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Don't worry about her jumping. When mine got fixed, she didn't do anything for about 5 days, and even after that, she didn't really start running for about 2 weeks, and the boy cat left her alone. The only thing we really had to stop her from doing when we could was keep her from licking the...

Well, we're at about the 6 month mark since his first surgery and I think 3rd since his second and he runs like the wind and jumps off anything and everything he can. He still does get a bit labored if the surface is a bit high he jumps from, but he hasn't been this happy and playful since we...

No vet in their right mind EVER should want to do surgery on a kitten unless they absolutely have to. They're still growing. Mine's knee(s) would only go out for a few seconds and he'd lay down, stretch then get up and be fine.

I thought mine got hurt playing too because it came out of nowhere. It's not common in cats at all, with the only exception of its most common in strays, and its hereditary.

I really hope for your sake and hers that she can out grow it. As I said in an earlier post, we were going to wait it out, but he got bad enough in the span of a month we had no choice but to do it. It's mainly common in dogs, and rare in cats.

He's just a regular ol' Tabby. He was a stray and found outside at a few days old however.

So, a month after his second surgery, he seems to be walking a bit better, albeit still with a slight limp, and he's now decided that jumping on our lower dresser and leaping 4 feet across to the higher dresser with the tv is a good idea. Jerk!. But, he's not wearing the cone of shame anymore...

So, a few weeks after his first surgery he was running like the wind, jumping, playing but still had problems with his other knee. 2 Months later (this past Friday) he went in and had his second leg done. This is the problem. He's a jerk. He's taking advantage of his other good leg now and...

He's been home for about 9 hours and the first 2 were rather interesting shall we say?. He spent about 40 minutes meowing and screeching and doing everything in his power to try and rip his bandage off. He kept trying to sleep but just wouldn't put his head down and relax. I shut everything...

He got drastically worse in a couple weeks. He started walking almost raccoon like (back legs bowed and scurrying). Had an X-Ray done to confirm and his left was completely out and his right is partially out almost non-stop now. He's getting his left leg done tomorrow morning. I asked the...

Okay, so now I e-mailed another vet and she recommended rehab as surgery on a year old cat is overkill. Maybe I'll drive out there tomorrow and talk in person. The downfall is, its over a half hour away as my current vet is about 3 minutes away. Oh well. Anything to get him normal again.

Thanks for the reply. $500 I can live with, considering I've heard upwards of $1200. Unfortunately I live in Canada and it'll probably cost more than the $500. I hate seeing him like this and gotta trust the vet. I just came home again and he came out from under the couch just fine and...

So, a little over a week ago my lil' buddy (11 months old) went into hiding for a day or so. When i finally found him and lured him out, I saw him limping horribly bad on his back left leg. After a few minutes, he was okay and started walking normally and playing with my other kitten (also 11...