[SiberianDVM]

Originally Posted by speeder

Thank you so much. On Weds night, they put a ridiculous cast on her without even doing anything! They just told me that the leg should have a splint and charged me a crazy fee for it. The cat was in my carrier and still sedated when they released it to me so I did not see the cast until I got home. They also put a cone on her. She started really waking up right when I got her home and began thrashing inside the carrier like a banshee. I had to immediately remove the cast, which was a lot of fun on an enraged cat.

Would a simpler, smaller aluminum splint be ok? She will not tolerate a big cast, I'd have to tranquilize her the entire time. I could easily fashion a custom aluminum splint plus ace bandage or something.

I would not recommend that you try to fabricate and apply a splint to an awake cat. Your injuries will be many and painful.