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Mikayla asked in PetsCats · 4 years ago

My outside cat broke his leg what should I do?

I've been taking care of two stray cats for about a year now. They've been neutered and I give them flea and heart worm medicine monthly. One cat went missing for a few days and when I found him his leg seemed to be broken. He can't put any weight on it. I don't have the option of taking them to the vet because I have no money. (I saved up my allowance to get them neutered and flea meds) I would nvr have enough (or enough time to save) to cover a vet bill like this. What should I do? :(

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  • Ocimom
    Lv 7
    4 years ago
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    If you have no money for a vet, take him to the shelter where they may treat him and place him or at least put him down humanely. You cannot just let him suffer.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    To all the dumb ***** out there that talk about how "it's cruel to keep cats indoors, they need fresh air" yadda, yadda; here is Exhibit A of why all you dumb ***** are WRONG.

  • 4 years ago

    You are seriously pissing me off here -.-

  • 4 years ago

    No need to lie. You can afford a vet. you can afford the net and other luxuries so you can afford a vet, since you are so lazy you keep cats outside you are too lazy to bother with a vet

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  • 4 years ago

    If you have a credit card you have the means of doing small payments to cover any vet bills. The cat needs help, broken bones are excruciating.

  • 4 years ago

    Contact a local rescue or shelter to help. Many rescues or shelters will assist a stray animal in need of veterinary care. At the very least a shelter might be able to euthanize the cat to end his suffering.

  • J C
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Trap him and take him to the local shelter where he can be humanely euthanized. He's in pain, and he's in serious danger being outside with that sort of injury - he's going to be eaten or mauled by something very quickly. It's better for a painless death than to linger in pain until something mauls him and kills him.

  • 4 years ago

    Cats don't break theyre legs they must have got into a situation where maybe someone didn't handle them right, if they cant put weight on theyre leg are you sure they don't have a sandspur or something in theyre paw

  • 4 years ago

    You should take him to a no-kill shelter and surrender him AND the other cat immediately.

    Just because you cruelly CHOOSE to force these cats to live outdoors doesn't remove you from the responsibility of caring for them. Right now you're committing FELONY ANIMAL NEGLECT by not getting this cat to a vet IMMEDIATELY so GIVE IT UP.

    What the hell? I pity that poor cat! How'd you like to be sitting there with a broken *#@(#@ leg while someone casually posts bullshit questions on the internet?????

  • JJ
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    put your outside cat inside the ground

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