My 7 month old just hopped down from a dresser and caught his leg in either the top drawer or the handle (not sure which, I wasn't facing him). He yelped and ran under my desk, cried twice and that was the end of it. For the past 10 minutes he has been favoring his leg, keeping it up while walking, but showing no signs of distress.
He has only cried out once more and that was when I lifted him to put him on the bed to check his leg. I didn't even touch the injured area at the time. I then felt up and down the leg for swelling or any breakage. I didn't feel anything noticeable and he never showed signs of pain, but of course that does not mean it's just a sprain.
He's now putting it down a bit while he walks, but he's still limping horribly. Any one have experience with breaks and sprains in cats? If he's not better by tomorrow, I'm definitely taking him to the vet -- it's just that at the moment if it has a possibility of not being a break, I'd rather not. Our vet is incredibly expensive and to pay to bring him in for them to say, "Oh he's fine, just let him rest" is a bit out of my college-budget means right now.
He does not seem to be in any immediate pain, so is that a good indicator to wait it out a bit?
He has only cried out once more and that was when I lifted him to put him on the bed to check his leg. I didn't even touch the injured area at the time. I then felt up and down the leg for swelling or any breakage. I didn't feel anything noticeable and he never showed signs of pain, but of course that does not mean it's just a sprain.
He's now putting it down a bit while he walks, but he's still limping horribly. Any one have experience with breaks and sprains in cats? If he's not better by tomorrow, I'm definitely taking him to the vet -- it's just that at the moment if it has a possibility of not being a break, I'd rather not. Our vet is incredibly expensive and to pay to bring him in for them to say, "Oh he's fine, just let him rest" is a bit out of my college-budget means right now.
He does not seem to be in any immediate pain, so is that a good indicator to wait it out a bit?