Jiggs knows the true and proper use of a treadmill: cat perch.
We had a kitten move into the barn during the winter of 2015, a pretty pastel tortie. Time slipped by and she became pregnant before we got her spayed, resulting in four kittens. Two male, two female. Jiggs is one of those cats. She formed a habit of disappearing for weeks at a time during the summer. The last time was 2018 and she was gone for a couple of months. I had decided she wouldn't be returning, and then she did. She came home thin, dragging her left front leg. There was no feeling below the knee joint. She was brought in as a full-time house cat and I wrapped her leg so it wouldn't be rubbed raw. I knew it would need amputation but she was in bad shape and needed to improve before I put her through that. In the mean time the leg contracted under her chest, which took away the dragging. She has use of her shoulder and gets around as if nothing is wrong. She's able to jump and run and tussle with Frieda. She has never looked back, once made to stay inside, as if she knew it's for her best interest.
On another note, it's once again blowing gale force wind. The horses don't like it. I don't like it. This month has been one for the record books where wind is concerned. We may end up in Oz.
3 comments:
Aww poor kitty, but good to hear that the disability doesn't slow her up much:)
It doesn't appear to concern her at all. She can jump to the top of the piano without a problem. She's a happy cat and adores Mark. She and Frieda are good friends.
Awwww, Jiggs story and resilience touched my Heart. We had a Papillon born with a back Leg deformity and it never impeded him behaving like any normal Dog, even with that shriveled appendage that never touched the floor and made his remaining back Leg be displaced into the Center.
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