Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and forgot about it, it was on for several hours and now his paw is very swollen! what shoul i do i cannot aford the vet!!!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
If you have already removed the hair thing, chances are the cat will be just fine. The swelling should subside and the cat will be jumping up on your counters in no time.
If you haven't taken it off, do so, no matter how much the cat hates it... Get some help if you need to.
Monitor the cat and ensure the swelling goes down.
If it doesn't, you will need to take him/her to the vet. Many times vets will work with you for payments, etc...
PS: I agree with the second poster... Kids will be kids. Don't let that part bother you. Just take care of the cat the best way you know how. If you are unsure, do what you are doing now. Ask people.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
it may hurt a little, but you're going to have to get some scissors under it and cut it. this will put some extra tension on it for a moment, but the immediate relief afterwards will be well worth it to the cat. then just watch it for a couple hours and if the swelling does not subside then you're going to have to pony up the money for a vet visit...
p.s. the first answerer needs to get off her high horse and cut you some slack! this is not animal cruelty. it's a kid doing what kids do... they don't mean harm and i'm sure that the cat will be fine!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
take it off, massage the area lightly, and put some liniment, or other warming agent on it to encourage blood flow. Be sure not to let the cat eat or lick it or you use warm compresses, at this point you want the blood flow and swelling down.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
either try and cut it off if u cant then ur going to have to take it to the vet it wont be that much but its either that or someone see it and take the cat away.... sorry
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
First, I hope you removed it immediately. It's free to call a vet. They don't often like to give advice over the phone but if you explain your situation, they can probably help you with some advice. If it was only a few hours, it's unlikely that there will be any permanent damage. Try to get the blood flowing again. Massage his whole leg (gently), up and down, you could try a little warm water on his leg or perhaps a warm towel. Keep an eye on it and see how he is tomorrow.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
Dont panic, don't let him walk around on it, you need to find away of reducing the swelling, he wont like it but you need to calm the blood flowing and get it flowing properly, best is luke warm water, and rubbing it gently this will, if you cant afford the vet, ring the vet and see what they say..
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
Supervise your kid around the cat. Teach the kid compassion and empathy. Put a hair thing around your kid's "paw" so he or she knows how it feels. If your kid's hand was swollen, what would you do? Treat the cat as you would treat your kid. You are responsible for the cat's health and well-being. Take the cat to the vet and make payments. Don't let the cat suffer because your kid was left unsupervised and does not know how to treat animals!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
Put ice on it.. And USE A CREDIT CARD LADY!..
Take the poor thing to the vet.. Listen.. my dog had a teeny tiny cough, were in debt 60,000$ and have no credit, moving, and have no money.. And still took him to the vett.. So i think you can take him..?
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
If you don't get the hair tie off of the cats paw, the blood circulation will completely cut off and the cat's paw will lose feeling and after a while 'die'. then you would HAVE to go to the vet. Try cutting it off and then get the circulation back in the cat's paw.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
Those hair things are as bad as rubber bands, make sure the kid knows not to do this again.
You're extremely lucky you found it before the paw gangrened and had blood poisoning. I'd call the vet and ask over the phone what they recommend--having a vet walk you through any steps needed is important, you don't know how much blood flow was stopped. It's painful for the cat and you need to do the right thing fast.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
try the cutting it off with scissers(i know that's misspelled) thing, that's what they would do at the vet. if the swelling does not subside, call your local SPCA shelter. for people with money problems, they offer free service. you have to have proof that you cannot meet a regular vet's visit financially, tho. i think you do anyway. since it's only been a few houers, after the hair thing is removed, kitty's paw should be OK. if you haven't already, you should probably reprimand your kid for doing something like that to kitty, that way it doesn't happen again.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
first try putting some ice in a washcloth and putting it on the cats paw, leave for about 15 minutes. 2nd thing if you can't afford a vet you have no business having a pet!!!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
I agree with a couple of the other answers. Just give your vet a call. My dog had a seizure on a Sunday, and they were closed, so we just called her at home, told her the symptoms and asked what to do. The seizure wasnt serious, but I'm glad we still called. It's free, and it would be better to be on the safe side.
Tell your kid not to do that, as s/he had to have wound it around a few times in order to get it to stay on. Put some ice on it, and try to keep the cat from walking a little bit. Then make the cat walk around.
