Kitten unable to Walk

[momps61]

I volunteer at an animal shelter and on July 6th a lady brought a very young kitten to surrender but the shelter was unable to accept the kitten.  I brought the kitten home and was feeding her with a bottle and she seemed to be doing fine.  A couple weeks later the kitten became unable to walk and it's head was flopping from side to side.  We took her to the vet and they ran some tests but everything came back ok and they gave her two prescriptions and she seemed to perk up and started walking again.  Then we noticed her front paw was flopping and appeared to be deformed-not a really big deal.  Then last week she became unable to walk again and we have again taken her back to the vet who basically said they don't know what to do, gave us more medicine (the same thing as before) and more or less said she should be put down.  She eats fine is able to use her litter pan with assistance, purrs and plays with a special toy. I do not want to put her down to make our life easier but I don't want to be selfish either.  She does not appear to be in pain as far as we can tell.

[CML2014]

Boy Sept 1st can't come soon enough, eh??? I'm in agreement with Opus on you and your husband being such wonderful people. All our pets make us Better people, but the Special Needs One is indeed a special gift to us.

We can watch their beauty unfold even through their imperfections...they are always teaching us something about perseverance......and we are so much wiser for it.

Continued prayers for Lily and for you and your husband.
CML

.....and oh yes, Photo Please, she has some big fans here!!

[opus88]

What a lucky little girl Lily is to have found such loving parents willing to go to such lengths to try and accommodate her disability....I think you and your hubby are awesome people!!!

I too hope the MRI will give her a treatable diagnosis

Something else you could look into, if it's available in yr area is COLD laser therapy, I've read it can be very healing for animal injuries or conditions, your Vet would know where this is available, many Vet clinics have the equipment

Wish little Lily all the best of luck ahead, keep us posted. Can you post some photos? We'd love to see her

[momps61]

Thanks for your concern.  Lilly is about the same she is getting pretty good though at pulling herself around especially when she has to go to the bathroom she will most of the time pull herself out of her bed.  We have begun using the puppy pads all around her bed and out in the middle of our rec room with newspapers underneath.  If she messes in her bed she will pull herself out as well.  She is able to pull her back feet under her so she can sit up or at least not be laying on her side 100% of the time.  My husband is working on building her a walker type thing that will have wheels on it.  She continues to eat and purr and do all the things a kitten would do except to walk.  I have an appt for her at VA Tech on Sept 1st where they will do an MRI and possibly some other tests to see if they can find out what the problem is.  Thanks so much for your concern. Keeping our fingers crossed for a situation that is treatable but if not we will continue to love and care for her.

[CML2014]

How is Lily doing?? Sure hope she has her balance back and bopping around like the kitten she is??
Let us know what the outcome is!!

Thinking of Lily,
CML

[CML2014]

Can not do any better than you are MOM! Lily will be taken good care of and you will finally know what might be causing these episodes!

Yay for those Vet Schools....and YOUR vet for being so supportive.

CML--we will be waiting on those results too!

[momps61]

The blood work came back normal so the next step will be a neurologist which our vet will contact the drs at VA Tech to see what they feel should be the next step.