How Do You Take Care Of A Kittens Broken Leg?
“Let’s talk about how to take care of a kitten with a broken leg. Kittens obviously get into much more trouble than adults do usually. We see lots of trauma from jumping, getting stepped on, and getting closed in doors, or hit by a car, and kittens are more fragile than an adult cat, and so seeing a broken leg in a kitten is pretty common. The first thing you want to know obviously or do is get that kitten to a clinic or an emergency clinic for immediate care. Fractures that are closed under the skin are much better than having one that opens up through the skin, because they can get it infected and it could become really bad, but what happens and how to take care of a kitten is essentially aftercare. So, after going to a clinic, if a cat has a broken leg, generally it’s either going to have surgery or it’s going to have a splint or a cast. Now, splint and cast care is very important, especially after they go home. They need strict rest for these bones to heal after a fracture. Usually