Stella wants to show the world that even disabled
pets can have a full and fun life. She asks that you email
her photos of your disabled pets. Any pet is fine, not just
cats. Please add a litle info about each pet. Please tell
Stella your pet's name, age and his or her disability and
how they became disabled if there is a good story to explain
things.
Stella also want you to know that By sending her photos,
you give her the right to use the photos in any way she choose
including articles, advertisements, packaging, promotional
material, and on the website. Stella might have no feet but
she knows when a legal disclaimer is needed.
Email photos to Stella's
disabled friends
Stella's first friend is named Sunline,
who has no sight in her left eye due to an old unknown
injury. Sunline’s previous owners (who suck!) dumped
her at a sleazy horse dealer’s to be slaughtered.
She was bone thin and had lots of scars and a skin condition.
Fortunately for Sunline, she was rescue and is now living
the very cushy SoCal life, complete with professional
massages. She is the sweetest horse ever and does not
seem to hold it against people that they have been so
evil to her in the past. She can’t see a carrot
until you bump it into her nose, but she still sees well
enough with the remaining eye to spook at those scary
little leeeezards we have on the ground here.
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My name is Petey and
I'm 4 months old. About 3 months ago some kind people
found me on the street with 2 of my littermates, and
took me in. I was in bad shape! I hadn't eaten in a
while (don't know what happened to mom), so I was very
weak, and my left rear foot was gone! I don't remember
what happened to my foot - maybe it was never there.
Anyway, these kind people took me to a vet who treated
me for some kind of infection and showed my foster mom
how to take care of me. Gradually I gained some strength
back and started playing like a kitten. I had a favorite
blanket and toy, and didn't even miss my foot.
Susan, my foster mom, was afraid no one would be interested
in adopting a handicapped kitten. The vet who treated
me called her and said she wanted to adopt me. So I
now have a wonderful home with 4 big cats (who think
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This Stella is a sleeve pekingese weighing
2.2lbs at 14 months. These dwarfed pekes occur spontaneously
from two normal size parents in her case both parents
were champions of sound bloodline. At 6 weeks the breeder
found her unable to use her back legs. She had been put
in with larger pups and the vet diagnosed her with a broken
pelvis probably caused from the bigger pups jumping on
her. She started to walk again at 5 months.
The first few weeks at home she would take two steps then
sit. She ran with a bunny hop gate. Within a few weeks
she started to leak urine. Then at 7 she months started
to go weak in the rear. Within two days she was dragging
her rear. I took her to several vets with no answers.
I then consulted a neurologist. After taking new x-rays
and examining the old x-rays it was determined that she
never had a broken pelvis. The tentative diagnosis from
the neuro:
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No treatment plan was given I was told euthanasia was
the best option since she would never improve and would
progressively worsen. About a month after that consultation
she loss the ability to urinate bark and wag her tail.
I am a firm believer in the Lord. I pray for Stella daily.
It has been 9 months since she was diagnoised.
She has regained the ability to wag her tail and walks
with what I call a drunken sailor gate. This is a great
achievement since she was expected to get worse not better.
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Stella, so it seems, has
a "non-foot twin" in Minnesota.
"Were not sure why
he has no feet, he could have been born that way
( that's what I think ) or maybe a animal got to the
litter when they were very small and did the damage.
He was born in the fall of 2005
in a garage to a stray female cat.
A elderly lady who feeds the stray cats discovered him
when he was around 6 weeks old, she thought he would
not make it through his first Minnesota winter,
with her help with food and the shelter of her garage
he made it.
This cat is now awaiting
a foster home.
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