nataliemoreton
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Hi, looking for some advice.
My 22 year old domestic shorthair cat, Lara, recently developed a limp in her back right leg.
It started off as a slight limp.
It progressed over the weekend and she is now unable to use the leg at all and will hop around on her three legs.
She doesn't have any pain at all, we have tried feeling the leg for any breaks or if she is sore, but she seems happy, still eating and sleeping like normal, giving out fuss and purring.
This morning, she has been peeing little but often. We had to pick her up and put her in the litter tray as she was trying to pee in all the corners of the living room and bedroom. She stood in the litter tray for around 10 minutes trying to go to the toilet and even fell asleep in there which we found really odd. We picked her up and have made her a quiet corner of the house with easy access to food, litter and a bed and covered the floor in puppy training pads incase of any accidents.
We haven't had any changes in the household to cause her stress.
We are so scared to go to the vets. Because of her age, when we adopted Lara at the age of 16, we were unable to get any insurance for her.
We think the vets will either put her to sleep or it will cost us hundreds for any treatment which will stress her out when she sadly and we (ultimately) think will extend her life for at the very most a few years.
She hates (and I mean hates with a passion) going in a cat carrier and in the car, hates seeing other people she is no used to and she gets very stressed out, ripping at the carrier to get out. The vets would only be an option if she is in pain
Any ideas on what this could be?
And any advice would be appreciated?
We are tied on what is the best option for her.
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