Hello all,
I have a 12y/o spayed female that went missing Sunday. We searched high and low for her until finally yesterday evening my husband found her in the field over the fence of our house. She was very weak, dehydrated and obviously injured.
Our vet stabilized her and took x-rays and determined she had a broken hip most likely due to an automobile accident. Fortunately the break was clean but the bone that was broken was a bit dislocated.
My vet has given me 2 options: (1) put her on strict cage rest for several weeks to allow the bone to mend itself which will still permit mobility or (2) find an orthopedic surgeon and have her operated on.
Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the x-ray but I found an image of a cats pelvis online and have tried to mark the areas of the break in red and the yellow line is where the bone is currently resting.
Can anyone offer advise on what I should do? I am very concerned of the stress of surgery on her since she is older. Has anyone been thru this with their cats? If I let it heal itself will there be any other complications other than her walking with a limp? Also, I called the a very well known teaching hospital and they said that they have a month wait list to get in to orthopedics.
I should probably add that she is standing on her own and if allowed will try to walk. At this time there does not appear to be any neurological damage.
Thank you to everyone in advance!!
I have a 12y/o spayed female that went missing Sunday. We searched high and low for her until finally yesterday evening my husband found her in the field over the fence of our house. She was very weak, dehydrated and obviously injured.
Our vet stabilized her and took x-rays and determined she had a broken hip most likely due to an automobile accident. Fortunately the break was clean but the bone that was broken was a bit dislocated.
My vet has given me 2 options: (1) put her on strict cage rest for several weeks to allow the bone to mend itself which will still permit mobility or (2) find an orthopedic surgeon and have her operated on.
Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the x-ray but I found an image of a cats pelvis online and have tried to mark the areas of the break in red and the yellow line is where the bone is currently resting.
Can anyone offer advise on what I should do? I am very concerned of the stress of surgery on her since she is older. Has anyone been thru this with their cats? If I let it heal itself will there be any other complications other than her walking with a limp? Also, I called the a very well known teaching hospital and they said that they have a month wait list to get in to orthopedics.
I should probably add that she is standing on her own and if allowed will try to walk. At this time there does not appear to be any neurological damage.
Thank you to everyone in advance!!