Painkillers for cats?

[moosmom]

You need to get the cat to the vet. Do NOT under any circumstances give human medicine to a cat without the direction from a vet. It could be fatal.

[Catlady711]

I know that this situation for deciding on the ER or not is past (being it's already Tues.) however for future info...

Asprin/Tylenol/ibuprofin etc. are DEADLY to cats!

At 13 it's possible the cat has the beginnings of arthritis (Dusty was started on glucosamine at around 13 yrs old)

However being the cat is holding a leg up following excercize with the dogs, I'd be concerned about having pulled a muscle or injured the leg.

[GSDOG]

Almost sounds like a torn cruciate (ACL), which would possible require surgery or at the very least total confinement until it healed. but like catlady711 said you cant rule out arthritis. but the non-weight bearing makes me think cruciate. being 13 years old surgery could be tricky. I am interested to hear what your vet says.

[Catlady711]

Almost sounds like a torn cruciate (ACL), which would possible require surgery or at the very least total confinement until it healed. but like catlady711 said you cant rule out arthritis. but the non-weight bearing makes me think cruciate. being 13 years old surgery could be tricky. I am interested to hear what your vet says.

I thought about ACL, however we mostly see that in dogs, I don't know how common it is in cats, but if this were a dog it would be one of my guesses. I'd like to find out what the vet says too.