Broken Back

The broken back joint allowed to droop on it's on in the forward direction


and here allowed to droop in the backward

Recently Felice's back broke. Which is a bit of a surprise to me, one because I didn't perceive a change in the back joint's mobility, and 2, I expected a another joint to give way first, like the hips, or shoulders. Thus comes to an end my plans to take outdoor photos with her.

That came about 2 months and 2 weeks after I got her, which is I guess a little longer than I thought before a 'major' joint break (not including the neck). The break behaves as I would like it to have thankfully, in the sense that it maintains it's... 'distance' but of course gone is the resistance it had before. What I feared was that when the joint broke, it could end up hanging loose and droopy, which thankfully has not happened.


Video showing movement at the broken back joint in side to side


Video showing shaking at broken back joint front to back



The day after that, I found a break at the sole of her foot.



Curious I probed it to explore it further, and of course, broke it more. It did show me what the bone inside looked like though, it kinda resembles one of those hangers with a wire skeleton and a plastic coat. So I'd recommend fixing a joint break as quickly as you find it, as opposed to breaking it open further to explore. (hopefully reading this site will get the answers you want without having to explore)



Unlike the other breaks I've had to fix, I couldn't adjust the joint so the silicone closed the break on it's own, so I devised a series of 'clamps'; and put the joint together in 2 parts.

First the distal part of the tear;


... then the proximal part.


All we are all better again

I do realise that the repairs I do certainly can be better, especially when viewed up close, but on the whole I'm pretty happy with the repair work I do.




aaand... shortly after that, Felice's left eye brow has faded away completely. With that an idea that I've had for a while played differently upon my mind. But then more on that later, if I do end up implementing it.