I has a kittin...for now...

[Bog]

Im in ur wishes
skritchin ur kitty.

Many happy, welbeloved years, Star. Big love, SilverBrumby. No greater love hath a man than for his Cat Against the Odds.

[Wanderer]

But sadly, we may not have him for long.

This is Star, named for the little snip on his nose.



We've only had him a few days, and it turns out he has a birth defect in his spine. The most likely outcome is that the slight paralysis in his
hind legs will get worse until he loses all control of his back end. The vet can't say whether that will take a few weeks, or a year. If he can last for
a few more months though, there is a chance the bones will fuse before his spinal cord is completely crushed, and he'll just be lame. He's in no
pain, and for now he can still out run me, so we're giving him a chance, to see if he makes it.

He's a nice natured little kitten, he'll make a good indoor cat if he survives.

This sort of thing brings me to tears; I am a sensitive dude; Bless the bugger, and my thoughts are with Star. He will make it -- he has too! We need him to.

[hype]

Aww, hope he lives long...

[PFVA]

Updates?

His hind legs are still no worse, so I really think he's going to make it now.
He has trouble controlling his tail, too, so he wags his tail like a dog when
he's fired up over something.

I've been meaning to put up some photos of him getting into trouble, just to
show what sort of things Teify will be doing soon. I've been stupidly busy the last
couple of months though.

Gld to know Star is doing well and having fun getting into trouble.

[SimonB]

Glad to hear that.

[SilverBrumby]

Well, he's sleeping under the table I'm sitting at right now. I can't see him,
it's too dark, I just hear his bell tinkle every now and again when he
stretches.

He likes to get in things, and declare them to be 'kitten forts' and defend
them from the evil hands that try to tickle his belly.



I have a nice collection of scratches from playing with him. He's actually
very gentle, he's just also very sharp.

He and Mama Cat seem to have sorted themselves out. He teases her
mercilessly, and she yowls and hisses and threatens him.
It's great when she's outside, she can't get him....


Unfortunately for him, she remembered what he was saying when I let her
in a minute later.
Really though, despite being 14 and arthritic, I've seen her recently run
off a tom that was bigger than her. If she wanted to hurt him, I'd be
getting him stitched back together. He knows it, too, and keeps batting
at her and running off when she tries to smack him.

And, unlike any other cat I've met, he loves cuddles. When I come home
he runs up to me mewing and I scoop him up and hold him on his back
while I scritch his ribs. Earlier tonight, I was lying in bed, and he came up,
walked over me, pushed my arm aside, and settled in next to me to sleep.




So his hind legs are still wobbly, his back could go at any time, but right
now he's doing fine, and making the household a little bit happier.

[Wanderer]

Well, he's sleeping under the table I'm sitting at right now. I can't see him,
it's too dark, I just hear his bell tinkle every now and again when he
stretches.

He likes to get in things, and declare them to be 'kitten forts' and defend
them from the evil hands that try to tickle his belly.



I have a nice collection of scratches from playing with him. He's actually
very gentle, he's just also very sharp.

He and Mama Cat seem to have sorted themselves out. He teases her
mercilessly, and she yowls and hisses and threatens him.
It's great when she's outside, she can't get him....


Unfortunately for him, she remembered what he was saying when I let her
in a minute later.
Really though, despite being 14 and arthritic, I've seen her recently run
off a tom that was bigger than her. If she wanted to hurt him, I'd be
getting him stitched back together. He knows it, too, and keeps batting
at her and running off when she tries to smack him.

And, unlike any other cat I've met, he loves cuddles. When I come home
he runs up to me mewing and I scoop him up and hold him on his back
while I scritch his ribs. Earlier tonight, I was lying in bed, and he came up,
walked over me, pushed my arm aside, and settled in next to me to sleep.




So his hind legs are still wobbly, his back could go at any time, but right
now he's doing fine, and making the household a little bit happier.

priceless photo's mate .. priceless ... *HUGS*

[PFVA]

Aaaaawww and he's a pretty cat too.

[SilverBrumby]

I've been mucking about, I hope this link lasts.



(I made it with http://www.canhaslol.com)

He loves buckets and boxes, he gets in and chases his tail and does his
best to get someone to try and poke him so he can defend his kitten fort.

I've got a problem with Star now that winter has set in. Some time
between 3 and 5 in the morning, I get woken up by my face being petted
and poked at with little paws, until I lift the blankets up. Then he gets under
the blanket, and snuggles up to my side, with his head on my arm, and purrs
so loudly he keeps me awake for half an hour until he falls asleep.
I can't bring myself not to let him in though. *sigh*
(And my wife has just read this post over my shoulder. She says I deserve
it because I snore!)

[PFVA]

Aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

[Rib]

[SilverBrumby]

He's still going well. Wobbling about, but still defending his "kittin forts".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAdR3Ivtf-s

I said, "Ahh" because he snagged a claw on my fingertip. He's good for
my blood pressure, he lets some out regularly.

[PFVA]

That was awfully cute.