Not a pet, but I absolutely love the videos of humans helping out wild animals in need

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7. My cat was at least partly a Japanese bobtail, too.

His tail was shorter than a usual tail, and had about a 45 degree crook in it about halfway down. I thought it had gotten shut in a door or something. The base veterinarian explained that it was a genetic defect common to Japanese cats, rather like a feline scoliosis. He also said that the folklore around this defect was that Japanese royalty liked to eir royal rings on theirs rings cats tails at night and had selectively bred for the crooked tail trait because the rings didn’t fall off the crooked tails.

I decided to name this kitty Magata Shippo-San, which meant Miss Crooked tail, and call her Maggie. In just a few weeks, it became obvious that Maggie had testicles, so was renamed Max.

Mac was also part Turkish Swimming cat, aka Turkish Van. His ears and crooked tail were orange, and the rest of him was white. He didn’t mind getting wet. He was quite a character, and even people who didn’t like cats liked Max. 🐈