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kittens home, tucked up in dining room with His Lordship while I keep a loose eye on Cerys.
Max's damaged tail looks like a lot more than that, he limps on his right and sits splayed. No matter to us, he's ours regardless of if he ends up a diaper wearing wheelchair hoon, but they really shoulda disclosed that
Our Oreo had a damaged tail when we found her at under 6 weeks. About half way along. She has no concerns with mobility or continence, and is the most agile cat I've ever had in terms of high rise confidence. She bounces through the gum tree like a monkey. She has no sensation in the top half of her tail, and sometimes it is nearly straight up, other times we can see the bend. She uses it prehensile-y and wraps it around things like cats with normal tails do too. Young Max may be just fine, and even if he's not quite, we know he'll be loved just the same.
Oh believe me, when i say damaged tail, i mean damaged. This is half- length at best and when you touch it you can feel multiple breaks and kinks, it's like a monkey's paw knot. Which is why i don't think it's congenital . But as you said, loved regardless we just need to know what to accomodate
Oh damnβ¦ damage to their tail is basically spinal injury and can affect toileting and walking, thatβs right.
I have my fingers crossed for you but if it gets to that point Kmart sells Anko brand pet nappies in different sizes and Big W sells pet wheelchairs. If that helps.
With orange kittens driving, your house will turn into the Grand Prix
The damage is mostly near the tip, not the base, but the right leg is an added factor - gonna get him checked, hopefully they were just two seperate injuries. We've already noticed he doesn't leap as far as Sam, but like i said, no biggie to us.
We literally have a wraparound hallway, so yeah, grand prix track.
Cerys is being rather excited-tail, but on alert and loses it a bit if something else goes on when researching these wee beasties. we have them in the dining room, which has (closed) frosted doors to the lounge - they know each other is there, they can dimly see each other, they're alert , but not alarmed. Ears forward, slight question mark tails, she even showed them her arse so π€π€