Thread: A must have for Christmas!! Foot and hand warmers

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Oh bless him,as you say better gone,it is marvellous how they soon adapt,lucky him to have both an owner & vet agree on making one clean sweep to remove both testicles & limb at the same time,I sometimes think there is far too much,dare I say it,fannying around without thought given to what the animal is actually going through,some people wouldn't be able to bear the idea of an animal with a limb missing so would go through all the rest first to still have to resort to amputation.
Give him a cuddle from us & will watch to see how he gets on....x

Thanks and I will.

He manages now, but he is walking very strange it was not so bad when he was a kitten but now he is almost 6 months old and his back is growing funny, because he is leaning funny, its hard to explain.. We had a long consultation with the vet, putting him under 2 narcosis was not for us what we wanted..basically to do the other they would have to do like a stretching of ligaments and they could ping at any time, so why put him through it.

Some people who shall remain nameless stated that he was better off dead, sorry I do not agree he is full of life, always in to mischief climbs around like a nutter and can give the big cats a run for their money!! I am confident we have made the right choice, just not going to be easy to keep him quiet after the operation..

I am happy to hear you have a vet with his head screwed on, too many want to play god and try out their ideas (or what they have read about in the vet press). It seems you have one who cares more about the animals quality of life than the bank balance.

I will still have my puddy crush on him regardless as he is such a cutie

Originally Posted by Helen & John

I am happy to hear you have a vet with his head screwed on, too many want to play god and try out their ideas (or what they have read about in the vet press). It seems you have one who cares more about the animals quality of life than the bank balance.

I will still have my puddy crush on him regardless as he is such a cutie

Yes my old vet wanted to play god but they were totally about money! The new vet we have found is fantastic, but they are a multi vet large animals too and this makes them less for the money and more for common sense I really have landed on my feet with them..

I have had the estimate 3 castrates ( one Aby and one Coonie plus him) and his leg off total cost 280 euros, I do not think that is bad, plus he will have a 2 weeks long lasting antibiotic rather than daily tablets which he hates to take.. I am nervous about Friday and will be worried sick all day, so worried I have taken the day off work..but I am sure he will be fine, He will be in good hands.

I too think you made the right decision. I once heard a vet say cats (and dogs) usually cope very well despite missing a limb. A friend of mine has a three-legged dog... people always go: "Aww, you poor handicapped thing!" whereas the dog herself seems oblivious to the fact and runs around like she's perfectly fine.
Good luck tomorrow, and give 'Stumpy' (sorry, couldn't help myself) a big hug from me.

We recently amputated an elderly cats front leg because of a car accident & a front leg can sometimes take them longer to adapt too than the rear but when she came to have the sutures out she hopped off the table & shew us very clearly that she had "adapted"to life on three legs,with hind legs it sometimes takes them a day or two to get the balance right for using a tray but I sometimes think the first 24hrs of that is because they are befuddled with the anaesthetic anyway,its not long before they even hop in & out of the taller trays.
I bet if Poseidon could have been asked at birth,knock on the head or a good life with three legs he would not have wanted to loose out on the fun he has already had & with a sensible mum & vet that is going to continue big time,we will all be thinking of him & his mates on Friday & sending get well vibes & yes the fun will be the "trying"part of keeping him quiet,at least he will have company to begin with.......

Thank All you for your kind words...


Well, it been a horrendous couple of days, on Friday I was physically sick, it has stressed me out so much, I spent 5 hours walking and shopping in the city of Enschede, because I would not go home, so I kept my self busy Christmas shopping.

Amber is sleeping on the lounge floor with her baby Poseidon, she won't leave him and she can't take him to bed because he might fall off her bed and hurt him self. and she wont sleep on the couch in case he tries to climb up!

The operation was not a straight forward as they thought, but he is home.



The leg its self does not seem to be bothering him, at all, its the collar on his head and the fact that he is alone with us and not with his friends. Just make me cry to watch him with this dam collar wish there was another way that you could stop an animal licking his wound.

He is actually walking on it fine, after a couple of slips, we placed quilts and blankets all over the slippy wood floor and he was actually walking around fine.. and once the collar is off and he can meet his friends again, I am sure he will be fine, the most difficult part has been getting him to drink, so Amber is giving him some with a syringe every couple of hours, he has eaten a little boiled ham, and a little mashed cat food.. but he won't eat anything else, so we are giving him so Gimpet vitamins.. so far so good, but wow, its taken its tole on Amber and I ... it was hard decision to make and one we had a good talk about with the vet, but that very first sight of him in the vet when we picked the 3 lads up.. not nice.. he looked so poorly..

MJ and Lestat, are both fine... although Lestat is giving me the evil eye!!


Here are some photos of him taken Friday night and also Saturday.. he sleeps a lot which is to be expected but still worrying... Cats eh!!!

Originally Posted by candes

Poor baby. He will heal up fast. That was a rough decision. Don't go feeling all guilty about it. He could have been all gimped up with nasty arthritis. The worst is over.

Yes you are right, but its not a pleasant time... and not one I would like to go through again, he is only 6 months old so he has his whole life ahead of him, hopefully pain free..

Tough call, guys, but you've done the right thing by him, even though it's not going to be easy for you two. Don't forget, it's not just the leg that's different; he's got the cone, he's not used to having Amber on the floor with him, and he's used to hanging with the other furries, so he's going to be confused in more ways than one. I imagine you're right - once the collar comes off and he can spend time his pals, you'll get the first chance to see how well he's going to adapt. A friend of mine had to have a cat leg amputated and he seems to barely notice it from a mobility point of view.
Fingers crossed the cone can come off soon and he'll get his first real chance to be normal with the others. Keep us posted, we'll be thinking of you xx

Originally Posted by FreyjaRoMaine

Tough call, guys, but you've done the right thing by him, even though it's not going to be easy for you two. Don't forget, it's not just the leg that's different; he's got the cone, he's not used to having Amber on the floor with him, and he's used to hanging with the other furries, so he's going to be confused in more ways than one. I imagine you're right - once the collar comes off and he can spend time his pals, you'll get the first chance to see how well he's going to adapt. A friend of mine had to have a cat leg amputated and he seems to barely notice it from a mobility point of view.
Fingers crossed the cone can come off soon and he'll get his first real chance to be normal with the others. Keep us posted, we'll be thinking of you xx

He is a little happier this morning, he has eaten some Cooked Chicken and he has drunk some water on his own. Just now.

Amber had to stay with him he was just crying at the lounge door, he could hear the others and they could hear him so they were calling back. I don;t think its the leg that is bothering I think it is the cone, he is spending hours a day trying to get it off!! its only one for 10 days I think then he can meet the others, he has never been alone so that is not helping.. fingers crossed 10 day goes by quickly!! x