cat limping and... crying?

[paschat]

Thanks Traci for the info. Yeah no, this doesn't look like Joey at all!! That seems to be a lot more dramatic. My cat was limping as if hurt in his paw. But he is very veeeery spoiled, so when I tried to check him out because he just kept pulling his leg, so I wasn't able to see if he had something hurting him. When he lied down beside me, he fell asleep, and then I tried pulling his paw to see it, but he was sleeping. When I tried a little harder to get his paw, he kinda held it tightly, and got sort of rigid and still with his eyes closed. Although he did have a very very slight tremor AT THE TIME I touched his paw. Then I started talking to him to let me see his paw closely and sort of cuddling him but he wouldn't open his eyes (sometimes he actually does that), the only difference was that I noticed that his body was kinda tight, as when he gets nervous. Don't know why but it sort of freked me out because I moved him quite strong and didn't want to open his eyes neither. Although he fully trustes me and I can do whatever and sometimes he won't even look at me if he's tired or feels lazy. There was no dissorientation, drooling or padling what so ever. None of the symptoms you mentioned. That's probably why the doctor said he thought it wasn't anything serious but keep an eye on him. If he had another kind of weird behaviour, then take him to the vet again. I will be at home 24/7 for the next week anyway. So if I see anything weird, I'll take him flying!!

Hi, did your vet do an xray to see if there was a fracture or injury? Indoor only cats can sometimes injure themselves by jumping and other activities. Just some input here: When I first took Ozwald to the vet I was told he couldn't see anything wrong and gave me antibiotics, which was the wrong diagnosis! I took Ozwald to a new vet for a 2nd opinion, and they did an xray and discovered the injury to his tibia and arthritis. They thought it might be cancer and we went to the oncologist, and they said it wasn't cancerous. We got a third opinion with a Neurologist and the cat was diagnosed with back sensitivity called hyperastheasia in addition to his other probems. He recovered after medication but still has arthritis. What I'm trying to say here, is that just because your vet can't see the problem doesn't mean it's not there. In the very least he should be doing an xray, imo. I'm no expert but from your last post it appears there is something wrong with the cat.

[koli10]

Thnx Paschat! He now seems ok to me, that just happened really quick.But I have an appt for my other cat next week anyways, so I'll take him with me just to make sure. I'll keep you posted!!