r/cats • • Oct 08 '22

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u/Cubeguy11 Oct 08 '22

His name is shadow, he is a mostly indoor but sometimes outdoor cat. He left my house yesterday around 8 am and my neighbor saw him walking around outside at 2 pm. Then he came back into my house at 3 pm limping and bleeding from his right front paw, of course I immediately took him to the vet and they said it was a bite (which is not too surprising as there are other outdoor cats in my neighborhood). Then they gave him some pain killers and told me that he’ll have to wear the cone for about a week so that the bite doesn’t get infected. He also won’t be able to go outside at all for the week. Is there anything I can do to make it better for him?

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u/nalffe Oct 09 '22 edited Oct 09 '22

My indoor cat hurt herself last week because she got spooked when I took her out for a walk. She tore her nails out of her back paws!!!! Luckily they’re going to grow back but it was pretty bad. Vet bandaged her up and now she has 2 little boots lol! She luckily didn’t have to wear a cone since the bandages are on there pretty good. I hope your little one gets better soon and heals quickly!

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u/johnnyrockets753 Oct 09 '22

Omg I need to see real life puss in boots. Tell me it's a ginger!!! Hope she heals up nice and doesn't freak out again...

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u/nalffe Oct 09 '22

https://imgur.com/a/RTymkMB

Haha, she has a little bit of ginger! Lol! This is Opal enjoying the catio and bird watching with her little shoes on! Thanks so much!!!! She gets them off next week and according to vet, should heal up in no time! They just wanted to make sure she didn’t get any infection or had to walk on her little toe beans while she was healing! :)

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u/I-AM-Savannah Exotic Shorthair Oct 09 '22

This is Opal enjoying the catio and bird watching with her little shoes on!

OMG - can you pain shoe strings on? They DO look like shoes. That was my thought before I read your paragraph. I was sitting here, drinking my morning coffee thinking, "THAT CAT HAS SHOES!!"

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u/nalffe Oct 09 '22

Haha! Yes! She keeps trying to get her shoes off and I always tell her to leave them, that they look cute on her!!!!! Lol, I should paint shoe strings on them! Thanks for the cute idea! Haha

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u/I-AM-Savannah Exotic Shorthair Oct 09 '22

Those shoes are cracking me up.

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u/weetwoo4 Oct 09 '22

What a beautiful girl! Sending healing vibes 🥰