What do you think is wrong with this Kitten?

I volunteer with quite a few cat rescues. Yesterday I was at an in store shelter at Petsmart to clean cages and meet/play with the kitties. I noticed a litter of 3 kittens that i had seen at a different location last week (with the same rescue, just different store). I didn't pay too much attention to them last week, as there were many other volunteers there. Though yesterday I brought them out to run around a bit. Two of the kittens were crazy and playing with all of the other cats that were out of their cages. However, one kitten was awkwardly sitting/lying down right where I'd put him. He hadn't moved at all. I got down on the floor and tried to coax him to play or move a bit, but he didnt do anything. I thought maybe he was blind but he followed my finger when I moved it in front of him and he payed attention to noise so he isn't deaf. When I really looked at his face, I noticed that he looks different. He has a weird bump on the bridge of his nose, as if he formed funny. His eyes are quite squinty and look really distant. He walks quite awkward and when I move him to another side of the room he doesn't notice until he's been there for a few minutes. It's hard to explain but is like he doesn't understand that he's been moved and then when it finally clicks that he isn't in the same spot he kind of panics. Though his panicking is just wide eyes and meowing, he still sits in that awkward crouch. Also, he doesn't make any noise. He opens up to meow and no sound comes out. I got him to purr VERY lightly, it was so light I wasn't sure if it was really him. While they were out of their cages, there were about 5 other cats out as well. They were all playing together and were very hyper as they had been in their cages all night. Every cat stayed away from this special kitten. Even the super crazy cat that was trying to play with everybody. He looked at the kittens face and ****** his head then walked away. He didnt even try to play. I thought maybe being with other cats freaked him out so I took him out alone and he still wouldn't do anything. I took him out with just him and his litter mates and he did nothing. At one point, he used his litter box and tried to cover his business with a blanket, instead of using the litter. Though I'm not sure if that as just an average confusion.

I'm sorry it's a bad description. I'm just not sure how to describe him. His siblings looked totally normal and acted completely normal. This kitten had a weird shaped head and a bump in between his eyes on the bridge of his nose. He looks really distant and isn't interested in anything. His siblings were stiff when being held but this little guy would just go floppy. He was lying on my lap and was trying to knead me, but he didn't take his claws out and was just rubbing his hand up and down my leg, though it was obvious he was trying to knead me.His eyes are squinty but not cloudy. He walks kinda funny and silently meows. However he did love to be wrapped in a blanket and cuddled. He's 12 weeks old and a short haired black cat. His mother was a stray so I'm not sure if he was inbred somehow.

I just want to hear your opinions as to what his problem might be and what would be the best thing for him! I'm thinking of adopting him, I fell in love with him!

2013-04-28T20:47:50Z

Also, they've had their first hits and deworming and check up by a vet. I'm not sure if the vet said anything about him being "different" as I didn't have the medical papers! But he is healthy, just acts and looks really weird. I also watched him from afar when I want in the room to see if he was just nervous around me, but he don't move at all.

2013-04-28T20:48:42Z

Oh gosh I meant shots not hits! Man auto correct got me..

?2013-04-28T21:06:15Z

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At first it sounded like he just didn't want to play but the more i read the more worried I got. It sounds like he needs to go to a vet, this thing might have developed over time and when s/he was vetted they didn't notice. I hope he doesn't get any of the other cats sick. I found a website with things s/he could have, its got a pretty wide range of possibility's for it.

hls2013-04-28T20:47:49Z

The best thing would be a visit to the veterinarian.

He or she might have worms, toxoplasmids, etc. Also possible is feline leukemia,
and others.