12/05/2025
🚨HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY 🎂🚨
Our perfectly imperfect Joey is celebrating his 2nd birthday 🎈
We don't know the exact date, but we know it's this month :) and it's cause for celebration 🎉 of a very special little boy who wins the hearts of everyone that he meets.
We saved Joey 2 years ago from a Quebec shelter at the age of 6 weeks old and he has been in foster care ever since 😭
Joey is a very special boy and we are still looking for a very special family to welcome this boy into their lives.
Joey is what is called a "tail pull kitty"
He most likely was picked up by his tail as a baby and the nerve endings disconnected at the tail base causing Joey to have a limp tail and causing him to become incontinent. He was dropped off at a shelter as a wee baby saying that "they found him" which is highly unlikely - I'm sure that they noticed something wasn't quite right with his p*eing abilities.
Joey is one of the lucky ones though‼️
Joey has full use of his limbs and full mobility. *Most* tail pull kitties 🐈 are also paralyzed in their back end too and they can't walk but they too can also live great lives.
Joey's first foster mom, Jessica and myself have become well versed in what Joey needs - we saved Joey because we knew he could live a GOOD LIFE even with his disability. We both belong to a group that specializes in the same types of cats 🐈as Joey. There are over 10k in the fb group from Canada, USA and UK and these cats are ALL living their best lives and the advice is top notch in this group. They are perfectly imperfect cats 🐈with so much love to give and they all are so loved ❤️. Once you love one of these guys, they keep a big part of your heart.
About Joey :
*Joey needs to be manually expressed minimum 3 times per day.
It's not hard once you get the hang of it. We express him over the bathroom sink with his paws on my chest. He PURRS and rubs his head under my chin as I tell him "good boy" ...it's adorable and he knows he's being helped.
*Joey needs to wear a diaper because he dribbles a bit in between his manual expressing.
*Joey 💩on his own
*He eats urinary tract wet food - he's had 2 urinary tract infection in his 2 years of life and this is part of keeping him healthy.
*Joey requires diaper free time too and this is also part of avoiding infections. There are a few ways that this is accommodated - if I'm leaving him for a work day he has the use of my bathroom that is all ceramic tile floor for easy clean up of the dribbles. I also have an XXL crate that I will line with p*e pads and blankets for a shorter time period.
*Joey sometimes puts up a fuss when it's diaper change time - he just grumbles and whines.
He sounds 🔊just like STEWART FROM MAD TV 😝🤣🤣 I just realized this a few weeks ago and his previous foster mom agrees 100% ...we still are giggling about this recent discovery 🤣
We should have called him "Stewart" lol
*Joey has PERSONALITY PLUS ‼️
He's one of a kind and he's perfectly imperfect. He is loving.
He loves sleeping curled up at my side. He is a very cool little dude weighing in at 9 pounds. He runs, jumps, plays, loves just like "normal" kitties do. He also travels 🧳 well in the car and is harness/leash trained.
We would love for Joey to have his own home 🏠. It's been almost 2 years since we rescued him. There are so many kitties just like Joey out there all living their best lives.
We know it will take a very special person to welcome this boy into their lives. We love him dearly and we know that there is someone out there for our Stewart sound 🔉 alike...
He is PERFECTLY JOEY ♥️
If you think you are Joey's person, please apply at :
https://forms.gle/xGJtLaSiZnSDAxfV9
