I'm presently visiting someone who has a very old cat and his 2 front feet look as if they've become splayed. It's not the claws/pads area. It's the feet. They no longer go straight. They go sideways.
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I find it sad looking. Meaning I feel affected by what's going on for this cat and to me he looks as if he's in pain.

Has anyone seen this in older cats? He is a white cat with black spots. Used to be quite overweight but that is under control now. I wonder if the years of carrying all that weight around were the reason for this foot problem although his owner says this is new.

I haven't had very good internet access recently but just had a look in google now but mostly it came up with hind leg problems.

thanks.

Edited to add: should have mentioned he's 18 human years old