Lorey from IOWA writes: "...Hello Chris! This is my kitten Bob. When he was born he had a deformed tail and his mother decided to "remove" it while she hid him for a week. The vet said it's a miracle he survived. Lorey 24teen =)
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Oh dear, poor baby! Glad to see he's okay now, he makes me go awwww.
When our Maine Coon girl Joy was kittening I was warned about first time mothers chewing off a tail or two. They chew off the umbilical cord and eat the placenta. Sometimes mom cats get confused and bite off the tail as well. With our breed being famous for their big huge wrap around tails that was as long as their bodies- it happens sometimes! EW! It's something you have to be sure doesn't happen!!!
Carm, I feel ya. We've raised a billion cats (we have a lot of land...) and watching them give birth is totally gross, but it's kind of necessary... especially if it's the mother cat's first litter and it's a large litter. My old cat, Precious, was too tired at the end of the labor to eat the last kitten out of the placenta so my aunt (an RN) had to handle it. My aunt didn't eat it, FYI. (I'm sure that would've been the next question.) You have to watch mama sometimes!
Oh dear, poor baby! Glad to see he's okay now, he makes me go awwww.
Posted by: LuDean | March 19, 2010 at 08:52 PM
YES my Kitty made it on here!!!!
Thanks Chris =)
Posted by: Lorey | March 19, 2010 at 11:01 PM
BOB! No tail! lol. great name....
glad you saved Bob!
Posted by: leslie | March 20, 2010 at 05:55 AM
i'm confused, you mean the mother cat bit it off? or the person who owned him cut it off?
Posted by: betty | March 20, 2010 at 07:57 AM
... Well can we at least see the wound? Chris promised us open flesh wounds the other day and he didn't deliver! >:O
Posted by: Dustin / ダスティン | March 20, 2010 at 09:33 AM
I never took a picture of the wound. I'd take a picture of it but there wouldent be a point to it. He's WAY to fluffy to see it nowadays.
@ Betty, His mother chewed his tail off...
Posted by: Lorey | March 20, 2010 at 11:45 AM
When our Maine Coon girl Joy was kittening I was warned about first time mothers chewing off a tail or two. They chew off the umbilical cord and eat the placenta. Sometimes mom cats get confused and bite off the tail as well. With our breed being famous for their big huge wrap around tails that was as long as their bodies- it happens sometimes! EW! It's something you have to be sure doesn't happen!!!
Posted by: CCLCarm | March 21, 2010 at 06:36 AM
Carm, I feel ya. We've raised a billion cats (we have a lot of land...) and watching them give birth is totally gross, but it's kind of necessary... especially if it's the mother cat's first litter and it's a large litter. My old cat, Precious, was too tired at the end of the labor to eat the last kitten out of the placenta so my aunt (an RN) had to handle it. My aunt didn't eat it, FYI. (I'm sure that would've been the next question.) You have to watch mama sometimes!
Posted by: Jessica | March 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM