If someone wants to spend the mone that is their choice. Not only that these types of surgeries can be used as analogs for procedures on humans.
Good points. A breeder, if these problems weren't so serious, might simply neuter the animal and give it away to someone who'd ake care of it, because this kind of deformity isn't what you want running through a line of purebred cats. However, I bet he makes a great pet, now that his legs have been fixed.
Poor cat! I can just imagine the poor little guy dragging himself along with his front feet. Glad he got found and treated. Hope they also neutered him at the same time.
This reminds me a little of that one cat whose hind legs were cut off by a piece of farm equipment. Some kind vet gave him prostheses, and he was walking fine on them. In he video I saw, the vet had tears in his eyes as he watched the cat hop around on his new hind feet.
I don't have that kind of money available for such a serious surgery, but I'm glad this kitty got treated. The article is interesting, because it reproduces x-rays of his legs before and after the surgery.