Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs. He started life out with four but came home one morning with three and a bloody stump. His name was White Russian (cuz we had drank a white russian mixed drink when we named all 13 cats). I DON " T have 13 cats anymore Alley Cat names We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs. He started life out with four but came home one morning with three and a bloody stump. His name was White Russian (cuz we had drank a white russian mixed drink when we named all 13 cats). I DON " T have 13 cats anymore Alley Cat names We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs. He started life out with four but came home one morning with three and a bloody stump. His name was White Russian (cuz we had drank a white russian mixed drink when we named all 13 cats). I DON " T have 13 cats anymore Alley Cat names We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 We had a cat with 3 legs. He started life out with four but came home one morning with three and a bloody stump. His name was White Russian (cuz we had drank a white russian mixed drink when we named all 13 cats). I DON " T have 13 cats anymore Alley Cat names We had a cat with 3 legs that was named Tipsy. The problem was, people thought we were terrible for naming him thusly, but the truth was that he had the name before he lost the leg. He had a white tip on the end of his tail when he was born, hence the name Tipsy. At about 6 or 8 weeks, he came back to the house dragging a front leg. The vet speculated that he was trying to climb and fell while still gripping with that leg, and the impact of the weight of his body damaged the nerves somehow. A guess by any means. Because it was nerve damage, he didn't seem to have any pain from it, so we waited a couple of months to see if it would recover, but it never did. The problem became when he would drag the leg on the ground, the " knee " would get scrapped and bloody and when he came in the house there would be all these bood spots. The vet said we could either put him down, or amputate the lower part of the leg. By this time the kids were attached, so off came part of the leg. He lived many years that way. When he would walk, he sort of had to hop clumsily, but when he was running, you couldn't tell the difference. Living in the country, our cats spend the summers outdoors, and he was able to catch field mice on his own (they are dumber than house mice I suppose). But when people would see him walk, and then ask his name and hear it was Tipsy, they would give us funny looks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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