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Ducky is now home from St Luke’s Vet clinic recovering from surgery. She had pins placed in her “ankles” to keep the bones together to heal correctly. She has been happily eating and taking her medication and we will be back at St Luke’s on friday to change her bandages.

I would like to say thank you to the Auckland reddit community for supporting Ducky throughout this whole ordeal. Honestly could not have done it without the support given through this sub ❤️‍🩹

The givealittle money will all go towards Ducky’s outstanding fee at St Luke’s Vet clinic, we have paid a $1.5k deposit while we wait for the rest of the funds to be paid out (the end of next week). The givealittle page will close on Sunday.

I will post occasionally recovery updates of Ducky, but if you would like to follow her recovery journey I will post frequent updates on Ducky’s tiktok page @saveourducky

I have also since gotten insurance for Ducky and all my other cats so we will never go through this again.

Again, thank you so much to everyone for caring about our little girl, it means the world to us 🫶

If anyone has any questions, I will answer!

(reposting because i forgot to edit out address)

Hi everyone,

Just a quick update on Ducky — we got a second opinion from St Luke’s and her surgery is now estimated between $4,000–$5,700. We’re really relieved it’s lower than before.

She’s still fighting and still purring through everything, which keeps us going. They say her legs have a good chance of recovering, time will tell if the nerves get better from her tail pull but she will also be starting laser therapy.

We’re getting close to our new goal, but we’re not quite there yet. Any other advice will be helpful!

Thank you everyone for the support, it means so much to our family ❤️‍🩹

Hi everyone,

Just a quick update on Ducky — we got a second opinion from St Luke’s and her surgery is now estimated between $4,000–$5,700. We’re really relieved it’s lower than before.

She’s still fighting and still purring through everything, which keeps us going. They say her legs have a good chance of recovering, time will tell if the nerves get better from her tail pull but she will also be starting laser therapy.

We’re getting close to our new goal, but we’re not quite there yet. Any support or even just sharing means so much.

For anyone wanting to help, our Givealittle is linked on my profile.

Thank you all ❤️‍🩹

My 1-year-old cat Ducky went missing on Tuesday, and we found her early Thursday morning crying under a deck.

When we got to her, both of her back legs were fractured and she had suffered a tail pull injury that’s affecting her ability to pee and poop.

Since then, she’s been to the VSA Sylvia Park emergency vet and is now home with us. We paid 2.1k to keep her overnight for medication and fluids. She’s still eating, purring, and trying her best, which makes this even harder because she hasn’t given up. She’s acting her same self and isn’t slowing down.

We’re now facing a $10k surgery on both of her back legs and trying to figure out how to give her the best chance at walking again. On top of that, we’re learning how to care for her daily since she can’t fully toilet on her own right now.

I’m not really sure what I’m asking for here — maybe advice, or just to share her story. Has anyone gone through something similar with their cat?

We just want to give her the best chance possible.