Speaking of cats purring on broken legs, i have an anecdote:
The missus was down in bed with a freshly out of surgery broken leg. It still hurt so we kept the leg packed in cold packs.
Every time she laid in bed with the cold packs, our feline owner jumped on the bed and laid down near the leg, purring. We naively thought she was helping the leg heal.
Until we finally realized she liked the cold packs! She was licking them for some reason, i think until she stopped feeling her tongue. It was funny to watch her tentatively move said tongue in every direction like she was trying to figure out if she still has it.
Later we experimented with ice cubes, ice cream (needs to be plain vanilla, no other tastes on it) and even snow. Our cat just likes something cold now and then!
The missus was down in bed with a freshly out of surgery broken leg. It still hurt so we kept the leg packed in cold packs.
Every time she laid in bed with the cold packs, our feline owner jumped on the bed and laid down near the leg, purring. We naively thought she was helping the leg heal.
Until we finally realized she liked the cold packs! She was licking them for some reason, i think until she stopped feeling her tongue. It was funny to watch her tentatively move said tongue in every direction like she was trying to figure out if she still has it.
Later we experimented with ice cubes, ice cream (needs to be plain vanilla, no other tastes on it) and even snow. Our cat just likes something cold now and then!