my cat injured herself and broke the ball in her hip. surgery is a last option and is really expensive, for me anyway. Vet says she may recover on her own and i am wondering if anybody can comment on the likeliehood of this happening without surgery. she is cage bound and will remain so for the next 4 - 6 weeks. it happened almost two days ago and i dont think she has eaten either...is this need for concern.
2007-07-14 08:00:12 · 11 answers · asked by gratefulsmitty1 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
I presume she has been seen by the vet and he recommended cage rest. If so, she has a very good chance of the fracture healing satisfactorally, though she may have some loss of range of motion. Cats have amazing powers of healing.
If the acetabulum (ball) of the femur is separated from the shaft of the femur, she will have quite a loss of range of motion of that leg, which will probably only prevent her from climbing and maybe from jumping up onto things.
If her pelvis (hipbone) or femur (thigh bone) are fractured, she will probably recover with no visible after-effects at all.
Probably she is not eating because she is still in pain. Talk to your vet and see if you can get some pain medication to give her for the next few days...after that she shouldn't need any if she's on cage rest.
Be sure to keep a close eye on her while she is on cage rest. Since she will have pain in her pelvis when she squats and has a bowel movement, naturally she will not to go. She can get very constipated, which is a complication of pelvic injuries. Ask your vet about how to prevent constipation, before it happens.
2007-07-14 08:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kayty 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My friend had a cat with a broken leg in two places, the vet said they could amputate or do nothing for a month and see what happens, it was too late to fix the breaks because the bones had already started fusing together. The cat Sylvester was separated from his brothers and sisters and put in a room by himself to rest for about a month. Now he is fine, he doesn't even limp or anything. They are so glad they didn't amputate his leg. There is a good likelihood she will recover, she needs a lot of rest and maybe some antibiotics and pain meds for now, It will take time!
2007-07-14 12:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by Legolas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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my cat injured herself and broke the ball in her hip. surgery is a last option and is really expensive, for me anyway. Vet says she may recover on her own and i am wondering if anybody can comment on the likeliehood of this happening without surgery. she is cage bound and will remain so for the...
2015-08-18 11:45:56 · answer #4 · answered by Apolonia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very painful for a cat, same as when WE break a bone and don't get anything done about it. If at all possible, the vet should be given the OK to fix it for her and you. At the very least ask about pain medication (don't use human stuff, most of it's toxic to cats).
We took in a stray tom cat who moved really slow. I didn't know what was wrong with him at first, he just walked up to me slowly outside and meowed. I fed him as much as he'd eat (we had 3 indoor cats, I didn't bring him inside) and he was there the next day, also moving slow yet, and the next and next.....
After a week I figured he was ours, he seemed nice and I thought he had arthritis or something. The vet did an exam and said he'd been hit by a car, most likely 4 weeks earlier because of the length of the fur that was growing back on his side where it had been ripped off. He had 3 broken fangs from being rolled by the car on the road, the fourth had fallen out completely, his jaw was infected from the teeth and needed to be drained (here I thought it was tom cat cheeks, not infection!), and her x-ray of his back end showed he'd broken the hip on the left side, the leg bone had moved forward a full inch and was forming a new socket for the bone.
He was badly hurt, but hid it so well I didn't realize. We kept him quiet for a month down in the basement away from the other cats (he only wanted to eat and sleep, healing up) and we'd check on him constantly. Somehow he'd FED himself in this condition, not being able to chew, kill live prey, or move faster than a slow walk. If he moved too fast he fell down.
The vet couldn't fix his shattered hip because the bone was too fragmented. It did knit up by itself but it took 6 months. And then another 10 months before he felt good enough to bend around far enough to clean his butt end -- the side muscles had been damaged by the car as well, where they attached to the hip area.
His new socket keeps him from jumping higher than the seat of a chair, he tires out fast if he needs to move at more than a fast walk because the legs don't match, and he's starting to show arthritis in the hips now (we've had him for 7 years so far).
He's a great cat, he didn't deserve the pain he had to live through before we found him and got him treated at the vets. I really can't advocate trying to ignore this on your cat. If you check, maybe they'll let you pay in installments. Many vets do.
2007-07-14 12:55:34 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would contact your vet again and have him do the surgery and work with you on a payment plan for your cat.
Without the surgery it is unlikely that kitty will ever feel great.
Vets usually are VERY willing to work with their clients they know will pay them.
If you are upfront and put down a deposit and make payments every week or two...I'm sure he will go out of his way to help.
Hope your cat is feeling great soon.
2007-07-14 08:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by Patti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to tell you this but it probably is necessary to go through the surgery. I can understand perfectly how you feel, my mom and I are on a tight budget right now and I too have a cat that I would be devastated to lose. So I would say talk to your vet again, explain your situation, and try your hardest to take care of your cat. Wishing you luck and hope your cat turns out fine!
2007-07-14 08:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by Cameron H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this really isnt something people here can answer for you. You need to speak with your vet. Your cat is most likely in severe pain. Please consider the surgery it may be expensive but its for the welfare of your animal. I know I had to go through something similar with a dog, i ended up paying for the surgery with a credit card and payed it off that way. Yes it was expensive but it was my dog that I loved. If one my cats was injured i would not hesitate to do what it takes to make them better.
2007-07-14 08:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by hatchetgirlie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she hasn't eaten she's probably in a lot of pain. How did she become injured? She might recover but may not be a full recovery. She may not heal totally correct. She could use surgery to really help her out.
2007-07-14 09:37:22 · answer #9 · answered by Malia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother & I both had a cat that this happened to. She opted no on the surgery and mine had surgery. Her cat can walk and run but sometimes doesn't make it when trying to jump up on things. He also can't tuck his leg up under him when sitting in her lap, she tucks it up for him. My cat has no signs of ever being injured.
2007-07-14 08:09:49 · answer #10 · answered by snakenhunter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