This one's a little different -- how would you describe these Bengal kittens' congenital hind limb deformities?

[Joelle and the kittens]

My shelter rescued a pair of Bengal kittens from a backyard breeder a bit over a year ago (they've since been adopted, together <3). Both have hind limb deformities: Digit is missing both hind feet and Pi has 3-and-a-bit feet. We don't know if this was a genetic consequence of poor breeding or the result of an intrauterine problem like amniotic bands.

Here is a link to Digit "kicking" a toy:

And Pi dragging another toy (and growling at her sister):

How would their deformities be described? For Digit I would guess bilateral terminal transverse hemimelia?

 

[FeebysOwner]

Hi. Sorry no one has responded to your post. Those cats are adorable and so very precious. I would assume they have all been neutered/spayed in order not pass on whatever genes may have caused this?

In the end, it doesn't matter what caused the deformities - what matters is that they are carefully monitored and taken care of appropriately. I hope the backyard breeder has not propagated any more kittens and spayed/neutered the mom/dad - as any other action would be on the verge of animal cruelty.

 

[Joelle and the kittens]

Hi. Sorry no one has responded to your post. Those cats are adorable and so very precious. I would assume they have all been neutered/spayed in order not pass on whatever genes may have caused this?

In the end, it doesn't matter what caused the deformities - what matters is that they are carefully monitored and taken care of appropriately. I hope the backyard breeder has not propagated any more kittens and spayed/neutered the mom/dad - as any other action would be on the verge of animal cruelty.

Yep, the shelter fixes, vaccinates, and treats all animals that come through. I don't know what happened to the owners, though.

This thread was more tongue-in-cheek than serious, and really just an excuse to show off these adorable kittens being dorks

 

[FeebysOwner]

This thread was more tongue-in-cheek than serious, and really just an excuse to show off these adorable kittens being dorks

And, they ARE absolutely adorable without a doubt!

 

[Meowmee]

Thank you for saving them, they’re beautiful

 

[Joelle and the kittens]

All credit goes to the shelter (and the eventual adopter) for that!

 

[Silver Crazy]

My shelter rescued a pair of Bengal kittens from a backyard breeder a bit over a year ago (they've since been adopted, together <3). Both have hind limb deformities: Digit is missing both hind feet and Pi has 3-and-a-bit feet. We don't know if this was a genetic consequence of poor breeding or the result of an intrauterine problem like amniotic bands.

Here is a link to Digit "kicking" a toy:

And Pi dragging another toy (and growling at her sister):

How would their deformities be described? For Digit I would guess bilateral terminal transverse hemimelia?

My previous Bengal was a result of an accidental breeding of marbled brother and sister..his surviving siblings were pure black and perfectly formed while he was a red marbled and had a slight hip deformity..wondering it was siblings breeding that caused this with these cats