<div><p>A tiny kitten and her siblings were brought to a shelter in April 2016. Volunteers took one look at the littlest girl and recognized that something was wrong...</p><p> "She was considerably smaller than her siblings and the staff at the shelter noticed she was walking weird," Marnie Russ told <strong><strong>Love Meow</strong></strong>.</p><div><figure><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-94.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-94_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-94_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"> Little Roo Russ</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Soon enough they knew what was wrong: she was born without elbow joints! Marnie specializes in special care kitties, but she only intended to foster Little Roo. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>After she brought the precious baby home, she realized that her love was too strong to resist. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-95.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-95_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-95_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-95_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-95_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-95_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"> Little Roo Russ</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Little Roo began therapy and soon enough she was playing mischievously like every normal kitten. Nothing can stop Little Roo! She's learned to walk around on her hind legs, like a kangaroo!</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-96.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-96_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-96_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-96_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-96_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-96_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Little Roo Russ</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-97.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-97_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-97_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-97_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-97_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-97_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank">Little Roo Russ</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Little Roo stayed with her favorite family and grew stronger with every passing day! She eventually grew strong enough to use her front legs like a normal kitty. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-98.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-98_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-98_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-98_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-98_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-98_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank">Little Roo Russ</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Now she's a real stunner! Wow!</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-99.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-99_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-99_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-99_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-99_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-99_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html" target="_blank"> Little Roo Russ</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Follow this fabulous kitty on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/littlerooruss/">Facebook</a>! If you'd like to, you can contribute to Roo's charity of choice: National Kitten Coalition <a href="http://kittencoalition.org/">here</a>.</p><p>[h/t <a href="http://www.lovemeow.com/runty-kitty-born-without-elbow-joints-blossoms-into-a-beautiful-floofy-2179430601.html">Love Meow</a>]</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p></div>
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