Meet Apollo - Cutie Warning :)!

[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.

[katladyd]

Oh, he'd make a wonderful Found Cat! He's an Orangeman, after all.

[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

[Lizzie]

You are going to find it incredibly hard to give up Apollo, quite likely impossible!

I saw an article about cat socks on Best Friends recently and am posting the story link here:

http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cf...1A4963D295AE09

If that is so long that it is a problem, just search their web site for a cat called Charlie Brown. He gets sores also. Perhaps you need to work on this, and get him used to it, before he develops true sores which will be far, far harder to deal with?

[3Catcondo]

Just saw this thread and he is adorable!!!! He would be hard for me to give up if I was fostering him. Thanks for helping him

[Anikaca77]

I think we are probably going to end up keeping him. I'm not going to make it offical just yet, just incase but most likely his is going to stay. He gets along very well with our other cats and hopefully next year, my husband and I will be able to get into a bigger place and that will help out too.

Thank you so much for this link. I think we might start putting socks on that would work better than the wrap I think but we'll have to try him out and see what he thinks.

Thanks,
Melissa

You are going to find it incredibly hard to give up Apollo, quite likely impossible!

I saw an article about cat socks on Best Friends recently and am posting the story link here:

http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cf...1A4963D295AE09

If that is so long that it is a problem, just search their web site for a cat called Charlie Brown. He gets sores also. Perhaps you need to work on this, and get him used to it, before he develops true sores which will be far, far harder to deal with?