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Back from the 2 week follow-up at the vet. No decision yet on surgery. Her right kneecap still luxates out of place in the lower thigh-bone groove, but less so than it did 2 weeks ago upon manual examination; which the vet then deemed grade II patellar luxation. It seems like her issue is...

Well, darn...I think I jinxed my girl by posting. Within a couple hours of my last post she had her kneecap pop out, again. It's still happening a few times/day. Looking more and more likely that she'll end up needing surgery. Which brings me to a question: is there an ideal age for this...

I should add that our vet has only been practicing for about a year, so I wonder if it's possible that this is simply not a scenario she's encountered before, given that luxating patellas are relatively rare in cats and Seven's presents differently than what appears to be the vast majority of cases.

8 days post-injury update: It's been days since we noticed any sign that Seven's had issues with her right knee and she's not exhibiting any signs of pain, discomfort, or hampered knee function (after several nights of enclosing her in a cage we let her have free roam last night, since she's not...

So both of Holly's knees were bad? That's one thing I wonder...did she injure her knee in the fall, or did it go out from under her and cause the fall. Seven's left kneecap appeared in the proper spot on the x-ray, to the best of my knowledge.

Oh, poor Munchie. What a rough time he had. Seven has been really quiet and mostly laying in her favorite spot, under our coffee table. We bought a small cat box for our main floor half-bath and she's only gone upstairs to our bedrooms once -- yesterday. Managed to get up on our high bed (we...

First time poster...found this thread while searching for more info. on this condition.  Yesterday our 11ish month old adopted polydactyl girl (Seven, in my avatar) slipped jumping out of our son's bathtub (she loves to hop in there as soon as he's out of the shower.  She does the same in ours...