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Is my kittens leg broke ,injured?

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Question
My  kitten has a cut in her hind leg and is dragging that leg when she walks. She also is saying meow when she walks and tries to bite and scratch me if i touch her.Is her leg broken?  

Answer
I cannot possibly tell you whether or not her leg is broken -- it would require a vet and an x-ray machine to do that.

But I can certainly tell you that she needs both these things, as soon as you can possibly arrange them. She is obviously in pain. She will certainly not die if you wait until the morning but the sooner you get it looked at, the better her chances of making a complete recovery and not ending up with a limp. Also, you don't tell me anything about how this happened. Was it a bite from another animal? Was she hit by a car?  The wound needs to be cleaned to prevent infection, even if the leg is not broken, and this should be handled by a vet who has a technician for assistance, since the cat is in such pain that she is biting and scratching when her leg is touched.

As I said, this doesn't sound life threatening, but if it were my cat, I'd be in the car on the way to the emergency vet right now.

iris