Petunia and Mickey having surgery today
Petunia as some of you may know was one of my foster kittens. She's a gorgeous little silver (resembles a Russian blue) Manx. She was turned in with another 2 feral kittens who were a couple weeks older than her and non Manx. It's quite common in feral colonies for the moms to look after each others kittens. Her siblings after socialization where adopted recently. She was considered unadoptable as sadly, like many Manx she had birth defects. Manx due to their lack of tails are often born with spinia bifida, bowel problems or spinal problems of some sort. Many die at birth and reputable breeders won't adopt them out until the age of 4 months when any defect becomes apparent. Petunia was born with a prolasped anus. After many months and being turned down by the spca for her surgery her only option was euthenization. They finally agreed to turn her over to me on the condition I have her surgery as it cost more than her adoption. In the high kill shelter even foster parents have to pay if they want to adopt their own foster cats/kittens. I've had Petunia since the age of 6 wks and she's now nearing 6 months. The surgery is supposedly simple..a few stitches and I'm getting her spayed at the same time. Mickey aka One eyed Mickey is getting sedated to have his nose checked as he's got some brown crusty stuff on it that I'm not sure what is causing it. Could be related to his eye removal that occurred Nov 6th but not sure. Anyhow please send good thoughts to my special kids and I'll report back later in the day as to how everything went. |
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| Sending lot of good thoughts to Petunia and Mickey. |
| *paws crossed* |
| Get well soon Petunia and Mickey! |
| Hoping all goes well.
Marianne you are such an ANGEL. |
I hope surgery was done and successful for both Petunia and Mickey.
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| Good thoughts headed your way! |
 For the kittys hope it all goes well.
I had a black Manx growing up, loved the natural bobtail on him. Had no idea they can have so many issues. We adopted him as a kitten. He lived till 15. Best wishes to both kittys and keep us posted to how it all went. |
| Hi and thanks everyone for the well wishes - very much appreciated.
I should have mentioned that a bob tail kitty has less issues than one born with no tail. Reading up on Manx for the last couple weeks it depends on where the vertibrae ends regarding spine and back problems. Little Petunia has not even a bump where a tail should be so I was worried her spine would be affected but seems as if everything went okay. The vet had gone home so I wasn't able to speak to him directly but he had said he would call me if they discovered anything while she was under sedation..so no news was good news. With prolapsed anus it sometimes takes a few of these surgeries for it to finally stay in place. I'm crossing my fingers it just took the one time as my pocket book is taking a beating. Sheesh am I ever a BAD MOM! My poor Petunia has a shaved baboon looking butt, a cone on her head tied in a bow to add insult to injury, a bandaid on her leg and a shaved belly. She's peeved! I also have to monitor her bowels for the next three days so had to separate her from her buddies. Mickey may have allegies of some sort as he had the crusty nose but during the examination there were a small spot on his head and one on his chest. He didn't need sedation after all as four hands holding him helped. He's on antibiotics now for two weeks to clear up any possible infections. Ha!!! Ever try giving antibiotics to a feral cat? He now hates me. I also have to monitor his food for the next few days so also had to separate him from the others. Sable is still peeved at me too as she went in for a spay on Tues and also has a shaved belly. Turns out even tho I spent my own cash having a vet check her for previous spay - shaved her belly and no scar was seen. So her appointment for spay was made...no uterus found! I'm such a mean mom.  |
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