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[monty]

Hi all,

one of my cats, a 7 month old female, has been kicked by a Thai person (who in turn has been fired from my business, I only found out after a day on security camera recordings).

The kick was sufficiently strong to break her pelvis and hind leg.

Straight of to the vet, who decided against operating explaining that the muscles at the back of a cat are sufficiently strong to give her pretty good mobility after some healing time.

So after about 12 days of living in a cage and letting the pelvis heal, she strated slowly getting around, a week later her mobility is getting pretty good.

The thing I'm worrying about is that it looks like the pelvis is not aligned properly with the spine, a bit like the hind part is twisted sideways a bit.

The other thing is that the broken leg is putting a pretty big dent in her skin. She also doesn't seem to have strength in this leg.

She will certainly will end up with a serious big limp, which doesn't worry me that much as long as she gets her mobility back.

She is getting around now, has a healthy appetite, doing the toilet part without much of a problem etc. Jumping down from a chair or the bed is no problem, she takes the impact on her front legs, but obviously jumping back up is a no no at the moment.

I live in a 2 story house so the stairs are a problem as well. She gets down pretty comfortably, but can't get up again...

If it doesn't improve enough, do you think corrective suregery can be done? And where should something like that be possible?

[Nienke]

Hi all,

one of my cats, a 7 month old female, has been kicked by a Thai person (who in turn has been fired from my business, I only found out after a day on security camera recordings).

The kick was sufficiently strong to break her pelvis and hind leg.

Straight of to the vet, who decided against operating explaining that the muscles at the back of a cat are sufficiently strong to give her pretty good mobility after some healing time.

So after about 12 days of living in a cage and letting the pelvis heal, she strated slowly getting around, a week later her mobility is getting pretty good.

The thing I'm worrying about is that it looks like the pelvis is not aligned properly with the spine, a bit like the hind part is twisted sideways a bit.

The other thing is that the broken leg is putting a pretty big dent in her skin. She also doesn't seem to have strength in this leg.

She will certainly will end up with a serious big limp, which doesn't worry me that much as long as she gets her mobility back.

She is getting around now, has a healthy appetite, doing the toilet part without much of a problem etc. Jumping down from a chair or the bed is no problem, she takes the impact on her front legs, but obviously jumping back up is a no no at the moment.

I live in a 2 story house so the stairs are a problem as well. She gets down pretty comfortably, but can't get up again...

If it doesn't improve enough, do you think corrective suregery can be done? And where should something like that be possible?

Wow, Monty what a horrible experience. Can imagine that person lost his job!

As for the cat, I think it needs some more time to heal before it can run up and down the stairs again. You might PM Bambina. She probably can explain you much better and direct you to someone if surgery is recommended.

Wish your cat a (very) fast recovery,

Nienke

[monty]

Can imagine that person lost his job!

Yep, that person was lucky she was female, and that a full day went over before I found out.

Same day and a male offender would have probably ended up with a broken nose... Unnecessary cruelty towards perfectly lovable domesticated animals are one of the very few things making me lose my temper...

I'll try to make a picture of her when standing and post it here...

She is however not in pain and in a pretty good mood, so no psychological problems...

Already lots of catplay with our other cat (male 18 months) who doesn't really understand why she is easily beaten now, used to be the other way around even with the male being double the size and age

The male does help the injured little one with grooming now with the little one accepting this, something before the incident would have resulted in the male getting a pretty hefty paw punch!!! The situation definitely increased the bond between the two cats....

[Globeliner]

Broken pevis and hind leg? Get an xray would be the obvious thing?

[sierra01]

I once had a tom that had a broken pelvis, due to being run over. The vet bound him up very very tightly, and he had to stay that way for a few weeks. When the bandaging came off he was fine, couple of weeks later he took up residence in a nearby house!

As has been said, Bambina can give you a proper response but to basically do nothing, short of rest, seems odd to me.

[monty]

Obviously I went straight to the vet, who took the x-rays immediately after administering pain control medicines first.

It was from these x-rays that the vet decided that the best course would be to cage the cat for at least a week and keep her as quit as possible, after which the slow revalidation process can be started by letting her move around little by little, so that muscle strength can be gained at the places where the bone does not give proper support...

[Mobi]

Hi Monty,

So sorry to hear about your cat.

I loved the one I met in your office, but I guess that wasn't him?

As a matter of interest, what vet did you use? Maybe we can compare notes.

Hope the little moggy gets better

Mobi

[Tywais]

Unnecessary cruelty towards perfectly lovable domesticated animals are one of the very few things making me lose my temper...

