We had an accident with Ralfie tonight 
my mum was putting him back in his cage and he jumped out of her hands and landed funny, it wasn't from a great height at all because she was on her knees, he just landed awkwardly. he wheeked then couldn't move his back legs, was just dragging them along the floor :'( my mum feels so guilty, she was crying . it was so scary to see as i lost my cat last year in a similar way, he was hit by a car and it broke his back, paralysing him from the waist down, he still somehow managed to drag himself home with his fron legs, i don't know how but by the time he got through the cat flap he was blue and couldn't breathe :'( part of the muscles which controled his lungs had been paralysed and he was dead within the hour, we had to have him put down it was too cruel not to but it broke my heart. Anyway, we took Ralfie to the emergency vets thinking we were never gettin him home again, it was the same vets we took bodgy to and he never came back out, the situation was so similar she sqeezed his feet and he had feeling in both, then she put him on the floor and he was very wobbly but still managed to walk a lot better than he had been. She gave him some metacam and has decided to keep him in overnight, she's going to see how he is in the morning and if he is still really wobbly she's going to x-ray him. she suspects a damaged pelvis or hip because he was a bit sore around that area, what i'd like to know is what are the treatments for this/what is it most likely to be? i know that's hard to answer. I'm praying he's ok, the poor little fella has been through so much. We feel so guilty, we rescued him to give him a better life and he's ended up like this :'( Please keep your fingers and paws crossed for Ralfie.
Love Emma x
my mum was putting him back in his cage and he jumped out of her hands and landed funny, it wasn't from a great height at all because she was on her knees, he just landed awkwardly. he wheeked then couldn't move his back legs, was just dragging them along the floor :'( my mum feels so guilty, she was crying . it was so scary to see as i lost my cat last year in a similar way, he was hit by a car and it broke his back, paralysing him from the waist down, he still somehow managed to drag himself home with his fron legs, i don't know how but by the time he got through the cat flap he was blue and couldn't breathe :'( part of the muscles which controled his lungs had been paralysed and he was dead within the hour, we had to have him put down it was too cruel not to but it broke my heart. Anyway, we took Ralfie to the emergency vets thinking we were never gettin him home again, it was the same vets we took bodgy to and he never came back out, the situation was so similar she sqeezed his feet and he had feeling in both, then she put him on the floor and he was very wobbly but still managed to walk a lot better than he had been. She gave him some metacam and has decided to keep him in overnight, she's going to see how he is in the morning and if he is still really wobbly she's going to x-ray him. she suspects a damaged pelvis or hip because he was a bit sore around that area, what i'd like to know is what are the treatments for this/what is it most likely to be? i know that's hard to answer. I'm praying he's ok, the poor little fella has been through so much. We feel so guilty, we rescued him to give him a better life and he's ended up like this :'( Please keep your fingers and paws crossed for Ralfie.Love Emma x
