Hi There ~
We are the very proud recipients of a new family member!!! Our little kitten arrived about 5 days ago & proceeded to do all the lovely, normal kitten things.
HOWEVER, on Friday evening he leapt out of my arms (while I was standing) onto a wooden floor to chase a shadow. At the time he seemed fine & spent hours chasing our legs under the sheets before settling down to sleep.
The next morning however I noticed he was rather quiet. I observed the situation for 24hrs over which time he seemed to become more and more immobile, lethargic, not eating etc. He definitely seems lame & won't bear weight on his front right paw. So this morning we took him down to an emergency vet where an x-ray revealed nothing. He's been given anti-inflams. He had a slight fever on inspection - either caused by inflamation or something else????? So was treated with pain reliever and given IV fluids etc.
The vet called tonight to say that he seems even worse with regards to his reluctance to stand/walk. And altho she can't feel anything obvious and the x-ray showed nothing she suspects he's experiencing pelvic pain as well as the injured paw!!!!!!!!
What the heck is wrong with our gorgeous kitty?????
The next step is to have a specialist surgeon look over him in the morning and review the x-rays for anything missed by the vet.
I am very concerned about what the worst case scenario here may be. Can kittens really do that much damage from one big jump?
Please help........
We are the very proud recipients of a new family member!!! Our little kitten arrived about 5 days ago & proceeded to do all the lovely, normal kitten things.
HOWEVER, on Friday evening he leapt out of my arms (while I was standing) onto a wooden floor to chase a shadow. At the time he seemed fine & spent hours chasing our legs under the sheets before settling down to sleep.
The next morning however I noticed he was rather quiet. I observed the situation for 24hrs over which time he seemed to become more and more immobile, lethargic, not eating etc. He definitely seems lame & won't bear weight on his front right paw. So this morning we took him down to an emergency vet where an x-ray revealed nothing. He's been given anti-inflams. He had a slight fever on inspection - either caused by inflamation or something else????? So was treated with pain reliever and given IV fluids etc.
The vet called tonight to say that he seems even worse with regards to his reluctance to stand/walk. And altho she can't feel anything obvious and the x-ray showed nothing she suspects he's experiencing pelvic pain as well as the injured paw!!!!!!!!
What the heck is wrong with our gorgeous kitty?????
The next step is to have a specialist surgeon look over him in the morning and review the x-rays for anything missed by the vet.
I am very concerned about what the worst case scenario here may be. Can kittens really do that much damage from one big jump?
Please help........