Totally agree with that and went through a similar situation recently. Can't help with the diagnostics, but hope all works out well for her.

[Nienke]

Can imagine that person lost his job!

Yep, that person was lucky she was female, and that a full day went over before I found out.

OOps, sorry about that. So you see how easy discrimination and generalization slips in.

Big apology for this (pretty stupid) mistake

Nienke

[Phil Conners]

Sorry to hear about your cat! Fortunately cats are tough little critters, one of my current cats already spent 3 of his nine lives!

Would be curious to hear of a vet in this area with x-ray capability. Our usual vet - opposite the railway market in Soi Neunplabwan - is very good but doesn't have x-ray and we have had at least one case where it would have been a nice option!

[Mobi]

Sorry to hear about your cat! Fortunately cats are tough little critters, one of my current cats already spent 3 of his nine lives!

Would be curious to hear of a vet in this area with x-ray capability. Our usual vet - opposite the railway market in Soi Neunplabwan - is very good but doesn't have x-ray and we have had at least one case where it would have been a nice option!

There's a large animal clinic, just off Soi Nuern Plub Warn that has x ray machines and seems pretty well equipped. I took my dog there several times, once when I was worried about her limping, and they took x-rays and reassured me there was nothing serious. I think it is a pretty good place - they are very thorough - seem to know what they are doing and they have two proper examination rooms - unlike most vet/shops in Pattaya which are dirty and they examine the dogs in the shop, or behind a screen

It is the "Nuern Plub Warn Animal Hospital", 21/99-100 Moo5. Phone 038 406384. Coming from Sukhumvit, cross over the railway lines, and drive on a bit. There are two large sois on the right, with a market in the centre. The second soi has a 7/11 on the corner. The hospital is right down the end of the first soi, on the left. There is a sign in English on Nurn Plub Warn road.

Maybe that's the one Monty took his cat to, as he lives in that area? I'd be interested if anyone else has experience of this place and could confirm whether it is any good or not. The only problem I have is that every time I go, there different vets in attendance - which I find a bit disconcerting, but they keep excellent records of my dog and her treatment.

Anyone been there?

[BambinA]

As has been said, Bambina can give you a proper response but to basically do nothing, short of rest, seems odd to me.

It depends on a case. If animals get paralyzed ,they need an intensive care.

You have to deal with them 24 hrs. Paralyzed animals need wheel chairs. and for sleeping time you have to change their position often for preventing bedsore. According to paralyzing , they can not control poo and pee. Yo have to devote your time with em.

In my opinion, Ultrasound massage can help just limited cases

I hope the cat get well soon.

[sbk]

Since your cat is already capable of mobility I wouldn't stress too much about her being crooked. My dog was run over by a pickup truck as a young puppy and broke her leg (and possibly more, but no xray here). They wrapped her leg with gauze (no cast as the skin was removed as well) and she is fine now. Stands a bit crooked but runs fast, the leg healed, hair grew back and she is as active as an undamaged dog.

Here she is, if you look closely you can see her hind quarters swerve to the side abit. But, otherwise fine.

[monty]

I use the vet on Naklua road, opposite the big glass shop (green building) a bit before soi Potisan when coming from the roundabout...

They have the x-ray equipment and quite some other stuff.

I think they are a team of 3 vets running the place.

Mobi, nope, it wasn't the big one you saw in the office, I have a smaller female as well. She was resting in her cage that day when you were here.

Got some pics now, not easy, cats are not very good at posing when they have catplay on their minds

Here the tom is guarding (!) the cage with the small injured inside

Here you can see the crooked back end, with on the right side the bone punching out the skin

Again, standing up now

small cat in a box

and now big cat in the box...

[sbk]

That is worse than what my dog had, but she was also missing large amounts of skin. They wanted to remove her leg but I was willing to bring her in every two days to get the bandage rewrapped.

Did you ask your vet about some kind of wrapping to bring the bone in a bit? However, if she is moving around ok, then perhaps the vet doesn't want to mess around with it. Casts don't work well with animals in this climate

I am amazed that your employee could do such a thing. I firmly believe in karma and that woman is due for trouble

[monty]

Not too sure about the bandaging.

I'm not worrying too much, she's getting around better and better every day, really looks like her body is creating muscle strength to pick up support where the bone is lacking...

Yesterday she managed to snare her first jin jok since she got injured!

It's definitely not painful either, even a pretty hefty bump on where the bone is pushing the skin diesn't seem to bother her...