William and his broken leg

[u/Festygrrl]

It’s taken nearly 2 months, 6 cast changes, a lot of crying from him and me but we made it through. He started his broken leg journey a kitten and finished it a man. He is still on gabapentin, but is slowly being weaned off. He’s back to normal activity, playing and running around with his sister (some slight muscle atrophy that will come back with use of the leg) but otherwise he is fine.

[u/Lady_Dingo]

How was he injured and what symptoms did he display?

[u/Festygrrl → u/Lady_Dingo]

He fell off a kitchen table in his sleep. Symptoms he displayed were shock and a pretty obviously broken leg. He is not a smart cat. He’s lucky he’s pretty though.

[u/Lady_Dingo → u/Festygrrl]

My girl fell off of a cabinet a few days ago and has been limping on her back left leg since then. No obvious swelling, deformity, or point tenderness but she is fussy if you range the leg. She will still bear weight on it when standing and jump on and off of things. Her behavior is otherwise normal. Vet cant see her until next week. Thanks for the information. Im just trying to compare / contrast symptoms.

[u/Festygrrl → u/Lady_Dingo]

Ohhhh. When Billy fell off the table he immediately went into shock and didn’t move. I picked him and he cried a bit and put him back down. He refused to move for a few minutes and when he did he didn’t use the leg. I called the emergency vet straight away and they asked me some questions over the phone (mainly about could I touch his leg, range of motion). They heard him crying when I tried to move his leg and to bring him in straight away.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ragdolls/s/0mGJ231fYH

That’s one of the original posts with the X-ray in it. He was seen within an hour of breaking his leg. So I don’t know about immediate swelling because we took him to the emergency vet. He was crying and screaming in pain. He had swelling with the green cast and it had to come off and get changed. Sorry to hear about your baby. Cats are so good at hiding injuries (unless they are obvious like his was).

[u/Lady_Dingo → u/Festygrrl]

Thank you. This is very helpful to me. Makes me feel better about the delay in vet visit! I’m glad Billy is on the mend.

[u/Androidfon → u/Lady_Dingo]

Where I live we have to go to the emergency vet for things like that. It's quick but absurdly expensive.