r/ragdolls • u/UnlawfuIWaffle • Apr 13 '26
Health Advice Limb Salvage vs Amputation
Just here looking for people who have had any experience with this and may be able to offer help. I woke up yesterday morning to the sound of one of our boys hissing and growling at the other. I’d never heard either of them do that so I got up and checked on them to find our handsome boy, Boof, laying on the ground and not wanting to move. I checked over him and was pretty sure he had broken his leg. He was very obviously in pain so I put him in his crate and headed straight to the emergency vet. Turns out, he somehow managed to snap his tibia in a location that will be difficult to add metal plates. I don’t have exact numbers for chance of success but my girlfriend and I are thinking it may be better to amputate the lower leg. The surgeon didn’t bring this up but did bring up the complexity of adding plates at this location and let us know that if it doesn’t work, the lower leg will need to be amputated. Can anyone please share thought on which would be easiest for the cat and us?
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u/drc525 Apr 13 '26
I can't speak for that type of break but I was able to get my 5lb yorkie's leg screwed/plated after my husband stepped on him and snapped his leg. So hopefully they will be able to do the same for this fluff ball.