I am asking for my sister.
She has a cat named Max who was born with part of one leg missing. He does sooo well with it. It is amazing. He is a strickly indoor cat for obvious reasons. Well since my niece has been sick Max has been knawing on his stump and chewing it a bit raw.Unfortunatly with the baby being sick and all he has not gotten as much attention as he has in the past.
Well they took him to the vet and they gave him a shot. It worked for a while and he started knawing on it again. Now the vet is saying they should cut more of his leg off. Because the nerves are what is making him knaw on it. But if he never had the leg in the first place why would it all of sudden after 7 years be bugging him. And my sister does not understand why the vet thinks that would even help?
I suggested getting a 2nd opinion on it or a kitten to keep him busy. He used to have a sister but she had a poop problem (won't get into details) could he be missing her and feeling alone. Anybody have advice?