Kitten with congenital disorders?We named her Buddha because her back legs were turned up to her belly when she was born, so it looked like she was sitting "indian" style. Her brother and sister both had leg problems, but not as debilitating. The vet told us that she would probably die before she was 3weeks. Buddha's still here, and her legs are getting better.
Her right leg has unfurled, though her knee joint is still a little funky, making her toes point in and her heel out. She uses this leg limitedly; it can't hold much weight for very long, but she uses it each step. She puts the bulk of her weight of her front legs. Her left leg is still tight and is usually dragged along. Her right toes get caught on her left leg sometimes. Both are very weak.
My question is: does anyone know of a good training exercises I can help her with?
If her right leg could support more weight, I think that her left leg would get more of a chance to go through a wider range of motion.
I rub her joints a few minutes everyday (yay massage therapy classes) and try to help her muscles release. I'm not even sure if her bones are positioned the right way ( i have an animal anatomy book, but am not very practiced).
Any tips or treatments or ideas are all greatly appreciated. She's getting to be 4 months now and I'm worried she doesn't have much time to fix her prob. before she stops developing.
Thanks Alicia. I've been doing massage and ROM with her, but her left leg is progressing so slowly that it has me worried.
- Ocimom
I'm not sure, other then to suggest you try and find a holistic type of vet to see what can be done with her.
I do hope the mother and father are spayed/neutered. If there was a lot of genetic problems in the kittens, the parents should not be bred again!
- alicia_milner
Only other thing I can think of beside the Holistic vet, is Range Of Motion exercises if bones are miss aligned that should put them right. Go slow.
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