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My cat just had a bilateral knee replacement done about 7 weeks ago. He was born with luxating patellas, and so far the surgery has been a success and his kneecaps haven’t dislocated since. The healing process has been very long, as he was just able to be let out of his crate and have full roam of my house last week. He walks very strange and hobbeled over now, which isn’t too concerning because I figure it will take months for him to walk normally again. However, I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen him stretch his legs in the past few weeks. I religiously did his range of motion exercises in the beginning after the initial pain passed and at his 2 week check up the vet said he had full movement, but have since slacked off since I figured he was working them in just by walking. When I try to do his exercises now, the knee will not flex completely straight. I feel very guilty for slacking off and don’t want this 2k surgery to have been for no good, because at this point I feel he was better off without it. Has anyone ever dealt with something like this before and if I stretch his legs every day is this something that can be reversed? He is still very guarded towards his legs, so it could be that he is just resisting. Any advice would be appreciated!!