Helping a 3-Legged Kitten After Amputation Surgery 

oh my goodness. I have been watching Jez for a few weeks and never noticed he had a bad leg!

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Thank you two for rescuing, Crash! ❤

Aaaawww. What a beauiful. Story. I am glad your mom was brave 2. I am happy that your mother did t get hit or hurt. How is crash now ??? .🐱🐈 meow

Jeannie Russo He lived to be 22 years old and he passed away peacefully in his bed at my mothers house about 10 years ago. He’s buried under his favorite tree in my mother’s backyard. He will always be missed

Leoni is your kitty ok?

How's he doing now? I hope it went well!

How's your cat?

Veronica T he is amazing he gets around just like any other cat he climbs the fence and jumps around just like before 🤩😊😻

Silver Studios he does so well it true what they say cats really only need 3 legs he gets all the fusses around the village and he leaps and runs just like before 😻💖😊

Y’all aren’t “handicapped” or “unable to do things”, y’all are just physically challenged a bit more compared to some others.

@@kokuhakuqiun4215 that’s what handicapped means.

I was thinking that he will eat the pig xD

@@olenkaba7699 Nah, he's a kitten and a house cat, Also the piglet is scarier than you think it is, it can jump on him at any second

Same

I cry

That's awesome! Way to go!

thats so cool!

Orange Cat that’s amazing!!

So cool!!

Same but I did a informational book but it was before tiny but mighty was out 😔

How’s your cat now? My cat mama treats had part of her leg amputated 5 days ago and ended up having to go back yesterday to get the rest amputated because it became infected.

How's your cat doing now, OP?

We are in the process of deciding to complete a partial arthrodesis for ankle repair on our 1.5 yr old cat Valley Blue or amputating. It’s been 4 days since he was hit by a car. He has a wound that needs to heal before it can be splinted for 8 weeks to see if it heals with regained mobility and vet thinks amputation should be a strong consideration. I am torn about the surgery option. We could save his leg but it is an invasive and painful procedure and recovery will be 16 weeks with most in confinement. Whereas amputation could bring short recovery and sooner pain relief. Thank you for this video.

@@Mysticjoie37what did you do ! I’m in the same exact situation

Tripod animals for the win! Nothing holds them back!

I hope youll see this... it has me wondering how they do (or will do) with the litterbox? Once they become on the older side and that squatting or even arthritis starts in the remaining back leg. how do they manage? Or are you not at this point yet? One of mine hurt her back leg, just a muscular thing, but trying to potty every time would re-injure what she had done. After not long i wondered what she would do if i held her in the litter, putting her down enough to feel the litter but still supporting her weight from underneath her belly area - this helped her fully heal! luckily she understood what i was trying to do seemingly instantly. Took a few weeks of setting alarms and inventing the phrase "I have to go pee the cat" but it was all worth it. I kind of wonder if similar support could be done either via person or device for these tripod kitties once they get older, if squatting is the only issue and theyre otherwise healthy?

@@pawprints1986 Thankfully that's not an issue I've run into so far. He had his leg amputated when the vets think he was approximately four years old, and it's been about seven years since then. So far no signs of arthritis, thank god. He did at one point somehow tweak his remaining back leg to the point he could still walk but tried not to if possible for a couple days, and he still managed to use the litterbox just fine then. So far the only problem the litterbox has presented is that tripods have a much larger turning radius than other cats, so he needs an uncovered, largeish box to be able to turn around in it. And not too much litter, since his balance is wobbly. TBH I don't have a plan if he does develop arthritis, because he also contracted FIV from his assault and as cold as it sounds, I don't expect he'll be around that long. Of course, I've heard FIV+ cats only have a 5-year life expectancy after contracting the virus, and he's still spry and perfectly healthy after seven years, so if I'm very lucky arthritis will be a problem I'll have to solve at some point. I guess I'll have to deal with it when it comes!

I had a tripod cat once who never had trouble climbing things. He'd find a way up even if he had to dig this claws (from both front paws) into something and pull himself up. :)

@@pawprints1986 I had a tripod cat who was elderly before he passed. I never saw him struggle in a litter box - not more than other cats I've seen that old. :)

Myesha Rafi My friend had a cat about that age that lost half a front leg - never did work out why swiping with the stump did not reach the target.

My neighbour's tripod, George, has a cerrain movement when he has an itch so I give him scratches all over and he loves it.

@t e a I believe that's called phantom limb. It's a pretty interesting concept.

How’s your cat doing?

Bump

Is your cat still able to jump up on things pretty well? I've been feeding some feral cats and one is missing one of his back legs. I've wanted to raise the food dish up off of the ground to keep skunks and other animals out of it. But I worry that the tripod kitty won't be able to jump up to it.

as in like when I try to roll where you slowly turn the way you're not trying to go? In a curve? Or like a squiggly line?

@@user-ms4tl2ys4n He has trouble climbing wooden furniture, but not outside.

@@PWNDON semi circle. In an ars pattern. But VERY fast! He has almost knocked my feet out from under me!!!

We call it the drift lol

FR 🥺

he looks like a little bobcat❤

He looks like my kitten nugget 😍

One of my cats loves human sweat. As soon as you lie down while cuddling with him, he will try to stick his nose into your armpit xD

Are you ok cat or kitten😫

Are you ok cats or kitten 😫

I have 2 cats that recently turned a year old and had to be taken from mom at 6 weeks cause she wasn't taking care of them any longer. And they still try nursing on blankets. 😂 It's so cute!

Great thanks a lot horses

@@polar9097 Why would you say that

@LaNoir Because horses are jerks

@uwu definitely better than most humans

I love that you named a tripod “Trey” - very cute and very fitting. ❤️

Poor thing. Thank you for helping her. Good luck at the vet.

She lied to us!!!😂💞

This made me smile

What about dogs? :(

@@soyuin741 those too, but this vid was about cats.

*inspiring

I think it's the fact that they don't give up even when they're missing a leg. It really delivers a message.

Actually your mistaken. A lot of people do. Like millions. Im an er vet tech and i save animals daily along with the hundreds of staff i work with. Hundreds of vet hospitals in california alone. So your very wrong. Some people wana save people others domt like people and are driven to save animals. No matter what kinda person we are theres a place and need for us all :) educate yourself!

^This.

@@vtabch1 You do amazing things too. But sadly not enough do things to help animals. If we had enough people doing rescues, there wouldn't be so many strays. Because of the awareness that catlady/Hannah and many others like Hope for Paws have exposed this problem.... It seems more and more people are actually joined and trying to make a different! Glad to hear you and many others are actually doing something! Hopefully more will join in because of all the rescue videos out there. And yes, I myself have rescued animals too. Keep up the good work!

VTAMEOW S. *you’re

Warriorcats101 ._. Super trooper lights are gonna find me Idek dont ask

I am going through this now. Was your cat able to go outside again? My cat is 1.5 and an outside kitty. This is a hard decision for us.

My four legged cats fling their litter to.