Mandy's bent tail.

[HayleyRosie]

If you remember when I first got Mandy I told you all about her bent tail. I have been trying to get a picture of this to show you guys since she first came home. I finally got a picture! Here it is:

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

That is weird! Do you know if she had it broken or something when she was younger?

She sure is getting big though.

[HayleyRosie]

We are not really sure if it was broken before we got her or if it was a birth defect. Our vet is thinking it is a birth defect. I would rather believe that is what it is. If it was a broken tail I don't want to think about why it was broken. She is very happy in her home with my husband, her big sister Hayley and I. I don't think she misses her first home at all.

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I think their little imperfections make them more unique and more lovable. (Like Ally's "Beauty Spots" on her nose!

Mandy is really cute. Was she a rescue cat?

[Cheshirekatt]

Ooooh! How cute! Here's Elvira's extremely kinky tail. The vet says she's got a false joint that she was born with.

[Cheshirekatt]

Here's a another one. Watch out....the kitties with funny tails are trouble! LOL

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

HayleyRosie, I just HAVE to ask,

The thing Mandy is playing with in the crooked tail photo - is it part of the Panic Mouse?

[HayleyRosie]

Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
HayleyRosie, I just HAVE to ask,

The thing Mandy is playing with in the crooked tail photo - is it part of the Panic Mouse?

No, but now that you asked it does look a lot like the rod on the Panic Mouse. Maybe thats why she likes it so much!

[wolflady]

Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
I think their little imperfections make them more unique and more lovable...

Absolutely true! What cuties all of the kinky tail babies are! That's very interesting about it being a birth defect. I hadn't thought of that before. Crookshanks, the stray kitty that I cared for until I found her a home had an extremely crooked tail. It seems like it had been broken in a couple of places, and you could feel how the bones healed up if you touched her tail! Poor girl! I asked the vet if it hurt her, and he said that it probably didn't since it had healed that way. I don't have a really good pic of her tail, but you can kinda see it in the attached picture! She was such a good girl and is doing great in her new home!

**hugs**

[ellensy]

Originally posted by Cheshirekatt
Here's a another one. Watch out....the kitties with funny tails are trouble! LOL

my Precious' was also born w/ a bent tail.... errrr, why are they trouble??

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by ellensy
my Precious' was also born w/ a bent tail.... errrr, why are they trouble??

Well, of the two that I've had...they just seem to always be getting into trouble! LOL And I mean that in a good way. Vinnie and Elvira were always a little more "kitty crazy" than the other ones. Hehe. If a treat slid under the stove drawer Vinnie would go back there day after day to try to get it out! He never gave it up. And Elvira......well, she's just a year old so you know how that goes. She's still scaling the curtains!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I've never had a cat with a bent tail. All the cats are beautiful and the tails make them very unique.

[Vio&Juni]

This sweet kitty is my mom's. Her name is Pantera or Panterusha, she's ten years old and she's my Juni's granny

I have some EXTREMELY stupid neighbors, and I mean it. There a stupid belief that a cat tail can treat some psychiatric problem. So, they cut Panterusha's tail. Now she has a half only. When I found out I asked my mom if anyone told them, that
A CAT TAIL CAN'T TREAT STUPIDITY!!! . My mom doesn't even speak with them for years, there's no use.

[HayleyRosie]

That is very sad. I am very surprise by some of the people in this world. I guess it takes all kinds.

[neko1]

All those bent tails are so cute!