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I know cats come in all different shapes and sizes... but I was looking at mine and he seems "short" somehow. He is coming up to 6 months old now. I am used to them looking like they have legs that are a bit too long for their bodies and bodies that are too big for their heads... sort of awkward still... but I thought... mine doesn't look like he has legs to grow into.
I tried to get a picture of how he looks standing.. but apparently he doesn't do standing still... he only does laying, sitting, running and getting too close and blurry for my camera. LOL
The thing is... when I got him I don't feel the man we got him from was really honest about the care our kitten had. I mean, he was clearly loved and feed appropriately, but I think that was all. When I got my cat he had soooooo many fleas, and it turned out he had flea anemia and a heart murmur from that. Both cleared in just over a month after we got him and he is fully healthy now with no anemia and no heart murmur. But, I wondered... could that have stunted his growth somehow?
I mean, I don't think my cat is unusually short... but somehow... I expected him to look a bit more... long legged at this point in development... if that makes any sense.
I've been trying to see if there are any articles about growth after flea anemia and a related heart murmur and articles seem to almost get there but stop talking right at that point ending in... these things are rare because of xyz people taking good care etc.
I tried to get a picture of how he looks standing.. but apparently he doesn't do standing still... he only does laying, sitting, running and getting too close and blurry for my camera. LOL
The thing is... when I got him I don't feel the man we got him from was really honest about the care our kitten had. I mean, he was clearly loved and feed appropriately, but I think that was all. When I got my cat he had soooooo many fleas, and it turned out he had flea anemia and a heart murmur from that. Both cleared in just over a month after we got him and he is fully healthy now with no anemia and no heart murmur. But, I wondered... could that have stunted his growth somehow?
I mean, I don't think my cat is unusually short... but somehow... I expected him to look a bit more... long legged at this point in development... if that makes any sense.
I've been trying to see if there are any articles about growth after flea anemia and a related heart murmur and articles seem to almost get there but stop talking right at that point ending in... these things are rare because of xyz people taking good care etc.
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