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My kitten is about six months old. 2 weeks ago she my wife heard a crash and our kitten was favoring/limping her back left leg. She didn't respond angrily when we touched her foot. There was also no sign of fracture or anything like that. it is 2 weeks later and she still favors the foot. She will use it sometimes. I can put full pressure on it from sides and top and bottom and there is only sometimes a small meow, but that is more from being annoyed. What should we do?
Zac,
If it were my kitty, I would take it to the vet and have your vet check it out. Often cats can be very stoic about pain, so, to be on the safe side, please have it checked out.
After 2 weeks, with humans, sprains are usually better, fractures take 6 weeks, but I cannot tell you about cats. If the bone is in the toe area, the usual advice is to confine the kitten to somewhere, they cannot jump on things and resprain or further injure the break. If the break is further up on the foot or higher, there may be more you have to do.
This is why you need to have a vet look at it.
Please let me know how your kitten fares at the vet.
Seasonal regards... Norm.
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Answers by Expert:
Norman Auspitz
Expertise
I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.
Experience
I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.
Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.
Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook
Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.
Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.
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