Mr. Boobers has a boo-boo
Hey, guess what? I have another cat story!!
In case I never mentioned it, we now have three medically odd cats.
Abbie has an overactive thyroid, whicch means pills twice a day and quarterly bloodwork that costs $150. And also, she is totally uninsurable because of it. Oh, and she's got allergies that lead to her pulling out the fur on her back, which needs another pill to stop her from looking mangy.
Vivianne? Oh, she's a bleeder. When we tried to get her fixed this summer, we discovered that her blood clots slower than average...slow enough that we had to consult a specialist and run a bunch of bloodwork to make sure she didn't have some strange and deadly syndrome. Eventually we got her fixed and the vet said it should never be a problem again since she shouldn't ever need surgery again. (Which of course means she will need at least 3 more surgeries over her lifetime, right?)
And then there's Riley. Sweet, emo Rilley Boobutt McGee. Kevin added Mr. Boobers to Riley's nickname list recently; it stuck, unfortunately for my little mama's boy of a kitty. Anyway, first there was the undescended testicle that necessitated major surgery for his neutering. And then there was his $1000 ear infection brought on by odd ear canals and overachieving ear wax. and now? Now he has managed to almost declaw himself.
We're not sure how and we'e not sure when but he tore most of one of his back claws off. We pinned him down to do some cleaning and matted fur removal on it and oh, the howling. The neighbors must think we have a mountain lion living with us now. And then it was bleeding EVERYWHERE, which worried Kevin until he consulted Dr. Google DVM and found out that hey, claw injuries bleed a lot and we do not need tot ake him to the vet, just keep an eye on it.
Of course, now he won't let anyone near his foot so we're just assuming it is healing the way it is supposed to.
(On a side note, someone found the above picture searching for "scurvy in cats". Now there's a cat with Issues.)
posted by Melinda @ 5:06 PM
1 Comments:
My cat SO has rickets. She was a stray for a year before we adopted her and she is decidedly bow-legged. Fortunately, so far she doesn't seem to have any issues with it, other than her less than graceful gait.
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