civvie with sore leg

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So Joni is finally starting to come out around and stop laying in the meatloaf position all the time and we notice she is favouring her right front paw, always sitting with it tucked under her and holding it up when she sits. So took her to the vet yesterday morning and he checked her all over and said he didn't feel anything wrong and she wouldn't walk for him so he said to watch her for the next month and if she was still acting that way xray it. So we were gone last night after the appointment and just got home a few hours ago and she is limping worse than before. She was so traumatized by the last vet trip I'm worried what the next one will do to her we only adopted her on the 22nd. I have no idea how she could have hurt herself in our room. I feel like such a meanie taking her to the vet again yesterday she just sort of looked at me with a look that said what did I do wrong. :cry:
 
Sorry to hear that, I think though you should take her back to the vet .. Can you imagine if it was you and you had broken a leg or strained it or something and you had to wait a month? Even if its just to get her some painkillers. Since she is new to your house maybe she was exploring and got a fright and landed awkwardly or something. If he couldn't feel anything it could be a strain or a pull, and a painkiller with antiflammatory would help immensely. And don't worry, when she feels better she will forget about this and forgive you!
 
Oh trust me she will be going back to the vet I just wish I would have pressed the vet to do the xray yesterday I feel really bad about it. I just hope it's nothing serious.
 
I would do an xray. A friend of mine recently had a problem with her cat limping. They did xrays and nothing broken. The vet did put her on metacam. I know there is a lot of controversy about this drug. The metacam is helping my friend's kitty. She also had bloodwork done prior to starting the metacam. Metacam is a NSAID. My friend did try giving her kitty buprene but it really didn't help that much. Could you possibly crate your kitty for a few days. Maybe a little crate rest would help. When you take your kitty back to the vet it might be a good idea not feed her that morning just in case they need to sedate her to get the xrays.

Sandy
 
I can crate her but after over a year in the shelter it will be a last resort she is just finally opening up
 
Can you video tape when she walks to show the vet? One of my cats did that as well and when I took her in they couldn't feel anything and she was walking/crawling on the floor so they couldn't see it either. He gave her an anti-inflammatory and she was better that day.
 
Also, Jen, did you or the vet, check each nail and the pad? Do you have anything in the room, she could have been reaching into, and maybe got her nail stuck? My one nutty cat, from my son, named Cookie, got his nail caught when he still lived at my son's house, underneath the refrigerator area. That nearly traumatized me more than the cat, but we got it out from under the place it caught.

Years ago, my other cat that got into stuff, got his nail stuck inside the air vents on the side of my microwave. He was screaming, and I could barely get it out. But, it was sore for a while.

Just some ideas to think about. I hope your furbaby will be okay, and that nothing is seriously wrong.

Jean and Charcoal (GA)
 
Check to see if the pad is cold. When that happened to Waldo he had thrown a blood clot. It *could* be a heart issue..God forbid. Treatable but scary none the less.
Good luck,
jeanne
 
Just back from the vet, an hour and a half visit!! Leg was fully xrayed nothing broken that we could see everything looked normal so a round of anti immflamatory and pain killer for 5 days. Hopefully it will settle down what ever is wrong. Pads and nails have all been fully inspected. The only thing the vet noticed when comparing how both her legs felt was that the left one(the good leg) felt a little more muscular like maybe she had been favouring it for a while. :cry: The poor thing is so scare and such a quiet kitty we don't even know if she would cry if what the vet was doing did hurt because she never says anything. Going to send an email to the vet and see if they know anything about her history incase this is something that was a long time injury. Seeing her hop around this morning just about had me in tears.
 
Thanks for the update. I am sure she will be feeling well very soon and will have forgotten her vet visit in no time.
 
I'm glad nothing awful showed up in her x-rays. I hope she feels better soon.
One of my rescues came complete with a pin in his leg. I never knew until he got sick, lost weight quickly and started limping. We took him to the vet, they did X-rays and asked me how long he had had the pin. What pin?!? I found him on my doorstep with no scar, no limp - nothing. Poor little guy...

I hope your kitty feels better soon.
 
I had the same experience as jt & trouble - one of my cats walked around like he had broken his leg, but it turned out to be a blood clot to his shoulder. The paw was very cold. We were able to treat that issue, but poor Sockets eventually threw a clot to his lower spine and it was time for him to cross. It doesn't sound like it's that sort of thing, because I think she would be much more uncomfortable and the vet should have noticed if the paw wasn't getting any circulation. Hope kitty feels better soon!
 
Anafen is a Canadian trade name for

Ketoprofen:
Ketoprofen is another propionic acid derivative available in the USA and other countries as a 10% injectable solution for horses, and in Europe and Canada as tablets and a 1% injectable solution for dogs and cats. Ketoprofen is recommended for acute pain (up to 5 days) in both dogs and cats. In horses, it is used for pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis and for visceral pain associated with colic. The recommended dosage is 1 mg/kg, IV or PO, sid for up to 5 days in dogs and cats, 2.2 mg/kg, IV, sid for up to 5 days in horses, and 3 mg/kg, IV or IM, sid for 1-3 days in cattle. Ketoprofen is a potent inhibitor of COX and bradykinin and may also inhibit some lipoxygenases. Its efficacy is comparable to that of opioids in the management of pain following orthopedic and soft-tissue surgery in dogs. Following administration PO, ketoprofen is rapidly absorbed and has a terminal half-life in cats and dogs of 2-3 hr. As with other NSAID, ketoprofen is metabolized in the liver to inactive metabolites that are eliminated by renal excretion. Adverse effects, including GI upset, are similar to those of other NSAID. Other side effects, including hepatopathies and renal disease, have been reported in animals. Due to potential antiplatelet effects, care should be exercised when using ketoprofen perioperatively.

Above from
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index ... 191606.htm
 
Poor girl is still favouring her right paw :cry: have a call into the Osteopath to see if I can get her in for a treatment, if it's a soft tissue or muscular injury hopefully they will be able to help. I will even give up my appointment to get her in quicker! The meds she is on can only be given for 5 days so I don't know what to do after that.
 
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