Our female cat recently had kittens (well about 12 weeks ago), there are 5 of them and we still have them. One of them isn't like the rest, he walks and performs tasks like he has Parkinson's. Very shaky. He is also overly attention seeking and poos and pees everywhere when the other lot manage to do just fine in the litter trays.

Possible our kitty is disabled, or just a bit slower than the rest?

Of course they can. Take the kitten to the vet.

Poor wee thing.Maybe it was starved of oxygen at birth.Like Susan Boyle.

Yes of course they can, We had an epileptic cat who was also a bit on the slow side (mentally) but live a reasonably long and very contented life with us. As long as he had food and a fuss made of him, he was very happy.

Died of natural causes in the end and we didn't need to have him put down or anything.

Yeah, I used to know an epileptic dog. Lunch, his name was. Gorgeous little mongrel.

Ahh, that's sad. I've know that some kittens can be born with short front legs so that they look almost like squirrels but that is due to interbreeding eg brother and sister. It seems that you have the runt of the litter - he probably was starved of goodness or oxygen in his mother's womb. Definitely take it to the vet for real diagnosis.

One of my cats is deaf and brain damaged due to her mother having feline panleukopenia (I think I have the spelling correct ) when she was expecting.

Her co-ordination and balance aren't great, although she compensates well for it now, and all her movements are a bit jerky.

I don't think she sees particularly well in the dark either as she's very cautious then.

Oh, and she's completely hyperactive - if she were human, she'd have gained several ASBOs by now, and probably a stretch in youth detention!

We call her either 'special needs' or 'damaged goods', depending on the day!

She's the happiest, most loving cat in the world though, and I wouldn't change her for anything...

One of my boys was born with only one eye - the other was just an empty socket with a tiny little stalk thing in it.

The vet said that it simply hadn't grown, and to leave it for a few weeks to see if it would do so.

It eventually did grow, although it is not an eye as such, it is like a beautiful milky marble.

His vision is very poor in the eye that he does have, and his depth perception, and spatial awareness are not good, nor is his night vision. However, he is the only one of my gang who has ever caught a bird!

Two weeks ago, he caught a pigeon one one day, and a magpie the next! He has never ever done it before. (He is fourteen (or is it fifteen?? Must get my diary out))

My last dog Taz was born blind and with deformed back legs. The blindness was never really much of an issue unless I changed the room around, or left something in his way. He could still play fetch too. I'd just count down from 3 before throwing a toy and he'd listen for it landing, then sniff it out.

The legs were a bit more of a problem as he got older but for the most part he had little trouble getting around or even running. He just looked odd, because he hopped like a bunny when he ran.