my three baby girl kittens are 11 weeks old now.
almost 2 weeks ago, tillie injured one of her back legs. probably jumping off somewhere at a guess, because i didn't see her actually do it.
i took her to the vet where she was x-rayed, and it was found that she had fractured her hock bone.
her leg was bandaged but she took it off as soon as we got home, so the vet advised me to cage rest her for two weeks, which i have been doing.
the two weeks are nearly up now. she still has a slight limp, but it doesn't seem to be giving her any pain. she's getting it checked out again at the vets tomorrow.
but then yesterday, disaster...
i found one of her sisters, gizmo, has injured one of her back legs as well. probably in the same way. but the way she's holding her leg up etc. seems to be just how tillie was, so i'm guessing she has probably fractured her leg as well now.
i'll be taking her to the vet with tillie tomorrow, as it's bank holiday today here in the uk, so they are closed.
but i've put her in tillie's cage until then, to rest it like tillie had to.
i can't understand why this has happened to me twice.
can anyone advise me perhaps why this has happened...
could it be just down to sheer bad luck perhaps?.......
or unbeknown to me, is it quite a common thing for kittens to break their leg bones easily......
or my greatest worry..
could it be an indication that there may be something genetically wrong with them, causing weak bones, which might perhaps make them prone to more breaks in the future???
their mother belonged to somebody else on the next street, and she has now gone back home.
her unresponsible owner has many cats and kittens all un-neutered, and i did worry that the kittens would show signs that they may have been inbred and might have had abnormalities, although they seem to be quite normal with no other problems up until now.
has anybody heard of any genetic conditions that cause weak bones or can anybody advise me and put my mind at rest perhaps?
i'm constantly on edge that they might injure themselves again when they're playing and running about, or that their other sister trixie will be next.
almost 2 weeks ago, tillie injured one of her back legs. probably jumping off somewhere at a guess, because i didn't see her actually do it.
i took her to the vet where she was x-rayed, and it was found that she had fractured her hock bone.
her leg was bandaged but she took it off as soon as we got home, so the vet advised me to cage rest her for two weeks, which i have been doing.
the two weeks are nearly up now. she still has a slight limp, but it doesn't seem to be giving her any pain. she's getting it checked out again at the vets tomorrow.
but then yesterday, disaster...
i found one of her sisters, gizmo, has injured one of her back legs as well. probably in the same way. but the way she's holding her leg up etc. seems to be just how tillie was, so i'm guessing she has probably fractured her leg as well now.
i'll be taking her to the vet with tillie tomorrow, as it's bank holiday today here in the uk, so they are closed.
but i've put her in tillie's cage until then, to rest it like tillie had to.
i can't understand why this has happened to me twice.
can anyone advise me perhaps why this has happened...
could it be just down to sheer bad luck perhaps?.......
or unbeknown to me, is it quite a common thing for kittens to break their leg bones easily......
or my greatest worry..
could it be an indication that there may be something genetically wrong with them, causing weak bones, which might perhaps make them prone to more breaks in the future???
their mother belonged to somebody else on the next street, and she has now gone back home.
her unresponsible owner has many cats and kittens all un-neutered, and i did worry that the kittens would show signs that they may have been inbred and might have had abnormalities, although they seem to be quite normal with no other problems up until now.
has anybody heard of any genetic conditions that cause weak bones or can anybody advise me and put my mind at rest perhaps?
i'm constantly on edge that they might injure themselves again when they're playing and running about, or that their other sister trixie will be next.
