Purrs for

my Cousin's kitten.

My Cousin Nicki has a litter of Burmese babies that are a few weeks old, old
enough to be climbing, she got home from work a couple of nights ago to find
one of the litter with his foot bend backwards, a quick visit to the vet,
didn't seem to be broken but was told that she should massage the leg in
case the blood flow to the foot had been cut off.

Nicki received a phone call from the vet the next day to say that she (the
vet) had consulted with another vet and they thought it a good idea for the
leg to be x-rayed, she picked him up from the vet last night and was told
that the leg is not broken and she will have to keep an eye on it, if it
doesn't improve the likely options are amputation or being put to sleep
(absolutely the last resort!)

Purrs for a quick recovery would be appreciated.

Lois

Lois Reay wrote:
my Cousin's kitten.

My Cousin Nicki has a litter of Burmese babies that are a few weeks old, old
enough to be climbing, she got home from work a couple of nights ago to find
one of the litter with his foot bend backwards, a quick visit to the vet,
didn't seem to be broken but was told that she should massage the leg in
case the blood flow to the foot had been cut off.

Nicki received a phone call from the vet the next day to say that she (the
vet) had consulted with another vet and they thought it a good idea for the
leg to be x-rayed, she picked him up from the vet last night and was told
that the leg is not broken and she will have to keep an eye on it, if it
doesn't improve the likely options are amputation or being put to sleep
(absolutely the last resort!)

Purrs for a quick recovery would be appreciated.

Lois



Purrs for the kitten. Poor baby! I guess that I'm missing something in
the logic here, though. If the leg is not broken, and the paw is not
cold to the touch (meaning that the circulation is still going), why
would they be wanting to amputate or PTS? Is the joint out of the
socket? Can't they fix that? Several years ago we had a d*g who tore
the tendon (ligament? it was a long time ago) in her knee, and TED was
able to surgically repair the damage.

- Denise (owned and manipulated by Brenna)

Lois Reay wrote:
my Cousin's kitten.

My Cousin Nicki has a litter of Burmese babies that are a few weeks old, old
enough to be climbing, she got home from work a couple of nights ago to find
one of the litter with his foot bend backwards, a quick visit to the vet,
didn't seem to be broken but was told that she should massage the leg in
case the blood flow to the foot had been cut off.

Nicki received a phone call from the vet the next day to say that she (the
vet) had consulted with another vet and they thought it a good idea for the
leg to be x-rayed, she picked him up from the vet last night and was told
that the leg is not broken and she will have to keep an eye on it, if it
doesn't improve the likely options are amputation or being put to sleep
(absolutely the last resort!)

Purrs for a quick recovery would be appreciated.

Lois



Purrs for the kitten. Poor baby! I guess that I'm missing something in
the logic here, though. If the leg is not broken, and the paw is not
cold to the touch (meaning that the circulation is still going), why
would they be wanting to amputate or PTS? Is the joint out of the
socket? Can't they fix that? Several years ago we had a d*g who tore
the tendon (ligament? it was a long time ago) in her knee, and TED was
able to surgically repair the damage.

- Denise (owned and manipulated by Brenna)

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:03:56 +1200, "Lois Reay"
wrote:

my Cousin's kitten.

My Cousin Nicki has a litter of Burmese babies that are a few weeks old, old
enough to be climbing, she got home from work a couple of nights ago to find
one of the litter with his foot bend backwards, a quick visit to the vet,
didn't seem to be broken but was told that she should massage the leg in
case the blood flow to the foot had been cut off.

Nicki received a phone call from the vet the next day to say that she (the
vet) had consulted with another vet and they thought it a good idea for the
leg to be x-rayed, she picked him up from the vet last night and was told
that the leg is not broken and she will have to keep an eye on it, if it
doesn't improve the likely options are amputation or being put to sleep
(absolutely the last resort!)

Purrs for a quick recovery would be appreciated.

Lois

Will definitely purr loudly that the foot will be OK.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:03:56 +1200, "Lois Reay"
wrote:

my Cousin's kitten.

