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Kitty had Hip Fracture Surgery on Saturday

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Our Oliver had FHO (femeral head ostectomy) surgery on Saturday afternoon after fracturing his hip. We have no idea how he fractured it.

The vet told us he was neutured too young and this compromised his leg possibly leading to the fracture. He is doing well now. This morning he woke up bright eyed.

Anyone else have experience with this surgery and your kitty?467A1E1B-ADB8-4C98-91EC-CAEDD3AE5A43.jpeg
 
No experience but sending your beautiful kitty bucketloads of healing vibes. Hope he makes a full and speedy recovery ❤️
 
I hope he recovers quickly!
He looks like my late cat George. :)
 
Get well soon darling
 
Poor little guy! Happy healing to him.
 
Let me guess: they told you not to let Oliver jump. That was probably the funniest thing my vet ever said. As if a cat can be controlled...
The cone might keep him from moving around and irritating it. My pets are so pathetic with a cone, so they don't wear one. I just keep them with me. Are you sleeping next to him? It's so hard with the furbabies having surgery and pain. You're very smart for keeping the litter box nearby!
He looks like a little sweetie! Give him a head scratch from me!
 
I have no experience with this, but just want to wish you and your kitty the best. A speedy recovery for him. He’s gorgeous.
 
PinkAndBlueBling said:
Let me guess: they told you not to let Oliver jump. That was probably the funniest thing my vet ever said. As if a cat can be controlled...
The cone might keep him from moving around and irritating it. My pets are so pathetic with a cone, so they don't wear one. I just keep them with me. Are you sleeping next to him? It's so hard with the furbabies having surgery and pain. You're very smart for keeping the litter box nearby!
He looks like a little sweetie! Give him a head scratch from me!
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Yes, that was the first thing they told us. We bought the large enclosed crate for him that he stays in while recovering. It is large enough for a great dane lol. He is a spunky guy, immediately jumped on our daughter's bed when they got home before being put in the crate. He was standing up yesterday bearing weight on his back leg.

He sleeps in our daughter's room. Someone is with him at all times since he was having a rough time the first 24 hrs. He has finally stopped taking his cone off. Although he tries to turn his head to lick his incision and only licks the cone. Poor guy.
 
Oh no!!! Glad he's feeling better. He's really beautiful.❤
 
Awww, poor Oliver!! I hope he recovers quickly and fully!! My kitty Stanley is scheduled for surgery on his leg tomorrow. He's had a recurrence of the spindle cell carcinoma he had surgery for 2 years ago. I'm hoping this recovery goes as well as the last time did.
 
lala646 said:
Awww, poor Oliver!! I hope he recovers quickly and fully!! My kitty Stanley is scheduled for surgery on his leg tomorrow. He's had a recurrence of the spindle cell carcinoma he had surgery for 2 years ago. I'm hoping this recovery goes as well as the last time did.
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Hoping all goes well, and sending healing thoughts for Stanley.❤
 
HI:

Sorry for your kitty--healing vibes his way!!!!

cheers--Sharon
 
No experience here, but healing vibes for your precious Oliver!
 
He looks like such a sweet boy...I hope he is well on his way to mending. Give him lots of hugs and extra treats from his PS friends!
 
Awww! Sweet baby!
I hope he gets back to normal soon.
 
Aww what a cutie! I hope he heals quickly. Kind of an aside, but I checked in on Hilaria Baldwin's instagram a while ago when she was involved in the "is she or isn't she Spanish" mini-scandal. For some reason, I continue to check in on it (I think I'm just fascinated with her two recent babies being so close in age given one was born via surrogate). She has two bengal cats and one got hit by a car I believe. They kept it in a crate for a long time, I think like 6 weeks and he recently just got spring from his "jail". But seems like he is none the worse for wear so hopefully your Oliver will do just as well.
 
mom2dolls said:
Our Oliver had FHO (femeral head ostectomy) surgery on Saturday afternoon after fracturing his hip. We have no idea how he fractured it.

The vet told us he was neutured too young and this compromised his leg possibly leading to the fracture. He is doing well now. This morning he woke up bright eyed.

Anyone else have experience with this surgery and your kitty?467A1E1B-ADB8-4C98-91EC-CAEDD3AE5A43.jpeg
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I wish him a speedy recovery. My cat is going in for this surgery in a couple of weeks. I’d love to hear about your experiences.
 
Wishing Oliver a speedy recovery! Is there any way he can wear a onesie (that covers his incision instead of a cone?
 
Oh no!! I'm so glad Oliver is doing well!!

One of mine had this surgery as well. Last year when she was about a year old. We did the same dance trying to figure out what on earth she might have done to herself... I have to admit that she's not the brightest bulb. I eventually concluded (based on absoutely no evidence) that she must have jumped on one of the baby gates, slipped, and torqued her leg falling... So I carpeted the tops of all the baby gates, and they look completely ridiculous, and now all the cats use them as comfy resting spots and scratching posts. But no more broken bones. :rolleyes:

Ours was up and trying to hobble around within a couple of days. After a couple of weeks she seemed to be moving without pain, and since then she has (thankfully) been much less inclined to make stupid jumping decisions. She's definitely adapted to the fact that she's not quite as agile as she used to be! Only lasting side effects a year on are a tiny (like, tiny) limp and maybe some arthritis this winter? Some days she's a bit stiff; some dasuquin fixes that. She's still very young, though, only two now, so I acknowledge that her healing is probably a best case scenario sort of thing. How old is Oliver?

I've got a bit of a chip on my shoulder about pain management... I think pain management for pets is really really really really important. Pain medication dosage is calculated by age and body weight, but some animals need more than others even within the same bracket. So we were very vigilant about whether she looked to be comfortable, and right after we brought her home she really wasn't, so our vet increased her gabapentin a fair bit just for that initial recovery period.

