A few months ago I adopted two brothers kitten from a rescue organisation. I was told upfront that one of them either had dwarfism, or had a brain issue (finding out exactly which one it was was going to cost 3000$ so the association could not afford it). He is now about 9 months old, half the size of a normal cat, and as a result, is likely a dwarf. Now, as in humans, dwarfism comes with a whole lot of problems, and in his case, he has some back problems which keeps him from walking properly (he walks on 4 legs, but he does not walk on his paw but on the back of his legs). As a result of this, he keeps most of his time sleeping in his bed, and sometimes doesn't even come out to pee and poop.
I have tried a few things. Pet wheelchairs are a no go, I tried a very small one and he hated it. I was told to put food further away from him to encourage him to move, it just made him stop eating.
I was wondering if anyone here encountered similar issues, and had advice about how to make his life more comfortable. Note that he is not in pain unless I try to make him move in ways he does not want to (for example raising his tail).
In my experience, hock walking comes from a spinal cord injury, and at least most cats severely disabled from young kittenhood are permakittens. My Koi Boy, who was spinal cord injured from being shot in the spine, had a contracture in his foot and was a hock walker. I had a splint custom made for him, but I can't find it. Maybe CarolC can find a pic of it on the board or somewhere? She can do miracles like that. I was telling an orthotist about that splint last week and will be keeping an eye out for it, but you need a pic sooner than that. If you can prevent contractures you're FAR better off, but they'd already set in by the time he got to me. 
Yeah, cats seldom go along with wheels; they like to do things their own ways.
