Sunday morning when I went downstairs to give Pumpkin her food and water, Pumpking limped over to the bottom of the stairs. Apparently, something happened to her leg over night. She continued to hold up her right leg and not put any weight on it all day Sunday. Today I took her to the vet just to be sure she didn't break anything.
Lo and behold, Pumpkin began walking on her right leg but hobbling a bit at the vet's office. She's beginning to use the right leg now and appears better, but I'm supposed to watch her until Wednesday, and if she desn't improve or gets worse, I have to take her in for an x-ray. The vet didn't think anything was broken because she didn't seem to be in much pain, but she flinched a bit while he checked her leg. She's already doing better with her leg. As she's staying in the basement, my son told me that Pumpkin's been jumping on top of the TV cabinet, then onto the cinder blocks and walking on top of them at ceiling height. It's possible she hurt her leg this way and perhaps the basement isn't too great of a place for her. The vet said that I don't have to keep her in quarantine, as she tested negative for FeLV/FIV, and to introduce her to the two other kittens when her leg is healed.
Lo and behold, Pumpkin began walking on her right leg but hobbling a bit at the vet's office. She's beginning to use the right leg now and appears better, but I'm supposed to watch her until Wednesday, and if she desn't improve or gets worse, I have to take her in for an x-ray. The vet didn't think anything was broken because she didn't seem to be in much pain, but she flinched a bit while he checked her leg. She's already doing better with her leg. As she's staying in the basement, my son told me that Pumpkin's been jumping on top of the TV cabinet, then onto the cinder blocks and walking on top of them at ceiling height. It's possible she hurt her leg this way and perhaps the basement isn't too great of a place for her. The vet said that I don't have to keep her in quarantine, as she tested negative for FeLV/FIV, and to introduce her to the two other kittens when her leg is healed.