I have just had a terrible week! Last week on Wednesday my cat (Cajun) went outside. Well, I didn't see him on Thursday at all and by Friday morning I was getting worried when I still didn't see him. When dh got off work my kitty had found his way to the back door and just sat meowing at dh. So he took him inside and found that he couldn't/wouldn't walk. Long story short, I had been trying to find a new vet cuz I didn't like my old one and y'all have to know how hard it is to find a vet to look at an injured cat on a friday evening! I finally found one who asked for Cajun to stay overnight so he could look at him after all his appointments. So Cajun stayed and I picked him up on Saturday. He had stitches in one leg. When I got him home (mind you I live 1 1/2 hours from this vet's office cuz I live in the middle of nowhere with nothing around....) I took him out of his cage and he immediately layed down and I could tell there was something wrong with his hip on the opposite leg as the stitches were on. So I had to wait until Monday (all the while noticing that his hip was looking worse and worse and he was walking at an angle). I took him back to the vet monday and found that he had a displaced hip (DUH!). So he had to have surgery for that to put it back into place and he is now all taped up in a sling to keep that in place on one leg and stitched up in the other leg. The whole ordeal cost us about $400 when you add in the gas of driving that far 4 times.
Now he is jumping around and trying to get his leg out of the sling. He wants to go outside (he will ONLY potty outside. Just won't do it inside unless he is left with no other choice). Has anyone had a cat with a dislocated hip? I am worried about his jumping and playfullness and that he might pop it back out! I can't just leave him in a cage all day and night so I put him in a spare bathroom that has very little shelving or anything for him to jump on, but he tries to get out of there! He's just nuts!
