I agree with Freedom that a second opinion would be a good idea.

What really bothers me is this....

Quote Originally Posted by tellykitteh
The x-ray showed he has a broken leg, and it was broken months ago and has now healed incorrectly but its still very broken.
That completely doesn't make sense to me because either it has healed incorrectly or it's broken. I just don't see how it could be both. Even with fragments in there if it's healed it's healed, if it's broke it's broke.

The only possible scenario I can come up with to explain what your vet said is that the surgery isn't to actually fix the leg it's simply to pick out the fragments in which case the leg itself would not change to account for lack of jumping ability even after the surgery. If they'd planned on rebreaking the leg to set it correctly I'd think that the leg would function properly with only a slight limp.


Quote Originally Posted by Catty1
I guess there will be pins in there, so the joint won't be as flexible?
I don't think they can pin the leg if it has multiple loose fragments inside. At work the only pinning I've seen done had no fragments that I recall. The legs were simply broke not smashed with splintered fragments. Just a thought.