Comments for The Three-legged Cat

Comment on Caring for a Three-legged Cat by Shary

Shary — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:47:51 +0000

I just adopted a kitten that lost her back leg, from the hock down, to an umbilical cord. I’m concerned because sometimes the stump seems irritated or even bloody. Could the bone be pocking through? I wondered if anyone has had this problem?
I’m taking her in to the vet in two weeks to get spayed. If it is the bone, I hope he can smooth it and stitch her up.
She is adapting beautifully. I took her and a litter mate. She tries her best to keep up with her four legged sister. But it is funny. If she gets left behind, the sister ‘meows’ for her and waits until she catches up. They are going to be very good for each other.
Thanks for your article on amputees. It was very helpful.

Comment on Caring for a Three-legged Cat by imjumpy

imjumpy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:51:30 +0000

I adopted a three-legged cat from the pound last year. Only now, I thought, maybe I should look on the Internet to see how other people are taking care of their “tripods”.

Isabelle, “Izzy” was 6 years old when I got her, so she’s 7 now. She is missing her left front leg and is blind in her left eye. The Denver Dumb Friends League, where I adopted Izzy, said she was in a car accident when she was a kitten. Her former owners gave her up when someone developed allergies.

Since she’s been three-legged practically her whole life, I guess Izzy thinks she’s just fine the way she is. She gets around great, jumping up and down on the couch and my bed. The only thing that is disconcerting to me is the fact that she just lands, thump! in a heap on the floor when she jumps down. It looks like it would be painful, but doesn’t seem to bother her.

I, too, am trying to keep Izzy slim and trim, since she does love to eat. We live in an apartment, and when the weather’s nice, we leave the door open for Izzy to lay on the deck. (We’re on the third floor, with mesh wire attached to the railings so she can’t take a flying leap.) She gets mental stimulation from watching the activities in our complex. And we try to have several play sessions each day, with her trying to catch a string or some feathers tied to a stick.

Just adding my two cents worth to the debate! I’m glad your Fongie recovered and is doing well. What a scary thing, whatever it was.

Comment on Garden! by zhappyhomemaker

zhappyhomemaker — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:54:54 +0000

Thanks! I can’t wait to see if I can really get produce from a hanging tomato plant. It’s doing okay so far. Read: it hasn’t died yet, anyway.

Comment on Garden! by magic

magic — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:49:30 +0000

good luck on the hanging garden!

Comment on Army Ball by zhappyhomemaker

zhappyhomemaker — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:48:06 +0000

Oh, Ellen. I love you.

Comment on Army Ball by Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:07:46 +0000

Love that freaking dress! I said I *would* link to your non-flog but now I see that I might not even be cool enough to link to this stylish wonder blog!

I tried to google three legged cat, army ball, sexy wife, but there are too many other sexy wives on google to pick you out! <3

Comment on Caring for a Three-legged Cat by zhappyhomemaker

zhappyhomemaker — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:33:08 +0000

Wow…what an amazing story. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that happening before!

How hard for you little guy, to have to learn to walk with three legs. But I bet that once he learns it will be like there is no problem at all. Since he won’t have known anything different, hopefully he will compensate fine.

Good luck to you and Moli.

Comment on Caring for a Three-legged Cat by Twiggy

Twiggy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:08:54 +0000

I´m one of those people who´s looking for information on three legged cats..I loved reading your blog, and the caring and love your family have for little Fongie. She´s lucky to have you, and Patrick.
My persian cat just had kittens two weeks ago and one of the kittens lost a back leg, in birth, the bibl.cord was around the leg many times and very thight, causing the bloodstream to stop so in a week half of the leg was dead, and smelly then it fell of. The whole time I nursed him day and night, and like you did I let his mother lick his wound and it healed very well in few days. Now my kitten is very young and used to be in my hands all the time. He drinks and moves around very perky and these days he´s beginning to try and walk. I hope he gets the hang of it, but still he´s not doing as well as his siblings. I hope he´ll learn, cause I can see he´s frustrated when he´s trying, poor little Moli.
Regards
Twiggy

Comment on Elfing Along Toward Christmas by zhappyhomemaker

zhappyhomemaker — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:33:06 +0000

Thank you, Amber. I really appreciate it.

Comment on Elfing Along Toward Christmas by Amber

Amber — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:13:09 +0000

Thank you for the pics T, such fun! Praying for E tonight.