I couldn’t help but notice your pics,and would like to ask you some questions if you don’t mind. My cat who is like my 2nd child,who i’m VERY attached to,just injured his leg,his x-ray showed nothing broken or torn,so their worried about nerve damage,a surgery for that runs between 8-10 thousand and I don’t have that kind of money,so an option I came across was removing the bad leg cause I will do everything and anything to keep my baby alive.I was just looking up some info and doing some research and came across your pic.Did you get your kitty when he had 4 legs or was he already a 3 legged cat? How does he get around? I have so many thoughts going thru my head right now,I just cannot imagine losing him over a leg,hopefully I did not bother you,just looking for help. Thanks.

If it comes right down to it, do NOT have your kitty put down. I just had to have my cat, Toby, amputated on his right forearm. Today is only the 2nd day and although he’s pretty slow to react, he has sat up and walked twice, and is eating and drinking water … just a tiny bit. It will take time, but he will adjust. My cat fell from somewhere, somehow, and broke his leg. Surgery just wouldn’t have worked. He had a cast for three days and it was rubbing on his “armpit” area when he walked, so I took him to the vet to see about getting some relief for his irritated skin. When they removed the cast they said that he leg had swelled severely, and that our only feesible option was to amputate. We were devastated, but we couldn’t have him put down. If you have to have your kitty’s leg amputated, it will cost around $900.

My cat just broke his leg and is going to have to have it remover. It’s nice to see that a cat can still be ok with just 3.