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Out watering the garden when I hear cat meows. Took me a few minutes to realize it was our cat, Snit, escaped. He was over near the road. Came when called, limping, on three.
Not exactly happy, he went off into a corner and curled up. Ignored the other cats. Did eat and drink water though. Just sit by himself. I went over his leg thoroughly several times. No visible trauma. Palpation said no bones broken. Just minor swelling of radius and ulna area and the paw is turned in 45 degrees and unwilling to use that leg.
Still off that leg after 3 days so I took him to the vet this AM. X-ray revealed nothing. The vet and I were perplexed and we did a close methodical search of the leg from toes up. She took note of a dark dot at the elbow. Finally got out the scissors and razor. A blood dot from a puncture wound. No pus. No other trauma, no fur loss, no scratches.
So we shall see. Almost nothing in the books on localized cobra venom effects. Cat metabolism being miles apart from just about all other animals. Fingers crossed the paralysis isn't permanent. Lucky it only got a limb and only one fang.
Not exactly happy, he went off into a corner and curled up. Ignored the other cats. Did eat and drink water though. Just sit by himself. I went over his leg thoroughly several times. No visible trauma. Palpation said no bones broken. Just minor swelling of radius and ulna area and the paw is turned in 45 degrees and unwilling to use that leg.
Still off that leg after 3 days so I took him to the vet this AM. X-ray revealed nothing. The vet and I were perplexed and we did a close methodical search of the leg from toes up. She took note of a dark dot at the elbow. Finally got out the scissors and razor. A blood dot from a puncture wound. No pus. No other trauma, no fur loss, no scratches.
So we shall see. Almost nothing in the books on localized cobra venom effects. Cat metabolism being miles apart from just about all other animals. Fingers crossed the paralysis isn't permanent. Lucky it only got a limb and only one fang.
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