My Handsome Siamese Eli...who has cerebellar hypoplasia

[Tonya]

Eli is a handsome fellow!

[jazzcat]

What a gorgeous boy!!!

[IttyBittyKitty]

PIXEL!!!

[catmandu]

That is nice,of you to give Eli,such a Great Home,and I bet that seeing him,coping,and being as happy as any other cat,gives you a Good feeling!

[QueenScoopalot]

Originally posted by IttyBittyKitty
PIXEL!!!

Wow Eli says! A long lost cousin...and a gorgeous one at that! Aren't meezers one of the most beautiful breeds of cats? I'm quite partial to them myself! Scritches and headbonks to Pixel from Eli! Well maybe on second thought...he is dangereous! Purrs!

[sirrahbed]

oh my YES, Pixel and Eli do look like cousins! Look at THAT!!!

[smokey the elder]

Here's my CH kitty, Diva. She's eight years old. She is VERY intelligent. She has learned to stand in front of the litter box and YOWL at the top of her lungs for someone to hold her while she does her business. Not only that, she knows our wake up and getting home times, but is flexible. As soon as I walk into the kitchen, there she is!! She learned the hard way about stairs, after falling down a couple of times.

[IttyBittyKitty]

Originally posted by QueenScoopalot
Wow Eli says! A long lost cousin...and a gorgeous one at that! Aren't meezers one of the most beautiful breeds of cats?

Agreed!!! Though I am also impartial to Ragdolls!

[catcrazylady]

What a HANDSOME boy!!! He is gorgeous!!!

You guys have been so educational and I think you have finally explained what happend to Lucky as a baby! I talked to our vet about his problems and he said that it sounded like a disease that young kittens can get but he never told me the name. Lucky has really overcome a lot and is ALMOST normal. He has to plan his jumps a little more than the others and he is not graceful at all!! He has really improved over the years and I think it is because he is such a fighter and goes nonstop which helps keep his muscles strong. Thanks for all the info you guys provide!

Big kisses to that handsome boy of yours!!!!

[QueenScoopalot]

Smokey the Elder....your Diva is a very pretty girl! The name suits her well How severe is her ch? Eli is all over the place, and especially when he's excited about something! Then he falls non-stop poor boy. He's knocked a few teeth out over the eight years I've had him, and fell down the stairs once, and remembered not to get too close to them! Smart boy!

CCL....You've joined the club too unwittingly! Many vets are clueless about cerebellar hypoplasia, as they've never seen it. It's not uncommon around here, though I wish it were. So sad that so many cats are being affected with distemper and not spayed. I've always wondered just how many are never found in time. Zeke, one of my feral boys has ch too, and he was such an uncoordinated little baby all it took was a butterfly net to snag him outside! He does the high marching goose step when he walks. It's hysterical seeing him with a treat like shrimp. He holds his head up sooo high and walks so carefully you'd swear he was carrying a dead giraffe! Zeke's favorite words are 'chicky-chicky'! He knows that means treats!

[carla and mike]

Originally posted by carla and mike
Elie is very handsome.
Poor little guy.Looks like his head is bigger than his body.
What beautiful coloring.

Jan
Thank goodness you have Elie now..and all the other cats with handicap problems.You really ARE an angel from heaven.