Good morning TCS!
Since the day I picked up little Ozzy, a 8 week old smoked black kitten, I've noticed something a bit off with his front 'legs': they seemed to be a bit bowed. I never had kittens before, so I just thought that was normal for kittens. When I took him to the vet, the vet took a look at him and didn't say anything about it, so I just assumed that his bowed legs were just something kittens have and then it is fixed with time.
But then I was reading some articles online and found out that that's not necessarily normal. Now I am curious whether or not this could be a problem. I will ask the vet next time I see him, but for now, I'd like to have some input just to put my heart at ease and maybe start a palliative measurement if that proves to be effective at this point. Little Ozzy is almost 13 weeks old now.
He walks fine, it just seems to me like he walks with his elbows 'rotated out' of the body. He is also very playful and he eats A LOT. He is growing very fast now, so I am happy that he's been eating a lot.
It's a bit difficult to see with pictures, so besides three pictures, I am bringing here two videos. I've set up the video to start when you can see it better, but feel free to watch the whole video if you want
Ozzy at 8 weeks old:
Since the day I picked up little Ozzy, a 8 week old smoked black kitten, I've noticed something a bit off with his front 'legs': they seemed to be a bit bowed. I never had kittens before, so I just thought that was normal for kittens. When I took him to the vet, the vet took a look at him and didn't say anything about it, so I just assumed that his bowed legs were just something kittens have and then it is fixed with time.
But then I was reading some articles online and found out that that's not necessarily normal. Now I am curious whether or not this could be a problem. I will ask the vet next time I see him, but for now, I'd like to have some input just to put my heart at ease and maybe start a palliative measurement if that proves to be effective at this point. Little Ozzy is almost 13 weeks old now.
He walks fine, it just seems to me like he walks with his elbows 'rotated out' of the body. He is also very playful and he eats A LOT. He is growing very fast now, so I am happy that he's been eating a lot.
It's a bit difficult to see with pictures, so besides three pictures, I am bringing here two videos. I've set up the video to start when you can see it better, but feel free to watch the whole video if you want
Ozzy at 8 weeks old:
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