My Cousin Nicki has a litter of Burmese babies that are a few weeks old, old
enough to be climbing, she got home from work a couple of nights ago to find
one of the litter with his foot bend backwards, a quick visit to the vet,
didn't seem to be broken but was told that she should massage the leg in
case the blood flow to the foot had been cut off.

Nicki received a phone call from the vet the next day to say that she (the
vet) had consulted with another vet and they thought it a good idea for the
leg to be x-rayed, she picked him up from the vet last night and was told
that the leg is not broken and she will have to keep an eye on it, if it
doesn't improve the likely options are amputation or being put to sleep
(absolutely the last resort!)

Purrs for a quick recovery would be appreciated.

Lois

Will definitely purr loudly that the foot will be OK.

"Lois Reay" wrote:

my Cousin's kitten.

My Cousin Nicki has a litter of Burmese babies that are a few weeks old, old
enough to be climbing, she got home from work a couple of nights ago to find
one of the litter with his foot bend backwards, a quick visit to the vet,
didn't seem to be broken but was told that she should massage the leg in
case the blood flow to the foot had been cut off.

Nicki received a phone call from the vet the next day to say that she (the
vet) had consulted with another vet and they thought it a good idea for the
leg to be x-rayed, she picked him up from the vet last night and was told
that the leg is not broken and she will have to keep an eye on it, if it
doesn't improve the likely options are amputation or being put to sleep
(absolutely the last resort!)

Purrs for a quick recovery would be appreciated.

Purrs for the little kitten's foot to heal.

"Lois Reay" wrote:

my Cousin's kitten.

My Cousin Nicki has a litter of Burmese babies that are a few weeks old, old
enough to be climbing, she got home from work a couple of nights ago to find
one of the litter with his foot bend backwards, a quick visit to the vet,
didn't seem to be broken but was told that she should massage the leg in
case the blood flow to the foot had been cut off.

Nicki received a phone call from the vet the next day to say that she (the
vet) had consulted with another vet and they thought it a good idea for the
leg to be x-rayed, she picked him up from the vet last night and was told
that the leg is not broken and she will have to keep an eye on it, if it
doesn't improve the likely options are amputation or being put to sleep
(absolutely the last resort!)

Purrs for a quick recovery would be appreciated.

Purrs for the little kitten's foot to heal.

"Denise VanDyke" wrote in message
...
Purrs for the kitten. Poor baby! I guess that I'm missing something in
the logic here, though. If the leg is not broken, and the paw is not
cold to the touch (meaning that the circulation is still going), why
would they be wanting to amputate or PTS? Is the joint out of the
socket? Can't they fix that? Several years ago we had a d*g who tore
the tendon (ligament? it was a long time ago) in her knee, and TED was
able to surgically repair the damage.

- Denise (owned and manipulated by Brenna)

I'm not sure Denise what happened, I haven't seen the kitten myself, from
what I understand the kitten "caught" his foot in something and the foot is
back to front at this stage, he is only five weeks old, Nicki will be up
here tomorrow (she is a 4 hour drive away from me) for the weekend to attend
a cat show, her DH will be on cat/kitten-sitting duties, so will find out
more about the situation tomorrow.
Nicki is continuing with the massaging.

Lois

"Denise VanDyke" wrote in message
...
Purrs for the kitten. Poor baby! I guess that I'm missing something in
the logic here, though. If the leg is not broken, and the paw is not
cold to the touch (meaning that the circulation is still going), why
would they be wanting to amputate or PTS? Is the joint out of the
socket? Can't they fix that? Several years ago we had a d*g who tore
the tendon (ligament? it was a long time ago) in her knee, and TED was
able to surgically repair the damage.

- Denise (owned and manipulated by Brenna)

I'm not sure Denise what happened, I haven't seen the kitten myself, from
what I understand the kitten "caught" his foot in something and the foot is
back to front at this stage, he is only five weeks old, Nicki will be up
here tomorrow (she is a 4 hour drive away from me) for the weekend to attend
a cat show, her DH will be on cat/kitten-sitting duties, so will find out
more about the situation tomorrow.
Nicki is continuing with the massaging.

Lois

Purrs aplenty for the little one.

Sherry