This adorable little kitten followed my daughter and her friend home. Someone dropped it off. Its a tailless cat with what appears to be manx syndrome. Thats when the genetic defect that causes tailless cats to be tailess is so severe that they loose control over there bladder and poop function (I can't remember what the name for the second one would be but poop function explains it). I brought him inside and observed him for 24 hours to make sure he didn't have coccidia (have dealt with that before in another abandoned baby) and his poopie is usually solid. I've gone back and forth on weather or not I should have it put to sleep. It plays with my other cats and my foster mommy kitty has already adopted him and seems healthy other than this.
I do clean him twice a day. I pick him up and wash off his little behind once before I go to work and after. His anus and the other parts back there always seem swollen and irritated despite my best efforts. The worst part is the poopie. Since he has no control over it it just kind of slides out a little bit at a time over an extended period. Sometimes I put a glove on and help him push it out (not appreciated at all).
Does anyone else have any ideas. I've thought about diapers to keep the urine and feces off of his back legs. I've seen this done with a cat that had severely disabled back legs (check you tube for cripple kitten Alera).
I've thought about enemas too. Does anyone have any advice? He's so adorable with those extra long back legs. He makes me think of a rabbit. and such an interesting color took. He's one of those funky colors thats a mix of brown and black and white all blended together.
I do clean him twice a day. I pick him up and wash off his little behind once before I go to work and after. His anus and the other parts back there always seem swollen and irritated despite my best efforts. The worst part is the poopie. Since he has no control over it it just kind of slides out a little bit at a time over an extended period. Sometimes I put a glove on and help him push it out (not appreciated at all).
Does anyone else have any ideas. I've thought about diapers to keep the urine and feces off of his back legs. I've seen this done with a cat that had severely disabled back legs (check you tube for cripple kitten Alera).
I've thought about enemas too. Does anyone have any advice? He's so adorable with those extra long back legs. He makes me think of a rabbit. and such an interesting color took. He's one of those funky colors thats a mix of brown and black and white all blended together.