How to help a limping stray cat with a swollen leg if I can't touch him?

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I take care of a street cat. He won’t let us touch him too much. But he is limping. His right front leg is sweollen up to almost his neck area. We are very worried. He stopped eating and we put pain meds in his food to make the pain go away a bit. Any advice if I can’t bring his to a vet since he doesn’t let us pick him up. Pet's info: Cat | Ojos Azules Longhair | Male

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

Please do not give him over the counter pain medicine, it will kill him. Ask your local shelter to loan you a cat trap so you can trap him or ask the local no-kill shelter to trap him for treatment. He needs to be seen by a vet urgently.

How to help a limping stray cat with a swollen leg if I can't touch him?

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