Well I took cooper to the vet for limping and dragging his back legs at times. The vet said he has bilateral luxation of the petellas.
The vet said he ill need surgery but since hes only 15 weeks old hes to young for surgery so he put him on Cosequin for now. The problem is he said even with surgery he will have arthritis later. Anyone have experience with this?
I am looking for long term prognosis.
Trying to figure out whats best for him. The cost of the surgery he said will be about $500 for both legs. At this time we dont have that much. But since he wont do the surgery for a while we will prob have it by the time the vet will do it.
I guess im worried about long term. I dont want him to be in apin and the vet said pain meds just dont really work fr cats.
The vet did say that maybe as he gets older the problem might not be as bad as of now he cant put the knee back but as soon as cooper jumps or moves too much they go right back out.
The vet said he ill need surgery but since hes only 15 weeks old hes to young for surgery so he put him on Cosequin for now. The problem is he said even with surgery he will have arthritis later. Anyone have experience with this?
I am looking for long term prognosis.
Trying to figure out whats best for him. The cost of the surgery he said will be about $500 for both legs. At this time we dont have that much. But since he wont do the surgery for a while we will prob have it by the time the vet will do it.
I guess im worried about long term. I dont want him to be in apin and the vet said pain meds just dont really work fr cats.
The vet did say that maybe as he gets older the problem might not be as bad as of now he cant put the knee back but as soon as cooper jumps or moves too much they go right back out.