ok, before I talk about this kitty I am going to say what the e-vet said:
"This is not an emergency, it can wait until you see your normal vet on Monday. I don't know why this kitten didn't die of infection to begin with, but it is gone now. She doesn't have a fever, her color is good, she is back there playing."
for about 2 weeks I have been trying to co-ordinate with a woman who called the shelter saying a crippled kitten showed up in her yard.
Well, finally the kitten arrived today. A relative of the woman dropped it off...in a cardboard box closed with packing tape. no airholes..
they did bring a bag of 9-lives, which is more than many people do.
So, I carefully open the box, which is emitting tiny little "mew!" noises.
A little black and white face hisses at me for a moment, then just looks scared.
I pick up the little kitten, about 3 months old. and...
OMG
what is THAT???????
Her right hind foot is dangling by skin
it stinks
the leg is swollen above the skin
I grab a carrier and puts the kitten inside carefully. Then look in teh box and see something, what is it? I pick it up and yell AAAAGGGGGHHHHH ....
It's the kitten's toes.
Dried up, mumified... they fell off when I picked up the kitten.
I was very glad I hadn't had lunch.
The kitten has been named Valentine. The e-vet thinks it was a fan belt injury - atleast that is the most likely cause. Hard to know for certain. The swelling is actually a huge mass of granualted scar tissue. Apparenlty the scar tissue blocked the spread of infection to the rest of the leg somehow.
The right front (it is the left rear that is mangled) was apparently fractured and healed on its own. It looks like she has an extra joint frozen in place where the break healed.
But she is running and playing and swatting things.
It's amazing what some critters can survive.
The e-vet said "That is one tough kitten."
We have one pict, not uploaded yet, but we'll post them soon.
She is in the new kitten cage - the funds for which were generously donated by a friend on the boards. She has a cardboard scratcher, a fleece bed w/ a snugglesafe for extra warmth, a flat fleece mat, all the food & water she coudl ever want, her litterbox, some toys, and towels over part of the cage for privacy.
She purrrrs when you look at her. She loves her belly rubbed & gives headbutts galore. What a sweetie.
She is a little hissy to the other kitties, which is why I put the towels over the cage.
Bendy
"This is not an emergency, it can wait until you see your normal vet on Monday. I don't know why this kitten didn't die of infection to begin with, but it is gone now. She doesn't have a fever, her color is good, she is back there playing."
for about 2 weeks I have been trying to co-ordinate with a woman who called the shelter saying a crippled kitten showed up in her yard.
Well, finally the kitten arrived today. A relative of the woman dropped it off...in a cardboard box closed with packing tape. no airholes..
they did bring a bag of 9-lives, which is more than many people do.
So, I carefully open the box, which is emitting tiny little "mew!" noises.
A little black and white face hisses at me for a moment, then just looks scared.
I pick up the little kitten, about 3 months old. and...
OMG
what is THAT???????
Her right hind foot is dangling by skin
it stinks
the leg is swollen above the skin
I grab a carrier and puts the kitten inside carefully. Then look in teh box and see something, what is it? I pick it up and yell AAAAGGGGGHHHHH ....
It's the kitten's toes.
Dried up, mumified... they fell off when I picked up the kitten.
I was very glad I hadn't had lunch.
The kitten has been named Valentine. The e-vet thinks it was a fan belt injury - atleast that is the most likely cause. Hard to know for certain. The swelling is actually a huge mass of granualted scar tissue. Apparenlty the scar tissue blocked the spread of infection to the rest of the leg somehow.
The right front (it is the left rear that is mangled) was apparently fractured and healed on its own. It looks like she has an extra joint frozen in place where the break healed.
But she is running and playing and swatting things.
It's amazing what some critters can survive.
The e-vet said "That is one tough kitten."
We have one pict, not uploaded yet, but we'll post them soon.
She is in the new kitten cage - the funds for which were generously donated by a friend on the boards. She has a cardboard scratcher, a fleece bed w/ a snugglesafe for extra warmth, a flat fleece mat, all the food & water she coudl ever want, her litterbox, some toys, and towels over part of the cage for privacy.
She purrrrs when you look at her. She loves her belly rubbed & gives headbutts galore. What a sweetie.
She is a little hissy to the other kitties, which is why I put the towels over the cage.
Bendy
