hi I am the primary caregiver for a colony of community cats near my house. They are all spayed or neutered and I feed them 2 times every day. Recently, one of the cats was walking on three legs and after several weeks, I was able to trap her and get an x-ray. She had a broken front left leg at the elbow and after 2 surgical consultations, due to the time it took to trap her, the best option was for her leg to be amputated. It has now been a week and she has been recovering in a large dog crate in my garage. She is healing well. She is not affectionate but not aggressive. Before the surgery, she would come up close to me when it was food related. She didn't want to be pet - she would startle if I tried to touch her. Once she is cleared by the surgeon, the plan is for her to be adopted by a colleague of mine who has had cats before and understands she has been through a lot. She also has a very sweet dog who has lived with cats and misses them. I hope the adoption works out but Tortie has lived outside her whole life - she is probably about 4 or 5 years old. I don't want to return her to her colony as a tripod but I have 4 cats and it is a fragile eco-system with two divas and their respective side kicks. I guess I am wondering if people have experience transitioning a feral cat to an indoor cat after amputation. Thanks!

PS it was the surgeon from the second consultation that told me about this website.