Hello!

I am fostering a beautiful like black kitty. She came to us at about 6 weeks old with a broken right rear leg. She was found on the street like this and had no history. She was much too small to operate on, but as her leg at and below the break (near the hock) had no feeling in it, we elected to give her some time to get a bit bigger before surgery. She came to my home and has been doing amazing, she climbs and flops and plays with everyone else.  To get around she drags herself with the front legs and pushes with the good rear one, letting the bad one drag under her.

She is now 12 weeks and had her surgery 2 days ago. We amputated her leg at the knee. She is recovering wonderfully and all is going great. My only concern is that she is not able to stand on the good leg. I am not sure she ever even learned to, as it is possible the break happened when she was to young to be very mobile anyway. Certainly her good leg needs strengthening, and I would like to help her learn to balance on it if I can.

If there are any resources available for learning about some rehab I can do at home that would be great! I am a vet tech and understand she needs actual rehab but that is not on the table for the rescue or myself to pay for at this time. What I need, if it exists, is a resource for things I can learn to do at home for now. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!