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Hello there, I am Karlee and I became mom to Jackal and Simba. They are four months old are half Highland Curl and half Siamese and are very beautiful boys. I was just informed two days ago thatY baby boy Jackal, has Pectus Excavatum (Funnel Chest). He is my little fighter so I'm praying that he will be fine. On the good note, they are both litter box trained and I have never had one issue with them using it. They are very intelligent and pick up things very quickly.
Thank you for the welcomes=]
Karlee, Simba, and Jackal

Hi and welcome to The Cat Site.     4 months is a super cute and playful age, and all the better if your cats have learned their house training lessons well!  

I hope your boy's condition is mild and is not affecting him too much, that he has plenty energy to run about and play.  Do you know if it was detected before you adopted and what decisions were made about any treatment, or was it something you only found out about when you took him along to your vet having noticed an issue with his chest or breathing?  

He plays a lot and he seems to breathe pretty easily. And no, I was not aware that he had a deformity when I adopted him, and I know for a fact that he had been taken to a vet before. I noticed it the day I brought him home and decided to get him a check up before I had him nurtured. The first vet I went to did not check him over like I asked. They missed that he had ear mites and his Funnel Chest. He got very sick right after the surgery and had to take him in to get fluids pumped into him. And for a second time, they did not check him over like I asked again. I finally had to take him a third time to a different vet that I trusted and she noticed everything that I was pointing out and that is how I found out that his dimple in his chest is a deformity. I was furious because he could have died from the surgery. But this vet that I am going to now doesn't really know that much about it, so I'm trying to find a specialist to take a look at him.

Welcome aboard!

Thank you=]

That must have been very difficult when a vet finally confirmed your concerns and told you what it was after your cat had undergone his surgery.  Thank goodness he is OK, and it is a positive sign he is not showing signs like any difficulty with breathing when he is playing.

I did a  bit of looking about on line after I answered your post yesterday and found the link below quite good at explaining the condition and potential options for treatment depending on the degree of severity.  Hopefully this will be helpful when you are discussing things with your vet if you have not found something similar already.  I hope your little guy does well and does not need any of the more complicated treatments - it does sound like he is doing well at the moment.

 http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/musculoskeletal/c_ct_chest_bone_deformity?page=2#.UrdgZvRdUns

You might find it useful to put more specific new threads asking questions in the Health Forum if you want to see if any of the other members have experienced cats or kittens with this.

I look forward to hearing more about both Jackal and Simba, what antics they get up to when they are playing, and seeing lots of photos of them.

Welcome to TCS.  So sorry about your little guy.  Years ago I had a weimeraner who had a deformed chest, it ended up that he had a diaphragmatic hernia.  We did surgery on him and he lived another few months before another birth defect took his life.

MServant, I have looked up pictures of what cats look like when they have the deformity like Jackal's and his chest doesn't look small compaired to those pictures so it is a positive sign. I think he will make it through. And they love to play with feathers and toy mice. It's their favorites.
That is Jackal. If you can't tell, he is a Mama's boy lol.

Cprcheetah, I am so sorry for your loss. That is horrible. I'm terrified for when my boys pass, but I'm praying it won't be for a very long time.

KarleeM said:

That is Jackal. If you can't tell, he is a Mama's boy lol.

Cprcheetah, I am so sorry for your loss. That is horrible. I'm terrified for when my boys pass, but I'm praying it won't be for a very long time.

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Jackal almost blends in there. Very cute baby.    I am glad you have looked some things up and think things look positive for him.  Good luck with the specialists.

cprcheetah, Weimeraners are gorgeous: I am sorry yours had health issues that meant he couldn't stay with you as long as you would have hoped.

This is Jackal and Simba. Jackal had bed head and his brother was fixing it lol.

Your guys are lovely!  Thanks for the photo. Good bedhead - it looks like Jackal's got a Mohican going on!