This last week my cat's hind leg has been giving out on her. She will try to walk and the leg will just stay in place straight. She will try to walk for a minute changing directions but the leg just won't move. She will then give up and lay down. This has been happening about 3 times a day for the last week. It is not tender to her or swollen.
I took her to the vet today and he thought that her knee cap was popping out. He said that this is very rare in cats but very common is small dogs. I guess the groove that holds the tendon in place in the leg keeps the knee cap in place as well. From what I understood her leg has a slight bow in it so it is easy for that tendon to come out of place and cause the knee cap to pop out. She then straightens her leg to try to get in place.
Her right hind leg he could feel it popping out but her bad leg he could not but he said that she had it very tensed up. We are going to give it a couple of weeks to see if she can deal with it as most animals learn to pop it in place and live a very healthy life. Only if it really bothers her does he want to do surgery. Anybody else have any experience with this?
I took her to the vet today and he thought that her knee cap was popping out. He said that this is very rare in cats but very common is small dogs. I guess the groove that holds the tendon in place in the leg keeps the knee cap in place as well. From what I understood her leg has a slight bow in it so it is easy for that tendon to come out of place and cause the knee cap to pop out. She then straightens her leg to try to get in place.
Her right hind leg he could feel it popping out but her bad leg he could not but he said that she had it very tensed up. We are going to give it a couple of weeks to see if she can deal with it as most animals learn to pop it in place and live a very healthy life. Only if it really bothers her does he want to do surgery. Anybody else have any experience with this?
