Recent Content by jivago

Actually he did. When they went to get the formula. Casual conversation in the lobby. Look, I get the passionate responses on this. My point on the original question was to see if the the legs and digestion issue were part of a known syndrome. The legs seem to be a fairly well known phenomena...

Seriously, bleeding heart aside: Who is going to take a kitty who need hundreds of dollars of surgery for her digestion issue? It belongs to my ex who has indeterminable reasons for not getting the mother spayed (not $$). Maybe now she will. I understand that disabled cats can lead reasonable...

She is going to try the formula. I doubt the vet will be able to do anything, so there's no point unless the kitty gets serious. Now it appears undernourished, but if we control her access to food and give her formula, she'll have a chance. She's not particularly suffering unless she eats.

We aren't going to spend more money on the vet at this point. We're not too keen on the vet as he had no clue about the radial agenesis and $70 got us absolutely nothing. It's a low income house (my ex) and she isn't interested in spending more. She seems OK when she doesn't eat. Big problem...

We have a litter of kitties about 5 weeks old. One of them has birth defects: malformed front legs. It's like one of the lower joints are the wrong way on both legs. She walks on her "elbows" sometimes. Prior to two weeks ago, it appeared she was OK, and would just walk with difficulty. She...