Do runts of a litter have health problems later in life? Asking

Dumb catposter

All cats should be killed on sight.

>>2316726
Health issues due to being a runt? Not always, sometimes they are perfectly healthy. And just being the smallest one in a litter doesn't always make it a runt. Runts are smaller than the average animal of that age, so even the smallest kitten of a litter may still be average size as a whole. Generally an unhealthy runt is seen right at birth; they have trouble breathing, eating, become ill, and later on develop slower. If none of that happened you're probably fine.

Your cat will get health problems later in life though.

>>2316728
Fuck you nigger

one of my cats was (unintentionally) a product of inbreeding, and is also the runt of said litter. my cousins took in a stray that ended up being pregnant, they kept a male from the litter but didn't get either fixed in a short enough order. that being said, this cat is the biggest pain in my ass. around the age of 4 or 5, he had to get a surgery on his dick so that he could pee without getting crystals stuck. the surgery was the only option after he blocked up 3x after having a catheter inserted/removed. he has a malformed bowel which requires high fiber foods. not just any high fiber foods, but prescription ones, because whatever shit they put in them works so much better (royal canin is such shit food) but at least it saves us from going to the vet for him to get an enema when constipated. oh, and we also give him miralax daily. none of this is to say your cat specifically will have all kinds of issues. some non-runts have it way worse off and some runts have 0 problems. just be ready for if/when something happens.

>>2316726
My cat Lucy was the runt of her litter. Her mother actually abandoned her; she'd nurse the rest of her litter but not Lucy. So I adopted her and bottle-fed her.

She's about 14 now and her only health issue is a heart murmur. Dunno if that has anything to due with her small size.

>>2316853
cool

>>2316828
>having cats
>having cats that breed
>having cats that cats breed with their siblings
>having inbred falling apart cats kept alive through multiple surgeries, drugs and fucking enemas

you and your family sound like a bunch of retards

>>2316728
Dumb "Dumb Xposter" poster

>>2316726
What causes runts? What's the actual definition of a runt if not smaller and weaker than its littermates?

>>2316726
>family cat got pregnant
>gave birth to four kitties, two are runts
>the runts die within the first days of birth
Wouldn't be able to say, anon. If it survived it should be ok