Hello
To cut a long story short, my cat has sprained his leg again - about 4th time this year.
Our vets don't want to give him pain killers, he has a limp but will run, play, eat, drink, go to the loo, jump and everything else he does before. It also takes about a week for his limping to start to get unnoticeable.
So with this information, is there anything I can do to help the pain that he is having?
An family friend, suggested in giving him small amount of human pain killers like Calpol for babies - I am not doing this EVER. It is also suggested to give our cats anti allergy meds when the pollen his high and they sneeze a lot - Again not doing this EVER. I do not want anything that has not been given to my via my vet.
I am autistic and very attached to my cats, anything that may cause harm is off the table - why I am here really.
I know what it is like be in pain from a sprain - I sprain my left ankle once per day and my right about 8 times per day - I take strong pain meds to get though the day.
I also know that things that are simple like a massage therapy, hot water bottles help, but would they help with my cat? would I be risking his health doing so? How can I get him to lay on the hot water bottle? - normally his head lays on the hot water bottle. Is there anything else I could do?
To cut a long story short, my cat has sprained his leg again - about 4th time this year.
Our vets don't want to give him pain killers, he has a limp but will run, play, eat, drink, go to the loo, jump and everything else he does before. It also takes about a week for his limping to start to get unnoticeable.
So with this information, is there anything I can do to help the pain that he is having?
An family friend, suggested in giving him small amount of human pain killers like Calpol for babies - I am not doing this EVER. It is also suggested to give our cats anti allergy meds when the pollen his high and they sneeze a lot - Again not doing this EVER. I do not want anything that has not been given to my via my vet.
I am autistic and very attached to my cats, anything that may cause harm is off the table - why I am here really.
I know what it is like be in pain from a sprain - I sprain my left ankle once per day and my right about 8 times per day - I take strong pain meds to get though the day.
I also know that things that are simple like a massage therapy, hot water bottles help, but would they help with my cat? would I be risking his health doing so? How can I get him to lay on the hot water bottle? - normally his head lays on the hot water bottle. Is there anything else I could do?