Timmy (Rosemary's new baby) was one of a litter of six kittens, he was the
smallest of the litter at just under 50g - he had to be resuscitated at
birth and for the first few days of his life I feed him with an eye dropper.

At about 4 weeks I noticed that there was something not quite right with
him, by this time he was getting out of the sleeping box and starting to
move around the floor, he moved sideways and seemed to have a bent spine, he
was in no pain, was eating solid food, using the litter tray and keeping up
with his siblings in their play.

I had sold him at birth but decided as his future was uncertain to ask the
people to come and chose another kitten. I took him off to the vet at 8
weeks, there it was discovered that the rib cage on one side was concaved,
probably due to the fact that he was *squashed* between two of his siblings
in the womb, not giving him the room to grow. It was decided to wait until
he was big enough to desex and do an xray at the same time to check that
everything was in the right place. He was a very happy kitty and has a great
purrsonality, everybody who saw him loved him.

Two weeks ago he made the weight for desexing (two weeks behind his litter
mates) I held my breath when going to pick him up waiting for the xray
report - good news - everything was in it's right place, the spine is
straight and he will have no problems with internal organs and his rib cage,
he has straightened up a lot since his first visit to the vet. Now I had to
set about finding him a very special home.

My first thought was Rosemary (Bev's niece) as she had Simba, Timmy's litter
brother and had ordered a second kitten from the next litter - I thought it
would be nice for Timmy to be with his brother, luckily Rosemary thought the
same.

You may have read Rosemary's post re: Simba and Timmy so you will know that
all is well and working out for kitties and humans alike!

Lois