Dear little Kitty was found as a stray by a lovely lady who realised Kitty had taken up residence in her garden. She immediately noticed that Kitty had a problem with one of her back legs so took Kitty to her vet to be checked for a microchip. Sadly, despite being very friendly and affectionate, Kitty was not chipped. The vet who saw Kitty offered to x-ray Kitty’s back leg at no cost and to share those x-rays with ARC, for which we are hugely grateful. We have been told that Kitty has a subluxation of the right tarsal joint and she saw an orthopedic surgeon with a view to having the leg plated and pibnned. However, when the orthopedic vet saw Kitty, he was not hopeful of a successful surgery due to the injury being chronic and long standing. He recommended the leg should be amputated. However, in recent weeks, Kitty has shown that she gets around very well on her leg and can jump, run and play. In consultation with the vet, it has been decided to leave her leg for the time being and try monthly Solensia injections to try to keep Kitty pain free. We will see how Kitty does but it may be necessary to remove the leg at some point in the future. Kitty has a slightly cloudy eye which has been caused by an old injury but is not ulcerated or causing her any pain. We are also unsure if Kitty has been spayed, but she has not come into season so it is very likely she is. We would just ask any new owner to alert us if she did show any behaviours that suggested she may be coming into season so we could arrange for her to be spayed.
We would love Kitty to have a permanent home as she does so deserve this. ARC would continue to be responsible for her leg in terms of vet care as long as she is seen by one of the vets at the practices where we have an account in Twickenham and Feltham.