Hello,
I’m new here, we live in Europe and we have a 3 years old ragdoll that just dislocated his front paw. Apparently he thought himself to be a supercat and misjudged his landing abilities. When the vet gave me an appt for next Wednesday I asked him if it won’t get any worse having to wait for a week to which he replied “it can’t get any worse!”
He will have a surgery and they are putting in wires and something metal on the outside of his paw to wear for a period of 2 months.
The worst thing is that he must be locked in a cage with litter, food and water for the duration of 2 months. We mustn’t let him out or even take him out for cuddles because if he sprints off, it won’t heal and the surgery would have been for nothing. He also warned us not to take him out because we’ll never make him go back and if we do, he’ll cry for attention making it worse for all of us. I’m utterly horrified by this torture we have to put him through. Vet’s explanation is that humans also have to lie and not move their leg for 1-2 months after breaking their leg. But at least they know why, but the poor cat...
My dad thinks it’s so cruel, he should be put down instead, like a horse would be.
Obviously no one wants to do that, he’s very young, only turned 3. And besides, he’s otherwise fine. He doesn’t seem to be suffering with pain and is eating happily and even playing with the other cat we have, despite his very obvious limp. I’m just looking for some reasons not to feel so awful about this whole thing. Has anyone heard of such thing or had gone through something similar with their pet? Thank you!!
I’m new here, we live in Europe and we have a 3 years old ragdoll that just dislocated his front paw. Apparently he thought himself to be a supercat and misjudged his landing abilities. When the vet gave me an appt for next Wednesday I asked him if it won’t get any worse having to wait for a week to which he replied “it can’t get any worse!”
He will have a surgery and they are putting in wires and something metal on the outside of his paw to wear for a period of 2 months.
The worst thing is that he must be locked in a cage with litter, food and water for the duration of 2 months. We mustn’t let him out or even take him out for cuddles because if he sprints off, it won’t heal and the surgery would have been for nothing. He also warned us not to take him out because we’ll never make him go back and if we do, he’ll cry for attention making it worse for all of us. I’m utterly horrified by this torture we have to put him through. Vet’s explanation is that humans also have to lie and not move their leg for 1-2 months after breaking their leg. But at least they know why, but the poor cat...
My dad thinks it’s so cruel, he should be put down instead, like a horse would be.
Obviously no one wants to do that, he’s very young, only turned 3. And besides, he’s otherwise fine. He doesn’t seem to be suffering with pain and is eating happily and even playing with the other cat we have, despite his very obvious limp. I’m just looking for some reasons not to feel so awful about this whole thing. Has anyone heard of such thing or had gone through something similar with their pet? Thank you!!
