Troublesome Toby has managed to injure himself yet again which has resulted in a £135 vets bill and instructions to keep him in a cage for a month. He apears to have dislocated his leg yesterday and although the head of the femur is back in its socket his xrays suggest that there may be a slight fracture or seperating of the growth plate at the top of his femur.
My options were a £600 opperation to pin it in 3 places or 4 weeks cage rest to see if it just recovers naturally ( these stray / farm cats are awfully expensive arnt they?)
As he is still young and the vet only "suspected" that the plate might be fractured and require pining ( not to mention my impending redundancy ) I opted for the cage rest and a fall back that if the thing gets worse he can have a less expensive opperation to have the head of his femur completly removed and the vet assures me that the muscles will hold the leg in place despite it being detached from the femur.
Since I collected hin from the vets with strict instructions not to let him do anything strenuous or put weight through it he has,
Escaped from the pet carrier on the drive home by working out that he could squeeze through the trap door designed for putting a food dish in it.
Climbed on top of the carrier to look out of the passenger window and balenced on the arm rest,
then climbed through the passenger headrest and over the back seats into the boot for the remainder of the journey home
Eaten smoked hadock and pasta, poached in milk for his tea followed by a piece of dark chocolate raindeer that he "found" on the coffee table and a large bowl of water,
Demonstrated his knowledge of litter tray usage to polly and tidied up after himself,
Made several attempts to catch a rather dozy fly that was buzing round the living room before flaking out in the arm chair as he does every evening.
He was also castrated while aneisthetised for the xray but he dosnt seem to find loosing his testicals any where near as painful as I did paying for all his treatment ( perhaps I should take his pain killers instead!)
I havent put him in a cage yet as I just wanted him to settle down to his old routine as I think he has had enough stress for one day, I know I have. Has any one else ever kept a cat in a dog crate for a month and can you let me know how you got on.
Buffy