I'm interested to know how much the surgery is. My cat had this, but never had surgery. She also had LP with both legs, so I did get her surgery for that ($700 each). She wasn't in pain, but I never thought I'd have her as long as I would have had she been "normal", and I assumed she would get arthritis at an early age. I was told by a local vet they could operate at a cost of $6,000.
I'm happy to hear that for dogs at least the prognosis after surgery is good. I pray that Ozzy stays healthy. Good luck with Zoey. My cat always walked kind of funny (looked bow-legged) but otherwise was happy and jumped around better than most cats. She was really small, too, which the vet said was nature's defense for her since her hips couldn't have carried a bigger frame.
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