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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004The limp
On Saturday Minke started limping. I could not find anything wrong with either back paw, but he was definitely favouring one. By Sunday he was walking on three paws, still seeming happy enough. On Monday I make an appointment with the vet for 3.15. At about 2.00 Minke is sunning himself in the garden, sleeping peacefully. At about 2.30 I reckon it is time to catch Minke and put him in the basket. Not a chance - he's disappeared. I go round the neighbourhood calling him - and Nanki Poo appears, looking interested. At 3.15 I phone the vet. They tell me to ring them if he appears to see if they are still open. 3.45 I hear a noise - there he is! Quick chase, catch cat, put in basket, phone vet - engaged - repeat - engaged - repeat - engaged. Drive to vet with howling monster in car. Minke decides having a Siamese yowl is not enough, so he cranks the volume up. People a mile away are phoning the police and telling them a baby is being strangled. In the waiting room an inoffensive bulldog is wondering why this small furry creature is howling at him! Into the actual surgery. Tell the vet about the limp. Put cat on floor - and he runs around room. No limp! Not a trace! All four paws in full use! Funny look from vet [youngish, female, my sort of vet]. Eventually she believes me, gives Minke a jab, and gives me pills to give him. Back home with howling cat, limp re-appears. Stuffing pills down his throat I wonder whether it is all worth it.  SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 11 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 2 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- What a funny story - must have been frustrating for you, but I'm sitting here laughing - and I honestly needed one, just pulled thru 5 hours of homework > On Saturday Minke started limping. I could not find anything wrong > with either back paw, but he was definitely favouring one. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Stuffing pills down his throat I wonder whether it is all worth it. > Into the actual surgery. Tell the vet about the limp. Put cat on > floor - and he runs around room. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Back home with howling cat, limp re-appears. Melisande limps from time to time - partly because the claws on the foot of the hind leg she broke a few years ago grow very thick, and a little crooked, and are hard to clip (when she lets me do it at all). The one time I took her to the vet, turned out she had managed to break a claw, herself, and it hurt when she put weight on it, so she wouldn't. However, once the vet determined the problem, she said all we could do was let it heal itself, since there was no wound or anything that might get infected. (It was just like when you break a fingernail and the break extends into the quick of the nail.) > On Saturday Minke started limping. I could not find anything wrong > with either back paw, but he was definitely favouring one. [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > -- > David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm This reminds me of the time Herbie (RB) was hit by a car. He wasn't badly hurt, but he did have a limp. The vet checked him and said he'd be fine and didn't need any special treatment. Two months later, he was still limping - and getting a lot of attention because of it. We took him back to the vet, who said he probably had a damaged nerve and would limp for the rest of his life, but that he wasn't in pain. As soon as we knew he wasn't in pain, we stopped making a fuss about the limp. A few days later, Herbie stopped limping, and never limped again. Joy > We took > him back to the vet, who said he probably had a damaged nerve and would > limp for the rest of his life, but that he wasn't in pain. As soon as > we knew he wasn't in pain, we stopped making a fuss about the limp. A > few days later, Herbie stopped limping, and never limped again. Wow, that story belongs in a comic strip about a cat! :) What a little faker. That behavior would be annoying coming from a human, but for some reason I find it adorable in a cat. Joyce > > We took > > him back to the vet, who said he probably had a damaged nerve and would [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce Yes, they can get away with things no human could. Joy >This reminds me of the time Herbie (RB) was hit by a car. He wasn't >badly hurt, but he did have a limp. The vet checked him and said he'd [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Joy Aw yes, the sympathy limp LOL. As a kid we had a german shepherd who took it a step further. When we brought home his sister, who was a year younger than he was, he developed a limp. When we hauled him off to the vet, the vet couldn't find anything wrong. We ended up taking him to the vet several times, as the limp kept getting worse until it seemed he couldn't put any weight at on one leg. Finally the vet suggested we leave him there in the boarding kennel for awhile. Next day the vet called us to come get him, said he the limp had vanished after when we left. When they brought him into the room when we went to pick him up he ran halfway to us, then remembered he was supposed to limp, and limped the rest of the way. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html What a great story! But all those trips to the vet had to be expensive. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Aw yes, the sympathy limp LOL. As a kid we had a german shepherd who > took it a step further. When we brought home his sister, who was a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to pick him up he ran halfway to us, then remembered he was supposed > to limp, and limped the rest of the way. > On Saturday Minke started limping. I could not find anything wrong > with either back paw, but he was definitely favouring one. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Stuffing pills down his throat I wonder whether it is all worth it. Laughing very loudly! Been there, done that, got the scratches, cussed eevil cat... SignatureThe One-and-only Holy MosesT ---------------------<snip>---------------------- > Into the actual surgery. Tell the vet about the limp. Put cat on >floor - and he runs around room. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Stuffing pills down his throat I wonder whether it is all worth it. My little man Smokey once showed limping behavior, though it was clear he was malingering. He had taken a spill and had a legitimate limp in one of his front paws for a while. Naturally, this elicited extra skritches and other signs of affection from us. For about a year afterward, whenever the skritches he was getting ended too soon for His Majesty's tastes, we would see the front paw raise up as if it were sore. Poor little man! This got him 'cuteness' skritches when he thought he was getting 'poor baby' skritches, so naturally the behavior lingered on. Later, we changed from giving him skritches to giving him a little tussle as if to say, "We're on to your game." and the behavior gradually abated. Regards and Purrs, O J ROTFLMAO! How bl**dy typical! Most of mine over the years have carefully hidden any sign of injury or weakness from TED too: if they can do that it probably isn't too serious. Best of luck with Minke's recovery. Purrs from sunny Cornwall Gordon, Bandit, Pericles & Snowball SignatureFeline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat > On Saturday Minke started limping. I could not find anything wrong > with either back paw, but he was definitely favouring one. <snip> > No limp! > Not a trace! > All four paws in full use! > Back home with howling cat, limp re-appears. Cattitude at its finest! Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > On Saturday Minke started limping. I could not find anything wrong > with either back paw, but he was definitely favouring one. > > By Sunday he was walking on three paws, still seeming happy enough. <snip Purrs for Minke to have really lost his limp by now! This sounds like a typical bast*rd cat trick to me! Purrs for you and Minke! Christine > On Saturday Minke started limping. I could not find anything wrong > with either back paw, but he was definitely favouring one. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Stuffing pills down his throat I wonder whether it is all worth it. |
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