Please purr for an unknown kitty (RB)

I have lurked here for a long time. I wanted to ask you all to please
purr for a kitty I had to have put to sleep today. She was in my
garden and acting like she was in pain or sick, so I put her in a
kitty carrier and took her to the vet. She was a tortoiseshell kitty
with a Manx tail and didn't mind when I picked her up so I don't think

Helen Miles...

Purrs for a gentle journey. Thank you for being a friend when she needed
one.

Helen M

she was feral. She was very, very thin.

jmcquown...

(snippage)

Purrs for the kitty on her way to the RB.

Jill (lighting a candle for the unknown kitty)

Susan M...

Purrs for both of you.

Susan M
Otis and Chester

My vet looked at her and found that because of the Manx tail being so
short she wasn't able to defecate. Because of that and her being so
thin he felt the best thing to do was put her out of her pain. I would
have kept her if there had been any chance she could have recovered.

I don't know what the condition is called but one of my other cats
lost part of his tail and the vet was worried the same thing might
happen to him. He recovered though and is fine today.

Where I live there are fields and woods all around my house and people
dump animals out. It makes me very angry that people do that. But
anyway, please say a prayer or light a candle for this little kitty.

Victor Martinez...

Lots of purrs. And thank you for caring.

Marina...

Purrs for you and your little visitor. Thank you for taking care of her
at the end.

Noon Cat Nick...

Replied via e-mail.

FYI, the condition is called congenital spinal cord anomaly. It's a
blanket term for any spinal deformation caused by any gene that produces
either taillessness or bobtail. Manxes, Cymrics, American and Japanese
bobtails, and any other such breeds with either of those innate tail
configurations are susceptible to this abnormality, which is usually
noticeable in early kittenhood.

Adrian A...

How sad :-( I'll light a candle for the unknown kitty. At least someone
cared enough to take away her suffering, thank you Renee.

polonca12000...

Purrs for the kitty and hugs for you, Renee,
Polonca and Soncek

Karen...

(((((hugs))))) Thank you for caring for her. Purrs for the little one.

Ginger-lyn...

Will do, Renee. I'm sorry you had the sad task of helping the little
one to The Bridge. But she was lucky to have you for a little while to
care for her.

Annie...

That was such a kind act....purrs sent...
Annie(a fellow lurker)

Randy...

Poor little girl. Purrs for her passing and to you for helping to end her
suffering.

Kreisleriana...

Poor little girl. Purrs for her passing.

Theresa

Make Levees, Not War

Yowie...

Purrs sent. Whilst this kitty may not yet have a name, I'm sure that they
are waiting for you at Rainbow Bridge. Because the amount of time that we
loved them doesn't matter, its that we loved at all that counts.