About this deal
Burns (chemical or thermal): Paws may be damaged by chemicals or heat, such as a hotplate or a tar road on a hot day. Keep cats indoors during severe weather and maintain supervision of them around stoves and chemical spills.
Moreover, the pads are fairly robust and can easily stand rough, cold, and hot surfaces. But prolonged exposure to cold and hot surfaces can cause damage. My Siamese cat used to sit on the ledge on our woodburner, when it was lit! I’ve no idea how she didn’t burn her feet. We used to say she had ‘asbestos paws’.Plasma-cell pododermatitis: This is a rare inflammatory illness that affects the paw pads and causes them to be soft, swollen and painful. Abscess: An abscess is a collection of pus encased by a wall that forms when bacteria enter the wound via a bite from another cat. An abscess is extremely distressing to the cat and necessitates incision and antibiotic therapy.
Tumors: A tumour is a type of abnormality that may be primary or secondary. The skin, bones, and other tissues in the foot can all be affected by several types of tumors.
Frostbite: Damage or death of the skin and underlying tissues as a result of freezing temperatures. The water in the tissues freezes when exposed to severe cold, resulting in cell rupture.