Sophers has been on her clindamycin for her abscessed toofie for 4 days now.  This morning I was on the computer and heard this strange thumping sound, she had been in here with me taking a bath on the floor.  I turned around to see her limping real badly into the other room.  I went after her and she was meowing like it hurt.  Something is going on with her and I cant tell if its her back or her leg or her hip or her foot.  I did touch her left food and she swat at me so maybe thats the problem, I cant see anything out of the norm with it though.  She is OK when she's laying there but if she gets up to walk she limps and will only take a few steps and then stop.  We dont have an emergency clinic but do have a 24 hour number we can call altho I cant tell if its really an emergency.  I guess I will need to watch her and see how this goes. I checked the side-effects of Clindamycin and I dont see any muscular side-effects but I had just given her the morning does about 15 minutes before this happened.  Does anyone have any ideas?   

  Poor Sophers. I have not read of any muscular side effects from taking clindamycin. Is it possible that she jumped down off of something and just landed wrong?  An item lodged in her paw can cause limping as could a problem with a toenail. Will she let you examine her??

Hmmmm.  Possibly could be something to do with the nail clipping.  You said she had a bath.  Could she have tripped on water or because her paws were wet?

My dogs occasionally get acorns stuck between their toes in the fall.  It's amazing what can get stuck there.  Of course, she won't let you look so you can see if something is caught on her.   

Well she let me feel the foot, leg etc.  I think its possible that her back calf on the left side feels a little larger than the calf on the other leg....its hard to tell with all that fur but I do think it feels a little swollen.  Good grief.  She is taking another bath now but has stated very clearly, no more touching. 

this is a good link
http://www.2ndchance.info/limping.htm

Unless, Sophie received an IM injection of Clindamycin from her vet prior to starting on the oral meds, I could find nothing in the Plumb Veterinary Drug Book. 

Sandi, because of their acrobatics, all of my Maine Coons have had soft tissue injuries to the legs at one time or another.  The difficulty with soft tissue injury is getting them to stay still.  Bone breaks heal faster than sprains and muscle tears.  Keep an eye on her. 

May require some x-rays as some MC's are victims of hip dysplasia.

Sorry to get on so late, had to work this morning.  How's Sophers doing now?  Any improvement?  I hope it's just a sprain or strain.  I've researched and haven't found anything regarding muscle weakness as possible side effects to Clindamycin.

I did experience a FIP kitty that had neurological signs from FIP.  In that case the kitty had seizures.  Nobody expected that it was FIP until the kitty came down with wet form FIP after about 7 days after the onset of the mystery seizures.  The autopsy revealed it had effected the brain first.  It was a real sad situation being this cat was one of the sweetest most laidback kitty you could ever encounter.

I will pray Sophers was just being an acrobat after watching too much of the Olympic games and just got a bit carried away....

Whew, I missed the whole thing, but I am glad to hear she is already doing better!  I have one cat, Phantom, who loves to jump down from high places too, and at age 12 thinks she is still as agile as she was at 2, which she isn't.  She's wrenched her leg a few times, too.