She didn't mind the heating pad before we did her leg stretching exercises but she *hated* the cold compress so we gave up on that after a couple of tries. I was really worried about not doing it but our vet said if she's struggling to get away from it she'll damage herself more than just leaving it alone would! I was chatting with another gal whose cat had had this same surgery (twice! Both hips!) and she told me she felt getting the PT in was the most important thing.

I hope Oliver is back on his paws quickly!! I'd never heard of this surgery before my cat had it, but since then I've learnt that it's actually not uncommon with cats and most recover very well, so please try not to worry too much!! That he's bright eyed this morning is a fantastic start!!:appl:
 
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yssie said:
Oh no!! I'm so glad Oliver is doing well!!

One of mine had this surgery as well. Last year when she was about a year old. We did the same dance trying to figure out what on earth she might have done to herself... I have to admit that she's not the brightest bulb. I eventually concluded (based on absoutely no evidence) that she must have jumped on one of the baby gates, slipped, and torqued her leg falling... So I carpeted the tops of all the baby gates, and they look completely ridiculous, and now all the cats use them as comfy resting spots and scratching posts. But no more broken bones. :rolleyes:

Ours was up and trying to hobble around within a couple of days. After a couple of weeks she seemed to be moving without pain, and since then she has (thankfully) been much less inclined to make stupid jumping decisions. She's definitely adapted to the fact that she's not quite as agile as she used to be! Only lasting side effects a year on are a tiny (like, tiny) limp and maybe some arthritis this winter? Some days she's a bit stiff; some dasuquin fixes that. She's still very young, though, only two now, so I acknowledge that her healing is probably a best case scenario sort of thing. How old is Oliver?

I've got a bit of a chip on my shoulder about pain management... I think pain management for pets is really really really really important. Pain medication dosage is calculated by age and body weight, but some animals need more than others even within the same bracket. So we were very vigilant about whether she looked to be comfortable, and right after we brought her home she really wasn't, so our vet increased her gabapentin a fair bit just for that initial recovery period.

She didn't mind the heating pad before we did her leg stretching exercises but she *hated* the cold compress so we gave up on that after a couple of tries. I was really worried about not doing it but our vet said if she's struggling to get away from it she'll damage herself more than just leaving it alone would! I was chatting with another gal whose cat had had this same surgery (twice! Both hips!) and she told me she felt getting the PT in was the most important thing.

I hope Oliver is back on his paws quickly!! I'd never heard of this surgery before my cat had it, but since then I've learnt that it's actually not uncommon with cats and most recover very well, so please try not to worry too much!! That he's bright eyed this morning is a fantastic start!!:appl:
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience. His has been taking his pain medication regularly. I am a stickler for staying on top of it so he is not in pain. He is our daughter's cat, lives in her room because he and our dog are not friends at all. So I am very protective of my grand kitty and his comfort. Interesting, our vet did not say anything about doing exercises with him, PT, heat or cold compresses. He gets up multiple times throughout the day to stretch and bares weight on his leg. He stands on the side of his litter box looking around. Should we be doing these steps with him?

Oliver is 2 in March.
 
jaysonsmom said:
Wishing Oliver a speedy recovery! Is there any way he can wear a onesie (that covers his incision instead of a cone?
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Unfortunately no. We looked at the onesies out there and his incision is right past the fabric line. He has finally resigned himself to the cone and does not try to take it off. Thankfully! The first 24 were not fun keeping it on him.
 
mom2dolls said:
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. His has been taking his pain medication regularly. I am a stickler for staying on top of it so he is not in pain. He is our daughter's cat, lives in her room because he and our dog are not friends at all. So I am very protective of my grand kitty and his comfort. Interesting, our vet did not say anything about doing exercises with him, PT, heat or cold compresses. He gets up multiple times throughout the day to stretch and bares weight on his leg. He stands on the side of his litter box looking around. Should we be doing these steps with him?

Oliver is 2 in March.
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Oh! The exercises we were told to do aren’t anything taxing - just stretching that leg out, and curling it back up, and stretching it out again, a few times slowly, for a few minutes twice a day. And this does appear to be a very common FHO rehab recommendation, but maybe there’s something about Oliver’s surgery or physique that would make it a bad idea!? I would definitely ask about it explicitly.
 
I HATE giving medicine to a cat. It's so stressful for me and the cat! Numerous vets have shown us how. Ya, sure -easy for them! And the cats are always so nice to them. I practically need to wear armor!

@mom2dolls I'm glad he's doing better and that you've survived so far!

@lala646 How's little Stanley?
 
@PinkAndBlueBling He's a tough little guy! He was rather loopy when we brought him home last night, and wasn't loving the full wrapping on his leg, but I thought he would settle down and learn to ignore it. Just have to keep it on until Sunday, when we would go back to the vet to have it removed, and so they could inspect the surgery site. Well, he had other ideas. He was making noise at 5am so I got up to check on him, and lo and behold, he had removed the entire bandage and was very satisfied with himself. Since it's the front leg, I'm going to try covering it with a long sleeve baby shirt, and maybe we can ditch the collar. Whatever is going to keep him happy and comfortable!20220202_084524.jpg
 
@lala646 What a stinker! I'm glad he's feeling well enough to be naughty! BTW, he looks so soft! Healing vibes your way!
 
He is so handsome! So glad he is doing well and being a stinker. I always think that is a great sign when they behave normally. He is so bright eyed. Give him scratches and snuggles from Oliver & I.
 
@mom2dolls How is Oliver feeling? I hope his recover is still going well?
 
mom2dolls said:
He is sleepy today and I think, a lot mad that he has to be in the crate. But he is eating and going potty and accepting a few scratches before getting feisty.
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How is he now ?
 
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