Go, Gimpy!
Gimpy the squirrel, in addition to being fat and sleek, has evidentally gotten some use of the leg back. He'll never be able to put weight on it--the foot's stuck with the sole up, so he'd be walking on the top of his foot--but he can scratch with it quite effectively, and is sitting on the railing making little squirrely grimaces of delight while scratching his ear vigorously.
I suspect that his ankle was broken in the initial assault, and has fused into a non-functional joint, hence the stiff foot position. His hip, which looked dislocated for a long time, seems to function surprisingly well now--I know dogs can form a false joint if they have an untreated dislocated hip, and I wonder if Gimpy's done that, since he's getting a good, vigorous range of motion with the leg now, and I can't imagine it would just pop back in months after the injury--it was obviously dangling for quite a long time after the swelling went down.
Speculation aside, Gimpy's lookin' good.
I suspect that his ankle was broken in the initial assault, and has fused into a non-functional joint, hence the stiff foot position. His hip, which looked dislocated for a long time, seems to function surprisingly well now--I know dogs can form a false joint if they have an untreated dislocated hip, and I wonder if Gimpy's done that, since he's getting a good, vigorous range of motion with the leg now, and I can't imagine it would just pop back in months after the injury--it was obviously dangling for quite a long time after the swelling went down.
Speculation aside, Gimpy's lookin' good.