My kitten's leg looks deformed. Broken? How to help it walk again?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 day old
What is the difference between a deformed leg and a broken bone in a kitten and how can you tell one from the other. Since I think that a newborn kitten has a deformed leg what should I do so that the kitten can walk again. In latter years is there any special type of cat food that this kitten should eat or can it have regular cat food.
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Published on April 3rd, 2017
Great question! The only way to tell is by having an x-ray done by your veterinarian - this will show exactly what is wrong with the bone, and will also give the information needed to determine whether it can be fixed or not. I would recommend taking the kitten to your vet for an exam and x-rays as soon as you are able to - he/she will be able to advise you further on what can be done to help the kitten, depending on what the x-rays show.
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Published on December 14th, 2019
In your x-ray I do see the broken pelvis and it looks like it is left sided based on the markers on the x-ray. I'm surprised that she would be putting weight on her left leg, but it's possible that she has another injury that wouldn't be apparent on the x-ray or that the x-ray was mislabeled if this is the case. I would recommend calling or rechecking with the vet - they might want to repeat an x-ray to see if things have changed and if there is something wrong on the other side of her pelvis and leg.
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