Phox
10-20-03, 01:31 PM
Quick Story:
Awhile ago we bought a female kitten Abyssinian. After several months she came into heat. Normally we have our cats spayed or neutered but we figured this time we would try and breed her. Our intentions were to maybe keep one and sell the rest of them. Well she got pregnant from another pure breed Abyssinian and had 2 kittens, 1 male and 1 female. Unfortunately there was a problem with the male kitten. Apparently the males ambilicle cord was rapped around his leg and when he was born his hind leg was almost completely rotted. On top of that his mother thought his tail was the ambilicle cord and chewed half of it. So at 3 days old he had to have his hind leg amputated and half of his tail cut off. The doctors gave him less than a 50% chance of living due to all the stress this poor guy suffered only days after he was born, and if he did make it through all of this he would'nt live for very long. Well, here he is 8 and a half years later and healthy as a horse. Believe it or not he has no problem walking or jumping. In fact he runs just as fast as our other cats.
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http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3348IM001108-med.JPG
As far as his mother and sister well unfortunately his mother passed about 6 years ago due to heart failure and we sold his sister, but obviously could not part with the male(peanut) :).
Awhile ago we bought a female kitten Abyssinian. After several months she came into heat. Normally we have our cats spayed or neutered but we figured this time we would try and breed her. Our intentions were to maybe keep one and sell the rest of them. Well she got pregnant from another pure breed Abyssinian and had 2 kittens, 1 male and 1 female. Unfortunately there was a problem with the male kitten. Apparently the males ambilicle cord was rapped around his leg and when he was born his hind leg was almost completely rotted. On top of that his mother thought his tail was the ambilicle cord and chewed half of it. So at 3 days old he had to have his hind leg amputated and half of his tail cut off. The doctors gave him less than a 50% chance of living due to all the stress this poor guy suffered only days after he was born, and if he did make it through all of this he would'nt live for very long. Well, here he is 8 and a half years later and healthy as a horse. Believe it or not he has no problem walking or jumping. In fact he runs just as fast as our other cats.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3348IM001119-med.JPG
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3348IM001108-med.JPG
As far as his mother and sister well unfortunately his mother passed about 6 years ago due to heart failure and we sold his sister, but obviously could not part with the male(peanut) :).