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http://theninelives.blogspot.com/2011/04/meet-cats-which-have-sprouted-wings.html
a small bit from the article:
“….And while she says her lovable Tom [the first picture] is no devil, his wings, which contain bones, make him look more like a ‘cat angel’.
But genetic experts claim there is nothing angelic or magical about the condition, which doesn’t hinder the cat’s quality of life.
They say the wings can form through poor grooming, a genetic defect or a hereditary skin condition…”
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Gonna be honest and say that I do not understand how “wings” can form through poor grooming. That’s skin and bone we’re talking about here. I mean, I have always understood “grooming” to mean brushing; unless they mean cutting things off?
This is kind of neat, but I would have been terrified if my animal suddenly started having growths or what look like extra appendages. Probably because my first reaction would be to fear cancer. I’m glad to hear that this sounds like it’s entirely benign and won’t hurt the animal though.
That is so weird. I haven’t heard of that before. I guess if it doesn’t bother the cats then it’s not so bad. I would be curious as to how they grew though or if maybe the cats were born that way.
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They say the wings can form through poor grooming, a genetic defect or a hereditary skin condition…”
Gonna be honest and say that I do not understand how “wings” can form through poor grooming. That’s skin and bone we’re talking about here. I mean, I have always understood “grooming” to mean brushing; unless they mean cutting things off?
What they meant was that in the appearance of some “wings” they are actually just long clumps of matted fur. I have seen similar images of cats like this, some with actual appendages, and some with just clumpy fur. If fur, particularly long fur, isn’t groomed and begins to mat up, some times it will pull away from the skin, forming long strands or odd shapes. We have had feral cats at the shelter with “back-packs” or other “ornaments” because of this. I wouldn’t be surprised if in some of the images online, it was actually a maintained sort of thing… like those super long, curly finger nails some people have. Let the cat get matted up on the sides to the point it is like felt, and carefully snip enough of it from the skin so that it hangs away like wings. Basically feline dread-locks.
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