What are vet costs for a stray cat with a broken or injured leg?

If she can’t stand or walk in either back leg and dragging them, then there is likely a spinal cord or pelvis or back injury such as a break. Nerve damage and back injuries can be drvasting and not all fixable even with $4-5000 worth of surgery. If there is a single broken leg it will depend on which bone and how bad. Some can heal with a splint others require surgery surgeries can be expensive from $700-$2000 depending on your area and how bad. A vet can take an X-ray first and give you an estimate along with a prognosis

It sounds like this is a feral cat, so the best way to catch her is to use a trap cage. Often cat rescue organizations or shelters will let you borrow them. You put food inside and the cat enters, then the door closes. Then you can take her in the cage to the vet, where they can safely administer drugs to anesthetize her so that she can be properly examined. At that point, the best thing to do is x-ray the leg. It may not appear to bother her, but an x-ray is needed to fully assess that. If there is pain, amputation may be indicated to help her be pain-free. At that point I would recommend making her an indoor cat for life, to keep her safe for good.

Without having an xray done it is almost always impossible to determine if it can be repaired surgically or if amputation is needed, i strongly recommend having the leg xrayed before getting to such a conclusion.

I would take your cat into a vet immediately. This will be extremely painful for him, and he needs treatment for the broken leg. Leaving it untreated can lead it to heal incorrectly affecting his ability to walk. It can also cause nerve damage. Unfortunately you cannot give him any human pain medications, as many human ones are toxic to cats and are fatal if given. He absolutely needs veterinary treatment for it, please take him into a vet now. Good luck!

How lovely of you to want to help Choco! The vet visit would be between $45-$55, and I imagine the vet will want to do x-rays to determine if her tail is broken which can cost a couple of hundred dollars. The vet can give you an estimate for treatment when she sees the vet. If she is a stray and you don't want to assume financial responsibility, you can take her to the local SPCA. They can get her treatment and find her a home. I hope this helps.

It's a little difficult to see in your copy of the x-ray, but it looks like the left femur might be fractured. If the broken bone is above the knee then a cast won't help because it's not possible to stabilize the fracture. If they have recommended pain medication and rest I think that probably is the best option with a broken hip - kittens can heal quickly and it's possible that he will have decent function in the leg. If not, then a surgery called a femoral head osteotomy might be an option once he's big enough for surgery.

This is a question that I would call around local vet clinics to find out as pricing is different at every clinic. At the clinic I work at, I would normally charge $800-1000 for the procedure. There can also be post op complications with healing which can add on additional costs. Tail amputations can be difficult to manage so I would expect additional costs beyond the initial procedure. Sometimes we have to go back in multiple times to repair the tail as this area does not receive the best circulation.