Kitten in need of help – 1 ounce of life

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Hi everyone. Little Chloe is growing fast, eating like a soldier, burping like a Viking, absolutely fearless. We keep her in large and covered playpen, but she recently discovered that our bed is the best playground ever including our other rescue kitten, 5months old Wendy who teaches her everything about cat cuteness.

She runs on her crooked legs like she's never seen the x-rays. She jumps, climbs and runs. We tried to limit her activities, but, oh well, it's hard to say no when she is having so much fun just waking up in the morning.Not sure if she has control over claws, there are always out and our hands all look like a bad sushi chef in training, all cut up from bottle feeding the little ninja.



 
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Both of her front legs are deformed and twisted, she cannot walk on her paws, she walks on the connection where the elbow joint is supposed to be.
 
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She can, however, grab objects, pull them towards herself. She even climbs the walls of the playpen, pulls herself up.
 
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Awe, Lil Bunny is super cute. Our vet says maybe Chloe will learn how to run like a squirrel naturally.
 

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Have you thought about splinting her legs again? Does massage help at all?
 

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It's great to hear that she is so active! [emoji]128522[/emoji]
 

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It's amazing how resilient babies can be.  I think she's going to be just fine - even if she is a bit different.
 

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