Cat was laying on ironing board, asleep. He fell off and the board fell on his foot. Now his paw is swollen and warm. He can't really put pressure on it, his foot is up a lot, and he limps. On another note, he still jumps onto the table, chairs, etc. Is it broken, or can I just splint it and put him on rest for a while?

I took my cat into the vet on Monday. She can barely walk, all four paws are inflamed and her temp was slightly elevated. They gave her an antibiotic shot, and a steroid injection. It’s been over 48 hours, and I have seen no improvement. She can still barely walk, and I can tell she’s in pain. I plan on taking her back in tomorrow morning. I think she needs Doxycyline. Do you have any other suggestions? Her paws are definitely inflamed, and her temperature seems elevated still, her paws are very warm.

Hello, my cat yesterday had a swollen front right paw. He likes to run outside frequently when we open the door and this time something must have happened which cause his paw to swell. I noticed it a couple of hours later and took him to the vet. The vet gave him a benedryl shot just for any allergic reaction as well as another shot. These two shots are named Dexamethasone and Diphenhydramine. He came home and was foaming from the mouth, vomited, and was hyperventilating. He was very mad at the vet and irritated something I never saw of him. The vet probably thought it was because of the vet visit that caused the reaction when he came home. He stopped after a while. It’s the next day and he’s not himself still. Not playful and sitting still. I don’t know if this is a normal behavior after swelling.

My cat was outside for the day, she came back with a swollen hind paw. It has been two days and the swelling has increased. The lower portion of her leg is swollen as well. I’m not sure if this is an infection, a bug bite, a broken bone? She is favoring it and becomes aggressive if I touch it. She is definitely in pain, but I’m not sure of the cause. I didn’t notice any cuts or blood anywhere.

My cat has been dealing with something like this or it is this. Her paw is so big and it didn't seem like it bothered her until finally part of it opened up and thumb size puss came out. I'm so sad for her. She has been on medicine for months now. At one point I took Hermione to emergency clinic and they put a cone on her. I was mortified, all so she couldn't lick it. So I put her in a separate room so she couldn't jump and move to much and I went to my eye exam. When I came home from the eye exam, I couldn't see because my eyes were dilated but I could see the plumbers arrived and went in through the cellar to work. When I got inside, the door to that room was open. I went in to find the room empty. I looked in the basement and how hard can it be to find a cat with a cone when you can't see well? I looked for hours. I got so scared she got out through cellar door when plumbers came in and out. The plumbers promised she didn't get out but the cat has a cone on her and at this point I looked everywhere. My worst fear is she is outside with a cone that I allowed and she would die. Two hours later I realized i had not seen any cat, there are three, but one kept running up to me and disappearing so I followed her and my cat was stuck under a bed. I pulled her out and ripped off the cone. I loved her and promised that wouldn't happen again. Turns out she needs to lick it my vet said to keep puss that later came clean. Gross. One digit expressed and now her others are so big and she is limping, not putting any pressure on it. I keep it clean of litter because now litter clings to it like gum. She is the best cat because she is tolerant of the spa like cleaning where I massage it and try to get in the pads and clean it out. She is in pain now. She has a shot of antibiotics and taking one orally everyday. I keep praying she will be okay. I had a horrible dream she had that leg removed and I was playing/scratching her with the leg and she was so mad. I don't want that to happen. What else can I do? I'm her Dad btw, I found her my first month I moved to NEPA in the middle of the road, in the middle of the woods, in the snow and she was a hairless kitten with Herpes I found out, so she is compromised. She has a clone foot and is now the most beautiful, charming, well mannered cat. She needs to be around me constantly now. Anything else I can do?