Poor Kitty

EffBee said:
Beautiful cat - hope it works out well...

but

Has the world gone stark raving mad. I haven't kept a pet since I was a teenager years ago, admittedly mongrels and moggies not pedigrees. Although we used to be very fond of the animals they were always regarded as slightly expendable in case of serious injury and illness. When did having a pet become so expensive :(
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It doesn't matter if it's a pedigree or not. Pets become part of the family. That's like saying family members are expendable!

Rotty, glad to hear he's back to normal. :)
He looks like such a brilliant kitty!
 
touch said:
But hairs are cylindrical, therefor when light is reflected off them, it's reflected in all directions (including some towards the skin). The black fur absorbs the light, it does not pass through to the skin and thats why its hotter to touch ;)

(btw: this is my theory based on my higher physics and in no way scientific fact :p i could be completely wrong)
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you're right though, to an extent. iirc white cats are at higher risk of cancer
 
Rotty said:
Final results are back

The motor neurone tests from the USA were clear

they also did some nerve stain tests which showed some dead nerve tissue

the final diagnosis is distal neuropathy ( axonopathy )

http://www.fabcats.org/breeders/inherited_disorders/bengal.php

normally this is degenerative and incurable, fortunately in Bengals it can be self limiting and 57% of them recover

He is now back to about 85% of his former self and improving by the day so things are looking good :)
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I was completely unaware, until now of what was happening to your cat. It kind of hit home, given that you and I got our Bengals at roughly the same time.

Is he improving by himself without any medication?

Also, one thing I noticed is that he has black spots on his skin. Is this correct or are the spots only on his fur?
 
sunama said:
I was completely unaware, until now of what was happening to your cat. It kind of hit home, given that you and I got our Bengals at roughly the same time.

Is he improving by himself without any medication?

Also, one thing I noticed is that he has black spots on his skin. Is this correct or are the spots only on his fur?
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he is virtually back to normal now without any treatment

not sure with the spots, he did have a very small amount of fur left so not sure whether the spots are on skin but I would say they are

are your 2 ok ?
 
Rotty said:
he is virtually back to normal now without any treatment
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Good to hear.

Rotty said:
not sure with the spots, he did have a very small amount of fur left so not sure whether the spots are on skin but I would say they are
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I ask this because I could see in the photo what looked like spots directly on his skin. The only cat breed in the world that has this trait is the Egyptian Mau, however, most Bengals do have Egyptian Mau genes in them (as the Asian Leopard Cat is usually cross bred with an Egyptian Mau).

Rotty said:
are your 2 ok ?
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Yep. Both of them are fine and dandy, though they are going through a minor eye infection phase, where Mr Bengal has just had it (lasted for 2 days) and now Reflex has it. I dont see it as anything major though.

Also, now that both your cats are essentially fully grown, how are they behaving with eachother? Is the British Short Hair a lot more lazier than Ace or do they have similar activity levels?
 
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