My cat's leg hurts, she's limping and licking it. What's wrong?

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My cats right leg has started to hurt for no reasons she cries when I touch it she’s constantly moving it and licking and biting it I don’t know what’s wrong she’s even limping all I could think of was she ran outside did something I don’t know but since she’s an inside cat I quickly made sure to put her back inside but I just noticed the limping a couple of hours ago. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 14 years and 1 month old | 24 lbs

Jessica Desrosiers · Accepted Answer

Poor Sophie! It's possible she was injured or bitten and the leg is sprained, has an abscess (infection under the skin) or other issue. It would be best to bring her to a vet ASAP so they can examine the leg and treat/clean it and provide medications as needed. Keeping her resting and placing an Elizabethan (cone) collar on her until you can get to your vet can help keep her from licking at it which can lead to additional irritation and pain.

My cat's leg hurts, she's limping and licking it. What's wrong?

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