Meet Apollo - Cutie Warning :)!

[happylabs]

Yes, he looks like a real sweetie. So strange about the paw issue. What do your other cats think of him?

[GILL]

what a cutie. And well to my world we had a limit of 6, then 12 then 14 and now 16.

[Medusa]

Oh goodness, he's a cutie alright. That paw appears to be a birth defect or, as someone mentioned, it may have turned that way in the womb. It almost looks as though it grew larger than the rest of his leg. Whatever the case, he's adorable! Lucky little guy that you took him in. Bless you.

[catmandu]

Awww!
What a Little Treasure!
The Found Cats , especially Michael the Dream Cat and A Certain Little Orange Lion Miquelito say send him on!
And the Other Found Cats all agree Apollo would make a Wonderous Found Cat!!!
Hes a WINNER!!!!

[phesina]

What an adorable little fellow!

He reminds me some of my little orange girl Sparkler (see below), whose BACK legs are both cockeyed. She zips around just fine, though.

If Apollo's elbow is getting red, he might be wearing his fur down so his skin develops a sore, which could lead to infection. (Could that be the source of the bacteria infection he has now?) You might want to ask your vet about it before she sees him again next week.

I had to keep an eye on Sparkler's legs for a while in case that might happen where she walks on the whole lower halves of her back legs. When I adopted her, her foster mom even gave me baby socks for her legs! (Which I tried on her and she got right off, of course.) Fortunately, that hasn't happened.

[cassiesmom]

Apollo is adorable! He would make a very purr-fect Found Kitty!

[krazyaboutkatz]

He's adorable. Hopefully his paw won't cause him any problems. I'd have a very hard time letting this little cutie pie go. Good luck.

[Anikaca77]

If Apollo's elbow is getting red, he might be wearing his fur down so his skin develops a sore, which could lead to infection. (Could that be the source of the bacteria infection he has now?) You might want to ask your vet about it before she sees him again next week.

His elbow is only getting slightly red and I think it's from him running around when we let him out to play with the other cats. I think it's a little rug burn. His bacteria infection was found from his stool test. I think the bacteria thing was from his tummy because his belly was really really hard but now it's getting smaller thanks to the meds he is on.

He's such a love bug and he cries and cries when he wants to be held. I will ask my vet though because I don't want him getting any sores or anything on his elbow.

[cassiesmom]

I'm hoping that Maya and Inka's mommy will see this thread and comment. Her Snoopy girl has a special paw, too. (Does anyone know if they are still on their vacation trip?)

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Thanks for warning me about this Cassiesmom!!

Our Snoopy has a special paw too! There is no bone in her "hand". There are only 2 toes and 2 nails. It is a birth defect. Her breastbone isn't normal either: it is in many small pieces, not connected; so we can feel and see her heart beat! I will look for a pic and post it here asap!

ps.Snoopy is such a lovebug too

[Anikaca77]

Our other cats don't seem to mind him too much. They are playing with him and he is so full of energy! I haven't had a kitten in about 7 years, we've had 6 months old ones but never ones full of this much energy. It's crazy at how fast he moves around the house when we let him out.

Some of our older cats teach him not to bug them but he has to learn certain things.

He is such a sweetie pie. He was lying on me last night just sleeping away and I hated to move him but sometimes when I put him down he just cries and cries and want's to be held more and more. I try not to give in too much but it's hard not to especially since he's so cute.

Yes, he looks like a real sweetie. So strange about the paw issue. What do your other cats think of him?

[emily_the_spoiled]

Don't worry I understand what you mean when they just want to be held all the time Olivia (aka Spunky) is exactly the same way. I now carry her around in a sling so that she can be carried around ... what we do for them!

[Anikaca77]

Well tonight Apollo is going to the vets for his first set of shots and an exam on his foot to see if there is anything we can do for him.

He's been such a sweetie pie. I'm not sure if we are going to be adopting him out yet or not. His little face is just so darn cute and he's fitting in pretty well here it seems so far.

I will try to write when I get back from the vets because tomorrow I'm having surgery so I'm not sure when I'll be back on but hopefully by Monday I should be.

Melissa

[phesina]

He is just so ADORABLE!

Best wishes to him with his vet exam, and best wishes to you with your surgery.

[Anikaca77]

Apollo now weighs in at 1.75 lbs.

He got his first set of shots yesterday and he did so well. The vet said she believed his paw wasn't fractured or anything like that and believed it was a birth defect so we decided not to x-ray him at this time because it's not causing him any pain when someone touches him and he is using his paw to play. Sometimes he will hold it up and she said we could wrap his paw and get him used to it since he's so little right now.

We are going to try that and hopefully it will help prevent sores and the skin getting infected.

He goes back in 3 weeks for the second round of kitten shots and he was given a wormer med yesterday as well.

Melissa