This morning, bright and early, Roscoe and I were back in our least favorite place the V*T’s office! Most of the swelling from his encounter with the bungee cord has simmered down, but there was still a good bit of swelling under his chin. It was hard as a rock and I suspected an abscess so off we went.
It indeed had abscessed and also had coccidia inside of it, so they gave him a shot, and opened up the wound to drain it. He was not a happy camper. They flushed it out and gave him another shot an antibiotic because he still has issues swallowing. Poor boy was moaning, he was so scared and in pain, but he is doing much better now that he is home.
You can see the swelling under his chin in the photo –
Am trying to take in a semi-feral? She is ear tipped and while she doesn’t want to be touched, she winks at me and after seven weeks of feeding her, she sometimes is not so skittish.
I put her age at about a year.
She eats hungrily. Devouring two 3 ounce cans of cat food a day as well as a dish of dry food and treats.
Our indoor ten year old cat, who watches Meatball, the semi feral, through the window originally hissed and growled but seems to be growing more accostumed to the cat on the deck.
I live in Brooklyn, NYC. Any advice would be welcomed. Thank you.
It is a minor miracle if you don’t have grey hair by now!
Roscoe should feel better as he continues to heal.
Sparkle-y dreams for you tonight, calm and peaceful, and hope you awaken to a beautiful morning.
Gobbling everything in sight is a stray cat trait. They never know where their next meal is coming from (plus she probably has worms) You can set up a routine schedule with her and put her food out at certain times of the day and stick to the schedule as rigourously as possible. This allows her to do two things- trust you and realize that food will always be there. Ideally trapping her and getting her to the vet would be a good thing. The ear tip does it look clean or ragged? If ragged it could have been torn off in a fight- if clean and concise, she has been spayed before being part of another colony.
Hang in there, Roscoe. You probably don’t believe it, but you should be feeling better soon.
Madeline, good luck with your kittie. If things are laid out so you can, you might try to sitting close by while she eats. Stay just far enough away she doesn’t run off, and try to move a little closer every day or so. Talking to her while she eats might help, too. The theory is you’re trying to build a link between food (good) and you (also good, although the kittie probably doesn’t believe that yet).