snuggling.
cute pict

eiyikes!!! how in the h did the first vet miss that???
i agree, i am a big fan of second, and third, opinions.
so glad to hear you have her on the road to recovery. poor girl!

expressing her bladder is a good idea, and not terribly difficult to learn. bruising and swelling can take weeks to go down, if the nerves are inflamed or bruised they can take months to recover, so this is a slow process. Is she on anything for inflammation? many vets will prescribe prednisone (whi...

there seem to be a lot of these kitties this year. I have two. It is a birth defect, with some physical therapy you can build some motor strength and coordination in the legs, but only to a point. The kitten is probably incontinent so you'll need to express him/her (not difficult). I keep my two in ...

I went out in the kitchen and there was a little Butterbean face peering at me from under the table but wait at the wrong height Somehow he had managed to climb up on top of a covered litterbox and was looking oh so pleased with himself. I wish I had seen him do it! I haven't seen him climb up on an...

thanks for stopping in!!! good to see you.
sounds like you barely have time to breathe.
many purrrrs from the gang here.
i know that is really rough with your mom, recently lost my dad.

i am taking coffee orders this week for the next batch of Bendy Kitty Coffee. it is so much better than any other coffee it is amazing. all proceeds towards the many handicapped cats here. you can view the list of available coffees here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvXLK7eI0S5TdHNCbF...

if i were clever i would put a little pict of him in my sig.
but, i'm not that clever.

she is just holding it funny. she isn't bendy anywhere.
she looks normal skeletally

My bendy boy would have turned 12 today.
I had a nice shrimpie dinner last night with a friend in his honor.

His half sibling hermes turns 12 today, his two half sisters SixToes and Ereshkigal turned 12 in the last couple weeks.

I miss you more than words can say, Bendy.

Every cat I've expressed has cussed and cussed and cussed at me. i hold them over the sink and run warm water over their lower abdomen to try and help things relax, but since they don't always like water...well. you can try giving him a treat afterwards. soemtimes bribes help. expressing bladders is...

I have picts of Legume in onesies! they are fun and mighty cute.
thanks for posting picts

Recently i have discovered liquid B complex vities that are sub-Q, just a couple drops in teh mouth. I have used this one two cats who would not eat and they both started eating. I found them, in all places, in the Family Dollar for $7.99 I have often used injctable B compex, but this burns, so the ...

how is she doing today? its hard to say the prognosis without knowing if anything is broken. If she is just badly bruised, then the problems are coming from swelling and will hopefully will resolve over time (can take months). If her spine or pelvis is fractured or broken then it is a different long...

i have have an assortement of front and hind leg twisted kitties. what i usually do is first give them a warm bath to loosen up and teh joint/muscles and very gently start to move them. if the toes are contracted, i try to straighten them, if a leg is bent, i try to see if it will unbend. i would st...