Fell from balcony, cant stand on back legs now

teodorm

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Hey everyone. My 5 month old kitty was unfortunate enough to fall from the balcony today, 3rd floor. I noticed it almost immdietly, got her and rushed to the vet. He checked her bones by hand and from what he could say there were no fractures. He checked her breathing and that seemed normal as well. Also checked internal organs for any sort of bleeding but there was none. He gave me a painkiller to give to her once a day for a week. Now the issue is that we went home and I let her on the floor she kept meowing in pain while she was trying to stand up. Her back legs hurt so much that she cant stand up at all. She keeps trying but meows in pain and sits back down. We came home from the vet at about 2 pm and it is now 2 am here with no apparent improvement. I get that her legs might be bruised and it might take a while to heal but my concern is that she has not gone to the bathroom all day. I want to ask how is she going to do that if she cant walk for a week or so? And is it dangerous if she hasnt gone to the bathroom for 24 hours? I plan on taking her to the vet tomorrow morning again and also for an xray, but as I mentioned it is 2 am here and Im quite concerned. Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Just asking - have you tried taking her to the litter box? Or has she tried to go and is not able to? And yes, not going in over 24 hours would concern me... glad you are taking her back to the vet in the morning. Are you sure she didn't pee somewhere outside the litter box by chance?
 
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