Medicine Cat Guide

Breaks & Sprains

Comfrey: This herb is used to put broken bone on the right path for mending.

Bindweed: Used to bind sticks or comfrey to broken legs to help them heal.

Elder Leaves: This herb can be used to help treat sprains.

Gently nipping a cat's spine or poking it hard with a claw tests to see if the backbone is broken. If the subject does not feel the nip or poke, then the spine is broken. Many times a medicene cat will have to poke/nip the subject multiple times in different places to find the break.

A cat with weak/ healing bones or breaks can take part in water therapy. Have them wade in water that is not too deep or shallow, and eventually they'll get stronger.