iluvk9 wrote:Was Merlin walking funny? That must have hurt.
Malli wrote:I've seen it a couple times, usually its more then one nail though.
I'm impressed that you've changed his litter already on your own - smart thinking!
It will feel much, much better now. The key will be keeping it open so it can drain fully and heal properly!
plebayo wrote:We see cats with ingrown nails quite frequently. Sometimes they just don't or can't wear the nail down properly when using a scratching post and the nail just continues to grow and ends up growing into the pad. I would say it's mostly in older cats that we see this problem, but it can happen to any cat. Personally I would just make nail clipping a routine thing so you're at least checking his feet regularly. I use human toe-nail trimmers.
mnp13 wrote:plebayo wrote:We see cats with ingrown nails quite frequently. Sometimes they just don't or can't wear the nail down properly when using a scratching post and the nail just continues to grow and ends up growing into the pad. I would say it's mostly in older cats that we see this problem, but it can happen to any cat. Personally I would just make nail clipping a routine thing so you're at least checking his feet regularly. I use human toe-nail trimmers.
He's just coming up on his 14th birthday, so he's not old yet. I've never had to trim their nails, but I'll definitely keep an eye on him from now on. He's going to the vet at 10:15.
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