ever heard or seen this?

I had 2 new rescues dropped off tonight, one of very normal looking about 4-5 weeks but probably closer to 4. Very clearly you can see that this wee one is a girl.

The next one I think is a boy but its really hard to tell he has a very tiny urethral opening, like super small, I had to really look to find it. He has no testicles or even any signs of any. Its a totally flat area where his/her bits are.

Also this wee thing has no tail, no stump, nothing, his back just comes to an abrupt end, I cannot even feel any signs of a tail, his spine just ends, his/her other issue is that the back legs are extremely long when he walks they bend right up, he looks like he has the back legs of a rabbit. He cannot lie down but can make himself fallover so he can lay down. The face and everything up to his end look all normal. He is adorable...

he is off to the vet first thing tomorrow morning, but I am wondering if anyone has seen this before? Can cats be born with ambiguous gentalia? What about the lack of tail or stump? Surely this means that he may have an issue with his spine that may show up or affect him later on in his life??

I know that Manx Sydrome can affect tailless cats. I don't know if it affects the urinary system, but it can cause fecal incontinence. Is he also 4-5 weeks old? If so of course there would be no testicles yet, but if he's older than 8 weeks you should be able to see something. Or he may be cryptorchid. Anyway, let us know what the vet says!

After a very long night, we were finally bale to get Scout and his sister Whitney into the vet. It was determined that his anus and rectum were not properly connected, therefore thats why he was unable to poop, no matter how he tried he just couldn't. His gender wasn't determinable either. He had spina bifida. His prognosis was grim and even if he did manage to survive he would need extensive surgery and probably have life long issues with the bottom end of his body. He would need to go in every few days to be have any stool manually removed etc etc and we felt that this would have been so unfair to him, not to mention that he would likely not get adopted because of his needs. He would need constant care and there would be no margin or allowance for any error to be made.

We (the rescue exec's and I) felt that it was better for him to go to rainbow bridge and get a full, healthy body and be able to run and jump like a normal cat. As it was now it legs were only able to work together not on their own, so he hopped rather than walked, or ran. he couldn't lay down on his own but only tip himself over to sleep. This is no life for the sweet little guy (I am calling him a boy because not only did he deserve a name he deserved a gender).

About 1:45pm this afternoon, Scout said Goodbye to his sister Whitney, to me and slipped peacefully away, it took all of about 10 seconds, and it was probably the most peaceful thing I have ever been a part of. This was my first experience with euthanasia and it wasn't like I thought, it didn't drag out like I thought it did. It was done and over and there was no waiting, waiting and waiting. I am grateful for that. I will say that for my first experience it was a great one and i know that sounds like I am a freak but you would have to have been there and had the fears I did when I walked in the doors.

Whitney, Scouts sister is doing well, a little lonely but she is soaking up all the attention, she vomited up some worms this morning, (I did them both last night) but has been ok since, she is eating and playing. Tonight I will move her into my daughters room so she won't be alone and she loves to snuggle the rescue babies. ....so thats the update on little scout.

To whomever left those babies in a box on the side of the highway, for the first time I have to say THANK YOU. Had you not been so careless and cruel, Scout would/could have suffered a terrible life in your hands. I am thankful that you are an uncaring jerk and the by throwing them away you unknowingly have allowed him to stop suffering. I still think your a jerk, and I hope you never have any other animals or children. But for the first time since doing rescue I am happy that you are a pompass jerk!! and I am even happier that he was loved while he was here, he was cared for, he was caressed and paid attention to, your fate for him was cruel, heartless and disgusting.

Rip Scout.
Hard choice to make but truly the fastest easiest way to go. Glad you were able to get them and offer them love. Hugs to you and Whitney.

I think it is wonderful that he got to experience love before he had to leave.

Rescue work can be heart-wrenching but every once in a while a little one comes into your life that teaches you more in the few hours or days that you them, then you learn in a lifetime with others.