Dwarfism-PICTURES

[kimlovescats]

Poor sweet baby! Does her mouth cause her to have to breath only with it open?

[ratchet22]

Poor sweet baby! Does her mouth cause her to have to breath only with it open?

No, she breaths fine, if she gets to excited or a bath then she breaths really fast and it scares me she will have a stroke or something, but no she runs and plays and seems to do well, we went to the vet today and did xrays, it appears her growing plates are closeing, something you would see in a cat this age, we are sending the xrays off to dallas to have a specialist look at them and we will see what she says,,,,,,,,,

my son calls her a sewer rat, I think she is awsom, and she has stolen the hearts of so many, she is so sweet, she attacked the vet today he pissed her off, ha ha ha , by holding her down for xrays, she was playing with him but then she jumped up and scratched him good, she is fast, and furiociuos, she has no meow so to say, but she growls when she is mad, and she attacks and bites and hits hard

Im considering documenting everything about her, as I dont see there is any info out there on this, and Im not sure how long we will have her......

[kimlovescats]

Glad to know she's got some spunk!

[kb2yjx]

I think she is BEAUTIFUL!!!! It will be interesting to hear what the vet has to say and what is found out!!!! Thank you for sharing the photos!!! It is the tiny ones that are the fiesty ones!!!! Please give Sasha a BIG hug and kiss from me!!!! Sandra

[rg_girlca]

What a sweet baby girl. Seeing that first picture of her, she looks like any other normal kitty, but I never would have guessed she was 6 months old.
Like Sandra said, she sure sounds like one fiesty little girl.
I pray that you have Sasha longer than expected.

[QueenScoopalot]

What a little darling Carrie! The first thing that comes to mind when you mentioned her size, and neurological goings on, is a liver shunt. This is when the blood vessels going into and out of the liver are malformed and not filtering things as they should be. It can cause a cat or dog to be very undersized. I had a very tiny kitten some years back that my husband dubbed "Molecule" (Molly for short) and she was no doubt a liver shunt baby according to the vets take on things. Surgery is high risk, and very expensive too. Dear Molecule survived till about 8 months old, but looked about the size of a 6 week old. Here's a link to liver shunts... http://www.vin.com/vin_ce/abvp/html/liver_shunt.html
You may want to mention this to the vet along with possible heart problems as mentioned by kb2yjx. Heart defects however are pretty easy to diagnose, whereas liver shunts require MRIs etc. to properly diagnose. Her bent legs could be radial hypoplasia in which the bones in the forearm are bent to varying degrees. My Kirby(the handsome boy below) has the severe form called radial aplasia where there is absence of bones in his front legs. It's a birth defect that occurs once in a while with polydactyl cats, although Kirby is not a poly! Keep us posted on that little cutie. Another great place to search (and bookmark) is www.messybeast.com Give her a whole mess of kisses for me please! Jan

[kb2yjx]

Hi everyone!!! Late last evening, a memory came back to me. I remembered when I volunteered at a shelter, there was a little orange female that had been diagnosised as a dwarf. She was so sweet like Sasha and the Queen's Molly!!! However, she had many genetic problems(many like the Queen mentioned). A wonderful family was going to adopt her, and they accepted the fact that the little one's life span was not going to be very long, but the kitten died from heart failure a few days before she was to go to their home. It is very lucky that these little ones, found good MOMS to care for them!!! Sandra

[ratchet22]

What a little darling Carrie! The first thing that comes to mind when you mentioned her size, and neurological goings on, is a liver shunt. Jan

Okay I called the vet on this, actually he was already on the line, as we are in full force of her and awaiting xrays, so anyways I mentioned it and he said she does not have the signs you would see in shank, and he does not see it being that, also he said the blood work on her that we did was fine, no evidence pointing that direction, He is REALLY good, I would not rescue without him, he is not afraid to say I dont know, and hes not afraid to get into his research books for me and try to find out the what and whys when we dont know?