if I touch his paw. Maybe it's broken? Though it feels exactly like his other paw ;-; I'm really worried about him and I don't think I'll be able to get him to a vet, though I'm trying to do some research just in case we can somehow find good enough vet for him ;-;
Please respond soon!! We're all very distraught, especially his little Balinese friend, Button
So I've currently had the cat in question for a year, he was a skinny little stray that I picked up while I was in the park and have looked after ever since. He's currently un-neutered due to not being able to find a vet who I completely trust to do the task (most of the vets I've come across over here are simply money looters and know next to nothing about animal care :/ Also, I'm currently residing in Pakistan, so). He's a rather skinny little cat too and is INSANELY active, always walking around the house and bugging my other cat (a 9 month old Balinese). He's also very vocal and yells at everything lmao.
Anyway, the problem started yesterday when he woke up from a nap and suddenly started limping really badly. He's an indoor only cat (though he does go onto the balcony, and this is only when he's supervised) too, by the way.
I don't recall him having any sort of accident or anything, he didn't yelp or anything, he just woke up with a really bad limp :/ But once he started walking around again he was fine after a few hours and the limp was almost none-existent! Then he went to sleep again and when he woke up he was limping again :/
I felt around his leg and nothing seems to be out of place and nothing hurts when I touch along his leg. He only growls and spits when I touch his paw, especially his pads. But I looked around the pad area and can't really see anything wrong? There's no cuts or anything, though the edges of one of his toe-pads seems a little hard? It's kind of hard to see what with all of his squirming and his pads being pretty much black I put some coconut oil on his pad and he seemed to like that (I warmed it a bit so) I just want to know if any of you guys have had the same problem?
Also, he's jumping and running around fine and he's grooming/eating/pooping exactly like he used to before the incident. He's just really cranky and hates it if I touch his paw. Maybe it's broken? Though it feels exactly like his other paw ;-; I'm really worried about him and I don't think I'll be able to get him to a vet, though I'm trying to do some research just in case we can somehow find good enough vet for him ;-;
Please respond soon!! We're all very distraught, especially his little Balinese friend, Button