Thread: A must have for Christmas!! Foot and hand warmers

Originally Posted by Helen & John

How comfy they look, I have to say if forced to choose it would be Piseidon he has such a sweet face.

Thanks..

Wait until you see him on Friday with his home made jacket to protect his stump... fingers crossed it all goes well and he keeps it on!

Originally Posted by candes

How nice and cozy! My kitties are nice and spoiled though. They come and snuggle when I put the electric blanket on. Next thing I know the blanket isn't anywhere near me anymore. And the snuggly kitties are sleeping soundly on a heap of electric blanket.

Just edited my post to add this... I was at my computer desk, turned around and Teddy was standing on the electric blanket about to get comfortable. And he looked like an absolute giant standing there!!! What happened to my wittle baby! Wah!!!!

Out kitties are our Electric blanket

And done they grow so fast, when I look at MJ now running along side his daddy, he is not as big as Jet, yet but not far off!

Hi Debbie,must have missed something somewhere ,why has Poseidon got to have a limb amputated ...?

He was born with a deformed back leg, I have had it before with an Abyssinian when there were too many kittens inside the mama,he was one of 6 and they where big kittens the Abyssinians leg went right in the end just looked funny for about 4 weeks, but Poseidon's didn't. he has been for xrays and stuff and the leg is perfect it has just never come down so he walks on on knee on his hind. they talked about sorting out the ligaments but there is no guarantee it will work and they think it will involve more than one surgery, so my thoughts and my new vets are, that to take the leg off would be kinder.

He will have it off on Friday, its not really causing him any issues other than sometimes he get fluid in the knee which I drain off with as needle, but he is starting to walk lobsided and I am worried his back will be damaged if he is not sorted, so we decided to wait until he was old enough to be castrated and have the 2 done at once.

Oh bless him,as you say better gone,it is marvellous how they soon adapt,lucky him to have both an owner & vet agree on making one clean sweep to remove both testicles & limb at the same time,I sometimes think there is far too much,dare I say it,fannying around without thought given to what the animal is actually going through,some people wouldn't be able to bear the idea of an animal with a limb missing so would go through all the rest first to still have to resort to amputation.
Give him a cuddle from us & will watch to see how he gets on....x

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Oh bless him,as you say better gone,it is marvellous how they soon adapt,lucky him to have both an owner & vet agree on making one clean sweep to remove both testicles & limb at the same time,I sometimes think there is far too much,dare I say it,fannying around without thought given to what the animal is actually going through,some people wouldn't be able to bear the idea of an animal with a limb missing so would go through all the rest first to still have to resort to amputation.
Give him a cuddle from us & will watch to see how he gets on....x

Thanks and I will.

He manages now, but he is walking very strange it was not so bad when he was a kitten but now he is almost 6 months old and his back is growing funny, because he is leaning funny, its hard to explain.. We had a long consultation with the vet, putting him under 2 narcosis was not for us what we wanted..basically to do the other they would have to do like a stretching of ligaments and they could ping at any time, so why put him through it.

Some people who shall remain nameless stated that he was better off dead, sorry I do not agree he is full of life, always in to mischief climbs around like a nutter and can give the big cats a run for their money!! I am confident we have made the right choice, just not going to be easy to keep him quiet after the operation..

I am happy to hear you have a vet with his head screwed on, too many want to play god and try out their ideas (or what they have read about in the vet press). It seems you have one who cares more about the animals quality of life than the bank balance.

I will still have my puddy crush on him regardless as he is such a cutie

I too think you made the right decision. I once heard a vet say cats (and dogs) usually cope very well despite missing a limb. A friend of mine has a three-legged dog... people always go: "Aww, you poor handicapped thing!" whereas the dog herself seems oblivious to the fact and runs around like she's perfectly fine.
Good luck tomorrow, and give 'Stumpy' (sorry, couldn't help myself) a big hug from me.

We recently amputated an elderly cats front leg because of a car accident & a front leg can sometimes take them longer to adapt too than the rear but when she came to have the sutures out she hopped off the table & shew us very clearly that she had "adapted"to life on three legs,with hind legs it sometimes takes them a day or two to get the balance right for using a tray but I sometimes think the first 24hrs of that is because they are befuddled with the anaesthetic anyway,its not long before they even hop in & out of the taller trays.
I bet if Poseidon could have been asked at birth,knock on the head or a good life with three legs he would not have wanted to loose out on the fun he has already had & with a sensible mum & vet that is going to continue big time,we will all be thinking of him & his mates on Friday & sending get well vibes & yes the fun will be the "trying"part of keeping him quiet,at least he will have company to begin with.......