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He has discovered the joys of the Covers™

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Wow, that is one malnourished kitten, my fingers are closed on themselves.

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We rarely see nutritional disorders in cats but it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen, Pitch is one such case. However it happened to him because someone thought it would be a brilliant idea to give him human food because he "wouldn't eat cat food".

Yeah, turns out that's really bad for him and thanks to veterinary cat food he's finally starting to resemble a functional feline, but he'll always have issues.

And he does eat cat food, even if we had to syringe feed him for two months, then he would only eat A/D out of the CAN, no plates. And now that he eats dry food he would rather starve than touch wet food again, but he does eat a balanced diet and his refusal to do so at first was most likely due to never having eaten it before, and nearly fully grown cats can be resistant to diet changes.

So unless you want a cat that will have deformed bones, stunted growth and trouble jumping just feed them a good cat food brand.

Somewhat related to the raw question (hope this isnt rude haha) genuine question. How is dry food kibble (full of corn, which just fattens them up) good for cats if they are obligate carnivores?

I’m not sure which question you’re referring to tbh. I have a few floating around. Corn isn’t some amazing super food, but it also isn’t a horrible health sucking poison. It’s just one single ingredient that provides some nutrients and energy. It’s not just there to “fatten them up”. Having corn, or a lack thereof, in a diet doesn’t automatically tell you if it’s good or bad. Cats can actually digest a decent percentage of carbohydrates in their diet just fine. It’s also not that kibble is good just because it’s kibble. It’s that there are kibble diets that have had extensive research and diet trials so we know that it is complete and balanced for the animal’s life, and the risk of bacterial contamination is quite low. You can have a complete and balanced canned food diet, or home prepared diet (but in virtually all cases it is NOT balanced unless a veterinary nutritionist has been consulted). There’s no such thing as a “best” diet. Anyone who tells you their diet is “best” either doesn’t know what they’re talking about or is trying to sell you something (or both).

The benefit of commercial diets is that it’s fairly idiot proof...or at least it was until the stupid grain free trend started and boutique brands with no actual business formulating pet food diets blew up. There’s a reason that we rarely see nutritional disorders in cats and dogs. Commercial pet food has pretty much eliminated nutrient deficiencies. Compare that to exotics that commonly have vitamin deficiencies, metabolic bone disease, etc. It’s kind of a new thing that we’re starting to see more cats and dogs with nutrition related disorders, because home prepared diets and boutique brands are becoming more popular.

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Nothing to see here, just a normally shaped cat

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People keep saying he looks like a bushbaby, poor bby's feelings were hurt he's a totally not disproportionate cat guys

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Not related but he also has teeny tiny legs, the vet said that he doesn't have the munchkin gene so he's just Like That

So I know heterochromia is rather common in white cats, but my boy Pitch is a silver tabby and has weird heterochromia, his eyes are yellow on the outside and blue near the pupil, any ideas of what genetic weirdness could cause that?

oh I would LOVE to see a photo! that sounds like central heterochromia (which my dad actually has)

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It's usually more visible but good enough haha, as all cats he's very uncooperative with cameras and is 0.5 seconds away from shoving his face in my hand.

So I know heterochromia is rather common in white cats, but my boy Pitch is a silver tabby and has weird heterochromia, his eyes are yellow on the outside and blue near the pupil, any ideas of what genetic weirdness could cause that?

oh I would LOVE to see a photo! that sounds like central heterochromia (which my dad actually has)

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I've had him for a night and there's already more issues coming to light, his mouth is ridiculously tiny so syringe feeding is a struggle, and he had nearly no teeth and the one he has are tiny, so chewing food will be ineffective at best.

He also gets tired very easily, he'll breathe heavily from standing up, he often has muscle tremors too, they really understated his condition when they surrendered him, no way this cat was walking around two days ago.

He does groom himself and purr when given enough pets, but his paws are short and stubby so he has to wiggle around like a worm to groom himself, which understandably exhausts him.

