I believe it's fairly common - I once heard of a cat who had lost one down his trouser leg ...
Let's hope the only harm is to your wallet, but he's young enough to bounce back, bless him. Fusses and love to him and to the rest of the gang.
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It affects 1 or 2 in every 100 cats and could be serious if not dealt with - but it has!
Spoken to the senior vet this afternoon who told me the op took 45 minutes and Jasper had to be given Opiates wo was probably as high as a kite and went a bit bonkers when he started to come down.Lilith wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:29 am Oh no, poor guy - and poor you.
I've no direct experience of this, but I've heard of cats reacting to anaesthetic/sedatives and becoming manic. I hope it's leaving his system now. Your vet sounds very thorough. But what dreadful luck on top of that worrying operation - hope things are calmer now and they all settle down. All the best.
I think we are getting there now - lets see how he is tonight!Ruth B wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:01 am Poor lad it seems he has been really put through the mill with it, hopefully he will be feeling more himself and calmer today.
A good vet is worth their weight in gold. When my parents retired and were looking to move and downsize it came down to a matter of they were
It was an emergency that caused our delay on TuesdayRuth B wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 5:01 pm I can understand that sometimes you have to wait, there was one time when a dog was rushed in choking and had to go straight into emergency surgery and they had to call another vet in to cover. However the surgery used to run to time very well, I can only think they were very good as working out how long an appointment was going to need, it was rare to have to wait more then 10 minutes, and we often got seen early, but never felt rushed. Suddenly we were having to wait 30 minutes to an hour with no obvious reason, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the cat being caged up for that length of time, it didn't seem fair, particularly in a waiting room that was full of dogs. It was noticeable because it was such a change and on top of other issues.
Feline genetics are a huge and fascinating subject, and I mean the natural genetics not even touching on the breeding side of things. For a start the red/black colour genes are carried on the X chromosome only so girls can be tortie and boys can't (unless they have an extra X making them sterile) - and there are three different whites so a cat can be black with a white masking gene and white markings and look just plain white but actually be any other colour genetically. Talking of orientals, the Siamese points are a form of albino, temperature sensitive albino to be precise. The cooler that part of the body, the darker the fur. If you bandage a paw, on removing the bandage the fur will be paler. As they age they cool so they get darker, so full colour is not developed until 2 years old or more. If these little snippets don't tickle your interest enough to get reading, nothing will.ThorpeDave wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:17 pm My knowledge of genetics is limited - very limited but I find it odd that they both have the same markings while Jasper, his sister Dolly and his Mum Mabel are identical coloring with Morgana being the odd one.
Ok, we know that a female can give birth to kittens with different fathers - and of course we do not know who the father is but, with mum and all 3 kittens having the same markings isn't it unlikely that they have different fathers ???
I few days after they were born I also discovered that another 5 kittens were taken into rescue which looked exactly like these from within a mile of where Mabel was rescued from - Hmmm.
As you say - as did the vet today - it is common for cats to have tabby marking which disappear and become "black" - Hendrix was one such cat.
However when Morgana arrived she was black with the tabby markings only visible under infra red lights. As the weeks have passed she has become lighter rather than darker so we are hoping that this continues. Brushing her coat backwards reveal even lighter furr!
My understanding is that kittens lose their "kitten coat" at about 6 months to reveal their final coloring. We are obviously keeping a very close eye on her!
Morgana's marking are certainly still there but a little darker than they were.Lilith wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:41 am Hi there Dave, sorry I've not been about much owing to personal chaos but the cats are fine. Good to hear about your guys. Any photos? I'm curious about Morgana's coat pattern - did those tabby markings persist?
Fusses to her, and Hendrix and beautiful Mia too![]()