my kitten has a small cut on the bottom of his foot shall i take him to the vet or am i wasting there time

[lyssalou]

my kitten has a small cut on the bottom of his foot should i take him to the vet as he is lame or will i be wasting there time

[FP]

Bathe it regularly in a solotion of cooled boiled water with plenty of salt.  It will hopefully heal well.  He is obviously lame at the moment because it hurts to walk on. 

A vet will only be necessary if it becomes infected or won't stop bleeding.  At the moment I don't know what else a vet will do.  They will give you antibiotics 'in case' it gets infected and charge you lots of money for the tablets and the consultation.

I would keep him in until it is healed and then the chances of it becoming infected will be minimal.

Good luck.

[FP]

solution not solotion!

[goldfish100]

It may have something stuck in there, or even be infected. either way it will probably get worse - then it will be more time/money for both you and the vet.

Take it sooner rather than later, it's not worth waiting to see what may happen.