Kitten Umbilical Cord Hernia Background. During the prenatal development, fetus kitten takes the nutrients from its mom through if we remove the cord too soon, we risk preventing the abdominal wall to heal and close off completely and correctly. All umbilical hernias will cause an outward bulging in the area of the umbilicus or belly button.
There is often a hereditary element to this.
This does not help and occlusion of the site is not recommended. I think she is about eight weeks old. More stock photos from viktoria kabanova' portfolio. In rare instances, the umbilical ring does not close, and variable portions of the intestines remain in the extracelomic cavity to present at birth as congenital hernia into the umbilical cord, which is a normal developmental herniation in early fatal life but it may persist and to be manifested at birth as a 18.