I'm still optimistic, but I'll be trying to increase what he eats, a difficult task with his teeny weeny mouth and lack of appetite, and will be waking up twice in the night to check on him.

Meet Pitch, he's 8 months old and only weighs two kilos, I currently have a four month old kitten weighing two and a half kilos.

Pitch suffers from hyperparathyroidism, or what can be compared to glass bones in humans, he could break a leg jumping off a chair, or worse, fracture a vertebra and suffer neurological issues that could require euthanasia. He also won't eat cat food, he has to be syringe fed because he doesn't recognise it as food as he has been on a meat and bread diet all his life. His growth is severely delayed, he still has his milk teeth and his legs look like a munchkin's.

He has a lot of issues, he can't quite make it to the litter due to being extremely weak because of the severe malnutrition, he needs to be carried but is terrified of it, he needs painkillers every morning to be comfortable.

One other issue is that Pitch is entirely my financial responsibility, I'm part of a rescue organisation and I have been denied funding for his vet bills, which is understandable, Pitch cost me 500 euros in veterinary care this WEEK, and the local clinics had to look up his condition online as it's quite rare nowadays. The only study I found of stage two hyperparathyroidism ended with the cat being euthanized, as he developed spine fractures.

Pitch has a good prognosis despite everything, he has no broken bones, only hairline fractures in his front paws and some bone deformation, he still has a chance to one day run and play like other kittens, although he will always be small.

But for that I need your help, I have sunk a lot of time and money to help him and i can only do so much on my own, even sending over some puppy pads so I can keep his room more sanitary will help, or just sharing this post.

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We're trying some extra caloric gel to help with Pitch's muscular atrophy, as he doesn't eat much.

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Meet Pitch, he's 8 months old and only weighs two kilos, I currently have a four month old kitten weighing two and a half kilos.

Pitch suffers from hyperparathyroidism, or what can be compared to glass bones in humans, he could break a leg jumping off a chair, or worse, fracture a vertebra and suffer neurological issues that could require euthanasia. He also won't eat cat food, he has to be syringe fed because he doesn't recognise it as food as he has been on a meat and bread diet all his life. His growth is severely delayed, he still has his milk teeth and his legs look like a munchkin's.

He has a lot of issues, he can't quite make it to the litter due to being extremely weak because of the severe malnutrition, he needs to be carried but is terrified of it, he needs painkillers every morning to be comfortable.

One other issue is that Pitch is entirely my financial responsibility, I'm part of a rescue organisation and I have been denied funding for his vet bills, which is understandable, Pitch cost me 500 euros in veterinary care this WEEK, and the local clinics had to look up his condition online as it's quite rare nowadays. The only study I found of stage two hyperparathyroidism ended with the cat being euthanized, as he developed spine fractures.

Pitch has a good prognosis despite everything, he has no broken bones, only hairline fractures in his front paws and some bone deformation, he still has a chance to one day run and play like other kittens, although he will always be small.

But for that I need your help, I have sunk a lot of time and money to help him and i can only do so much on my own, even sending over some puppy pads so I can keep his room more sanitary will help, or just sharing this post.

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Bffs

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Shitty picture but I didn't want the flash to wake him up.

It's been decided, Lance is a momma's boy until the end, it amazes me that he's so soft and gentle when he won't be neutered until next month.

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Oh god, her head

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Remember Lancelot? He's chonk now, it's surprising how big he got as I mostly have tiny cats

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Oh god he looks like my scream goblin

Our little Soupee will be four months old soon! He loves to sleep on the rocking chair with the banana pillow.

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Lancelot took being wrangled into a tiny sweater surprisingly well, even if he did yell at me to take it off after a while.

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Here's the picture for anyone who doesn't like links

Flight Rising 3D model (pm me for more info) https://imgur.com/gallery/qWPN1I6

Interest check, if anyone knows how to texture i would love the help, my skills are rather tentative. What do you think, is it worth opening a proper art shop on the site?