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Cat needs surgery for torn crucial ligament

  • 16-10-2020 2:36pm
    #1
    twiglet24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭


    Hi, as the title says, my cat needs surgery for a torn cruciate ligament. He is booked in for Tuesday, so I am scrambling now to get organized for his recovery.
    Has anyone here gone through this with their cat and have any advice they can give?
    He is 11 years old and up to now was a very healthy, active, indoor/outdoor cat, so confining him is going to be a bit of a challenge! I would greatly appreciate any advice and tips. Thanks!


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Cats cope with orthopaedic stuff well, with three good legs. Cruciate repair is painful in humans, so no doubt it is in cats too. Last February my cat had to have his left rear leg radically amputated due to a rapidly growing sarcoma at the top near his pelvis, which was done by a specialist vet. The prognosis of his tumour type was deemed to be good once totally removed, and in spite of it being a very traumatic invasive surgery he was over the worst after three weeks and rapidly recovered thereafter, and springs about the place now.

    Cats inevitably attempt to jump after even traumatic surgery. I provided cushions all over the place to give him easier means of getting to to the elevations he desired. Fortunately I live alone so the living room was dedicated to his needs alone during that initial recovery period as he regained strength.


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