was woken at midnight on sunday by my wife to come and see to our cat, edward.
he was on the floor, panting heavily, and trying to crawl around, unable to use his rear legs.
we called our vet, and took him in for examination. the vet could find no external signs of trauma, but thought there was chest damage as well as leg problems.
edward was given a pain killer and kept overnight at the vets.
the vet called today and said that the x-ray did not show any fractures, but that edward had no feeling in his tail or back legs. he suggested that the spine may have been broken, and then popped back into place.
edward has been kept under observation for another 48 hours, and today we
visited him at the vets.
the vet said that he does not seem to be in pain, but still has no feeling in his rear legs or tail, is incontinent, and he is recommending that we put teddy to sleep.
i have brought him home.
he is able to wag his tail, and tries (and succeeds) in moving about.
is there any hope?
is there anything that i can do?
obviously the last thing i want is for my cat to be miserable, but i had to bring him home today cos he was trying to jump out of the cage, and i couldn't let him feel like i'd abandoned him.
thanks for listening,
sy and edward
i hav
he was on the floor, panting heavily, and trying to crawl around, unable to use his rear legs.
we called our vet, and took him in for examination. the vet could find no external signs of trauma, but thought there was chest damage as well as leg problems.
edward was given a pain killer and kept overnight at the vets.
the vet called today and said that the x-ray did not show any fractures, but that edward had no feeling in his tail or back legs. he suggested that the spine may have been broken, and then popped back into place.
edward has been kept under observation for another 48 hours, and today we
visited him at the vets.
the vet said that he does not seem to be in pain, but still has no feeling in his rear legs or tail, is incontinent, and he is recommending that we put teddy to sleep.
i have brought him home.
he is able to wag his tail, and tries (and succeeds) in moving about.
is there any hope?
is there anything that i can do?
obviously the last thing i want is for my cat to be miserable, but i had to bring him home today cos he was trying to jump out of the cage, and i couldn't let him feel like i'd abandoned him.
thanks for listening,
sy and edward
i hav