Quentin is a rescue, rescued from my back yard this winter. I thought at first he was a Raccoon because of his size. I turned on the deck light and realized he was a Maine Coon eating bird seed under my feeder. When I watched him walk I noticed a limp. I went outside with a bowl of cat food and called to him.
He talked up a storm to me and limped my direction. I coaxed him into the garage and he was lovable and friendly. The next day I took him to my vet and he was full of fleas (he slept with me that night away from my other cats lol) and also had a tapeworm.
Right now I am debating whether or not to get his leg fixed. My veterinarian said he was shot 3 to 6 months ago. He is approximately a year to year and a half old and a wonderful family member now.
I don’t know if fixing it would be to his benefit you can see by the X-ray it was pretty shattered. I don’t want to put him through any more trauma and would appreciate some opinions.
Thank you…
imho, Carol, if you would like additional advice, take the x-ray , actually, email it to Cornell. They may be able to give you some advice. And you may want to try a human ortho. My oldest cat, Lucky, has a severely fragmented leg, which was not set, they couldn’t. I give her a dose in her food of Glucosamine Chondroitin w/ Vit C every day. It seems to help. She is overweight, nineteen yrs of age, and she is more mobile than ever. Blv me. (500mg 2x/day.)
I’m looking into it thank you Ruth 🙂 If anything the fragments removed, but I am not so sure about a rod… I have to see what the vet says
Love and Light
Carol
Poor Quentin, how could anyone be so cruel! I’m so glad you rescued him.
As he is so young I’d definately have his leg fixed if I was you, it must be causing him some pain and a worry is that one (or some) of those fragments could shift and cause problems in the future.
After his surgery you could help him heal quickly using your Reiki, most cats love it!