#look at their xrays

[followthebluebell]

Do you have any undeniable proof about how in pain Scottish Fold cats are? Someone I know believes that "only bad breeders" produce cats that have pain and I just don't think that sounds right, but I don't know where to look for info.

'Undeniable proof' is a hard claim because anything can be denied if a person is shameless, stubborn, and ridiculous enough. I've had clients deny that their cats are in severe pain even when the animal is visibly limping in front of us.

With that out of the way, start by talking about osteochondrodysplasia. That's a fancy way of saying 'fucked up cartilage disease', which is the thing that gives Scottish folds the cute little folded ears. Unfortunately, it doesn't just affect the cartilage in their ears. There's no gene that says 'please just a LITTLE fucked up cartilage, thanks <3'.

It affects ALL of their cartilage, joints, and bone development. It usually presents in very early onset arthritis: hump-backed, stiff legs (especially hind legs), and kinda 'crankly' feeling bones. They often have very stiff and shortened tails as well. Since they're in pain, they don't jump, move, or play as often. They also may just be kinda cranky because, again. Pain.

This is an autosomal dominant condition, meaning a cat has to inherit just one defective gene to display the traits. It's more severe in cats that are homozygous (inherited BOTH defective genes), but even a heterozygous cat is pretty severely affected.

A 'good' Scottish fold breeder ought to be breeding just straight-eared cats (inheriting 0 genes for this condition), but in practice 'good' SF breeders just breed straight-eared cat to a folded cat in the hopes of producing heterozygous kittens.

I still remember Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe) and the World Cat Federation (WCF) offering free xrays to around 300 scottish fold breeders, trying to find just ONE fold with healthy hind legs.

Not a single breeder took up the offer. As a result, both organizations refuse to recognize the breed entirely.

The fact that even 'ethical' breeders who supposedly only breed unaffected cats won't stand behind their work and PROVE it speaks volumes.

[bee-menagerie]

New baby!

Her name is Quimby!!

This is her 5th day with us, and these little babies just warm up to you so fast, don't they? 😭💕

I was expecting this to take much longer, but I guess she's young enough that she only needs a few good experiences to gain her trust.

She's got 3 siblings from a different clutch arriving in a week or two, as well [different parents, same breeder] --so I am hoping that observing Quimby's trust will warm them up to us just as quickly, too.

We wanted to gain a proper flock, since Wilbur lost Orville and I don't want him to be a lone budgie for much longer. Now that our work on Woven is done, we finally have the time to properly dedicate to them♡ So it seemed like the right time to do it.

They'll all have Sean's office [and free roam of it during the day while he's there working], while Milly gets to enjoy me and my office as it's sole ruler[tyrannical].

[obligatory: that's her quarantine cage, which also allows easy travel to and from the vet. She's got a whole 4 foot flight cage on the way to us that she'll be sharing with one other female (the males get their own separate flight cage because I aaaaaiiiin't breeding my birds)]

[nerdyenby]

Late Diagnosis (tm) starter pack

My pain doesn’t start or stop, I just remember/forget about it

Tf you mean you guys aren’t tired 24/7

“Close enough” to normal to go under the radar

Can’t decide what to bring up to your pcp first so you just never bring up That One Thing that you’ve always dealt with and keep forgetting isn’t normal

“Have you tried working out?”

“Maybe you wouldn’t get dizzy when you stand up if you left your room more often”

Thinking a mobility aid would help you but being afraid to voice that because people will think you’re exaggerating or start treating you differently

Being too drained to call and schedule an appointment even when you remember (and most of the time you forget)

“It’s not that bad… except when it is”

Flare ups that leave you in tears and unable to move but it’s only happened a handful of times so it’s “probably fine”

Being so used to being tired that that one time you woke up well rested 4 months ago is still on your mind

[fjordfolk]

p sure Luna's got knee pain. mom'll be talking to the vet today to see if we can get her in before christmas, or at least get some painkillers or her in the meantime

[x-enocyon]

Our foster momma had her puppies yesterday!

[tortoise-teapot]

why is this dental hygenist saying shit like 'well i'm going to have to put on your record that you haven't been flossing :('

am i in trouble? am i going to get detention for skipping Flossing Class? fuck offfff omg

[morganpdf]

why do i keep encountering dismissive doctors who just want to give me/up my dose of pain meds instead of trying to figure out why tf im in pain lmao

[glassdemons]

chat am i cooked

[undeadghosty]

Happy Halloween or something

[bannock-freak]

part of the disability tax is rebuying stuff you probably already have because you took one look at the completely inacessible boxes in your closet that you'd have to dig through on the chance the item in question MIGHT be in one of them, thought about it, and decided 'nah fuck that'

[j1gsawz]

guys please im begging someone hear me out on logan nelson x zep hindle. i’ve had brainrot of them for like a month and i have NO CONTENT TO CONSUME. please somebody anyone hear me out and make some content of them i will love it. (i call them xrayshipping btw)

[fjordfolk]

there's something to be said about this trend of doing prelim hip screening on very young dogs and freaking out when they look kinda meh

there's a whole bunch of other somethings to be said about vets apparently bringing up FHO as an option based on those prelims??

[napping-sapphic]

Man got a bunch of xrays done today and they really said you can see them if you pay this 3rd party site $50 a year like girl wtf those are MY bones

[oetscop]

btw everyone look at my sons. my children. sammy and nugget. look at them.

[ghostlynimbus]

I've always been told "if you dislocate a joint you'll know it, there's no mistaking that"

But is that actually true or is it just true for able/non chronic pain/nuerotypical people?

[hackfurs]

im too busy doing anatomy studies and figure drawing to post on here. im in my self improvement era