Good luck!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
Well, I do hope you scolded your child but still don't be too hard on them. Because then they think they did something horrible.. Anyway.. Get some scissors and try to clip off the hair band without hurting the cat. Since it is swollen, get a tiny ziploc bag and put ice in it. Get a paper towel and wrap it around the ice. Wrap the ziploc bag around the cats paw for about 10 seconds. If the swelling doesn't go down, put it on for 15 seconds. That should get the swelling down. Then get the same ziploc bag and pour the ice out. Put some hot water in it (about 1/4 of the bag). Then wrap it around the cats paw where the hair band had been. Also keep the cat rested and bring her food and drink to her. Keep her in a cat bed and if she gets up past the food and drink, take her to the litterbox yourself. If that's not the case, put her back in the bed and lay by her real quiet. See if the cat will go to sleep. If not, just be real quiet and pet her and hold her down. When she goes to sleep, keep petting her and slowly get up. Very, very quietly. Keep an eye on her paw and see if it gets better tomorrow. Hope this helps!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
just make sure you take off the hair tie (all of it) check for cuts call a vet for advise explain to your sone why not to do it again keep the cat calm.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
First of all please try to be more careful with your animals. If I understood it correctly you said that you helped your child put it on.? Any ways I've read the other answers and i agree with the cutting it off. Good luck. If you can't get it off I know that there are alot of kind vets out there who would work with you on a sliding scale fee basis.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
Call your local humane society or RSPCA and they will help you, even if you can't afford it. I'm in Toronto and I know for a fact that our local humane society will provide vet services geared to your financial situation. At the end of the day their main concern is the health and well-being of your pet. Yes, your kid did something silly but that's what kids do! She/he has learned a valuable lesson today. If you calmy explain your situation, I'm sure they will see exactly what I see. A responsible pet owner who has been thrown a curveball in life. This is not a case of animal cruelty and you are not a bad pet owner because you can't afford a vet.
And one last thing.... To all those folks who were so quick to judge you and your situation... well I am a firm believer in the saying "What goes around, comes around." None of you know what tomorrow will bring and when "tomorrow" comes knocking on your door and you find yourself scraping by to make ends meet perhaps you will look back on today and truly understand how cruel you have been!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
It may have been cutting off his circulation causing it to swell up. Also it could have been too tight and bruised him, it may just be painful. If you see him holding his paw up or limping you should pry wait 1-2 days and if he's still limping/holding paw up it may be a serious injury.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
As others have posted, you may call the vet and explain the situation (both the paw and the financial situation) to them. They should be able to give you even more first aid advice, give you an idea of 'danger signs' to watch for, and if his paw takes a turn for the worse arrange a payment plan of some sort. If not, switch vets. You often get both better value and better care from a vet that is caring.
Secondly, you do need to let your child know that anything that hurts him will hurt the cat. Hopefully they already know and will never do it again, but if they are very young they may have difficulty empathizing- they don't realize the consequence of their actions. I have found that demonstrating (carefully and without anger or spite of course) what something feels like is extremely helpful, because if they know what it feels like they are more reluctant to inflict it on anyone, especially their pet that they love. Have them put a hair thing on their wrist, just tight enough, and leave it on for more than a few seconds but less than a minute. Let them know that is how Kitty felt all day.
I actually remember when I was about three years old or so I had a rabbit, and I tugged her ear. My mom punished me with a timeout, but I really didn't understand what the big deal was until I decided to tug on my own ear while in the timeout. I started crying, not because I was being punished but because I was so upset once I realized how much I hurt my beloved pet!
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
at my school we had a kennel. the cat i was going to adopt had surgery to get spayed there, and when she was still out of it someone slammed her leg in the cage door or something and cut the blood flow off for a little bit. well her foot got VERY swollen. then the skin began to fall off. u could see the poor things tarsals and metatarsals. it was so nasty. they ended up amputating the leg at the school. i just wanted to let u know this incase u begin to see something like this.
Help my kid put a hair thing around our cats paw and now his paw is very swolle?
You abused your animal and now you can't afford a vet? What are you teaching your kid?
This is animal cruelty. You better figure out a way to pay.