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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

343.0. "BE CAREFUL WITH CARRIERS!" by GRANPA::CCOLEMAN (I love Korats!) Wed Jul 29 1992 08:00

BEWARD OF CAT CARRIERS!

I haven't had an opportunity till now to write what happened to
one of my kittens.

My kittens liked (notice I said LIKED) to play around their carrier.
Jumping in, scaring each other. It was SO cute! Well, about a week
and a half ago, I went in their room to check on them, and one of the 
kittens nails was sticking straight up! Upon further investigation,
it was all bloody, and barely hanging on! I noticed the carrier
looked funny, looked inside and it was covered in blood! He had
gotten his toe somehow stuck in the carrier, and in the process of
trying to get free, ripped his toenail!

Well, he didn't seem in any pain, wasn't limping, so I put some\
medicine on it, and called the vet first thing the next morning (this
was 11:30 at night).

I went to the vet, and the kitten had pulled the nail out so far, that
you could see the bone! So, they had to take his little nail out, and
it will never grow back!

He's been a real trooper through the whole episode, and got spoiled
for the 24 hours he was away from his brothers and sisters! 
I feel bad for him -- not only was he born with a kinked tail, now
he's missing a nail!

Anyhow, this is just a warning it anyone leaves the carrier doors
open. (I know, most cats are too smart to WILLINGLY walk into a
carrier, but kittens don't know any better!)

Cheryl

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
343.1	My first Korat had a kink...	BUSY::MANDILE	American take a Jerk-pill Week	`Wed Jul 29 1992 10:19`	11
	Er, um.....I guess all my cats are dummies...They will walk voluntarily into the carrier. In fact, they fight over who gets in first!!! BTW, Cheryl- You have a Korat kitten with a kink in it's tail? That's not bad news.....in Thailand, that kitten would bring extra good luck! The kink is a symbol of good luck in a Korat... Lynne
343.2	He's a sweetheart!	GRANPA::CCOLEMAN	I love Korats!	`Thu Jul 30 1992 04:56`	7
	He IS BEAUTIFUL too! My mom is getting him, cause he's such a sweetheart! (If I can't keep 'em all, I'll get relatives to start getting them!! ;^) ) Cheryl
343.3	Siamese usually have kinked tails..	DELNI::JMCDONOUGH		`Tue Aug 11 1992 06:24`	8
	Re .1 If I'm not mistaken, most if not all Siamese have kinks in their tails... My late buddy, Rama Thai, had a distinct kink and the most adorable crossed-eyes... I don't know that much about showing, but I was told by someone that it was a minor fault for a Siamese NOT to have that distinguishing kink.. JM
343.4	both are faults of the breed	FORTSC::WILDE	why am I not yet a dragon?	`Tue Aug 11 1992 10:35`	11
	> If I'm not mistaken, most if not all Siamese have kinks in their > tails... My late buddy, Rama Thai, had a distinct kink and the most > adorable crossed-eyes... I don't know that much about showing, but I > was told by someone that it was a minor fault for a Siamese NOT to have > that distinguishing kink.. not really. It is a fault of the breed to have a kinked tail or to be cross-eyed. Neither flaw makes a bad cat, but they do make a "pet quality" rather than breeder or show quality cat. Both characteristics are quite common in the breed and only the most careful breeders can consistently avoid them.
343.5		GUCCI::SMILLER	Mrs. Shannon DiPietro	`Tue Aug 11 1992 12:29`	6
	I heard that both of those characteristics have been bred out. My siamese has the kink in his tail, but no crossed eyes. He had big round eyes. In the household pet show I've taken him to one judge loved him, kink and all because he was like the old siamese. One judge didn't like his kink. This was a household pet show-give the poor baby a break!:-)
343.6		PANACH::sandy	Are you unpoopular?	`Wed Aug 12 1992 07:38`	7
	I've known Pat Senser (Siamese breeder) for four years now, and to my knowledge, she's only had one crossed-eye and one kinktail in her many litters, and not in the same kitty. The crosseyed boy was gorgeous, I thought :^} She sold them both as pets. Sandy
343.7	Wish good	BPS026::EGYED	Per aspera ad astra	`Tue Sep 01 1992 01:56`	3
	I wish all the best to the little wounded one and hope him to be one of the happiest cats all! Meow! Nat