My poor old boy.  He got hit by a car when he was a kitten and both hips
dislocated.  He now can hardly walk, has a hard time getting down and up the
one step into the dining room, getting into his cat box, and when he pees it
points backwards instead of forward.  He strains to do the other job and falls
down alot in the cat box.  He also gets his claws stuck in the carpet and falls
down all the time.  He still eats and stays glued to me most of the time.  He
loves to be loved and purrs.  He did not used to meow any more until I moved
back in and now he talks to me only.  He pees a river, not just a little and he
ends up stepping in it and getting litter all clumped up in his toes and I have
to clean it out so he can walk.  His pads are getting so swollen.  I put
cooking oil on them from time to time to soften and hydrate them, but the cat
litter is winning, I think.  He is the last of my 3 black cats.  His stool is
little turds only and usually hard as rock soon after he goes.  Please help, I
don't want him to suffer any longer than he has to.