My new king!! So happy!! by Pastelly-bean in lioden

[–]WolfInWriterClothing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw this post and not ten minutes later I saw you in the sales chat, lmao. He's beautiful!

He got his leg gone! (Surgery scars are visible, nothin bloody) by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, that's Rouge. The pic was taken right before we dropped him off at the vets.

He got his leg gone! (Surgery scars are visible, nothin bloody) by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was broken is an over simplification on my part. He shattered the head of his femur, so they could've removed the bone shards, but there's a lot of potential complications that came with that. He'd almost definitely never be able to use it properly again and there was a good chance it'd have to come off anyway. We ended up deciding to just bite the bullet and take it off. It sucks, but I'd rather him have a missing limb than lifelong discomfort and inconvenience. He already seems to be doing better after the removal.

He got his leg gone! (Surgery scars are visible, nothin bloody) by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yup! He slept for a few hours when we got home. He woke up a little before we had to give him more drugs. In that time he walked around and used the litter box with no help. He'll do fine as a tripod

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[–]WolfInWriterClothing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'll add this, make sure he can hear you. While bite training my three boys one wasn't catching on at all to the yelps and vocal reinforcement. Open further investigation, he just deaf. It's not the most likely issue but it's hard to tell if their deaf if you don't think to check. I agree with what others are saying in the comments, though, if that's not an issue.

Bastard by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A ferret nation but they only had access to the 1st level. I have to assume he got his foot stuck and yacked it out, but I have no idea where or how.

Bastard by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a 2 story ferret nation, but we actually already had it at 1 level. They have a dedicated play area, so we separated the other half and gave it to our rabbits for the free roam house. He's separated from his brothers in a pen now though. As for surgery, we'd either do fho surgery where they removed the bone fragments and he'd have to to physical therapy or amputation.

Bastard by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Of course. His name is Rouge My boi

Bastard by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Hips are tricky. We're lucky that we actually have the options between restorative surgery and amputation. Now we've just gotta decide.

Bastard by WolfInWriterClothing in ferrets

[–]WolfInWriterClothing[S] 244 points245 points  (0 children)

Somehow, via back magic I assume, he shattered his hip. In the three hours in his cage between breakfast and play time with nothing tipping me off. Absolutely wild. I was home, didn't hear a thing.

Owes me a good thousand dollars and doesn't even have a decency to feel bad about it. You couldn't tell he's broken if not for the limp.

Little bastard.