r/manx

UPDATE***
After trying each and every suggestion we found a few different fosters to include our own Reddit community! I will update with the full ending and hopefully photos tomorrow. I can’t thank you enough

Thank you to this community for giving me us so much encouragement throughout this and plenty of reading material last night. Now onto the update, it’s kinda long and rambling sorry, sleep deprived.

All 12 are still alive! There are 2 that are still acting lethargic but are still eating but are also the smallest. I think they are maybe 2 weeks old as their eyes are open but ears are folded. Also, more than half either don’t have a tail or has less than held of one. No trauma seen. This morning, once petsmart opens I will get some kitten replacement formula. And continue to feed them and at least keep them warm, loved and with a full belly while I have them.

So, the ACO officer told me to bring them back Tuesday as that is when they can contact their fosters to take them but I have reserve about bring them there. It is not a no kill shelter and there isn’t one in the immediate area. The one cat charity is incredibly hard to work with. Both on them taking kittens and adopting from them, which is their choice I suppose.

I am hesitant on posting my location on here but I obviously need help. I have surgery in 2 weeks and can’t keep bottle feeding 12 kittens until they are of age to adopt. And even if I could, I don’t know 10 people that want a kitten as we would like to keep 2 but not 12 (despite my son’s protest ).

I hate to ask for more advice but is anyone familiar with an organization that takes bottle babies in the DFW? I don’t have facebook or Nextdoor and we live in a small town outside of DFW. But I’m willing to drive/coordinate for these sweet beans. Before and after photos.

Thank you again,
TLDR: all 12 are still alive but I need help finding a bottle fed kitten organization is DFW.

She is huge, at first glance I thought she was a dog.

I took Tilly to the vet last week and was told she was very underweight at 8lbs (the vet could feel her ribs, hip bones and spine sticking out 😱), since then, I've been feeding her an extra ¼ cup of kibble and she's definitely gained some weight. Only thing is I'm not sure if she's getting a little too chonky 😅 tbh she looked chonky before the vet, but I was wondering if Manxes are just naturally chonkified? She doesn't feel fat.

Hello everyone, a couple of weeks I posted about possibly adopting a Manx cat with prior history of Manx syndrome, and received some really helpful and reassuring replies from this community, thank you!

So here is cat tax - in the form of Digory! We are two weeks in now, and he is a beautiful, friendly, playful, curious boy who seems to be delighted to be out of the shelter, loving his new home, and bouncing his way very firmly into our family. So I think I am now a fully paid up member of this sub…

My bunny boy Torgo, he just turned 10 this month!

I have a few trails that don’t get a lot of traffic and it’s so nice walking with him off leash and not having to worry about him running off.. a couple times I’ve encountered people walking their dogs and his first move is to run to me.. I’ll pick him up and wait off to the side for the dogs to pass.. my only fear is aggressive dogs off leash but so far so good..

I always wanted a cat I could treat like a dog and manx are the perfect cats for that

hey! this was my old boy, travis. a good boy, the best boy :) we never knew his breed bc he found us in 2005 or so, and he ran away to die, as cats do, around late 2022/early 2023. he spent a good 17 years with us.

vet guessed he was about a year old when he found us, and despite being thin from living on the street he was still A Big Cat. he came to us with his tail already short, we assumed it had been damaged but he showed no signs of scarring or tail injury, you know? and he fits the personality and behaviour descriptions ive seen of manxes! great hunter, super friendly and loving but also stayed active and playful til he died, despite developing some arthritis or something in his hind leggies.

rip travis, you absolute legend. i love u catto boyo. (tho my friend has found a similar cat in a cornerstore in boston, so i like to say he ran away to boston to become a bodega cat.)

if yall could help me determine if travis was manx/part manx id love that. thanks in advance!

I can't wait til she settles even more while she gets used to being a spoiled housecat ❤️