medicated -- EXPLORED
the ongoing misadventures of Simon:
This cat is going to give me gray hair!
Last Friday, I call all the cats in for dinner. Everyone shows up but Simon.
I don't get worried right away when that happens. Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes for them to respond, and since his 3 day disappearance back in the spring, and him showing back up like nothing had even happened, I feel better knowing that he can obviously take care of himself.
So. I feed everyone else and call again. No Simon.
Larry and I go out to grab a bite to eat, and when I get home I try calling again.......nothing.
Now I'm getting a little more concerned. After calling and calling, I finally gave up and went back in the house.
A few hours later I went back out and tried again.
In the quiet of the night, I thought I heard a faint cry. I go back in the house and get a flashlight. Larry and I go back out and try to locate where the crying is coming from.
Nothing. It was dark as hell and you couldn't see a thing, and the crying had stopped.
I finally gave up, said a little prayer that Simon would find his way back to the house, and went up to bed.
Next thing you know, my cell phone is ringing. It's Larry.
Get my step-son, grab a flashlight and come out back. He found the cat........waaaaaaaaaaay up a tree!
So there we were in the dark, with the extension ladder.
My stepson is holding the ladder, I'm holding the flashlight, and Larry is about 35ft. up trying to pry Simon off of a branch.
By some small miracle, nobody got hurt!
That was last week.
Yesterday, Simon was lying on the couch sleeping. I didn't think anything of it.
He takes naps many afternoons there.
But, when Raven decided that she wanted to lay on the couch and tried to get Simon to move by barking , and he didn't move like he usually does when she gets in his face, I realized something wasn't right.
When I picked him up and set him on the floor, he wouldn't put any weight at all on his right front leg, and I could see that the top part of the leg was completely swollen.
After carefully feeling to make sure that nothing was broken, I realized he had most likely been bitten by something.
Off to the vets
Sure enough...there were puncture wounds.
I can't be sure what bit him...it could have been one of the other cats, or something from back in the woods.
He got a rabies booster, plus an antibiotic. He also got some pain medication....the reason why his pupils are so large here.
I'm happy to report that he's doing much better today!
medicated -- EXPLORED
the ongoing misadventures of Simon:
This cat is going to give me gray hair!
Last Friday, I call all the cats in for dinner. Everyone shows up but Simon.
I don't get worried right away when that happens. Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes for them to respond, and since his 3 day disappearance back in the spring, and him showing back up like nothing had even happened, I feel better knowing that he can obviously take care of himself.
So. I feed everyone else and call again. No Simon.
Larry and I go out to grab a bite to eat, and when I get home I try calling again.......nothing.
Now I'm getting a little more concerned. After calling and calling, I finally gave up and went back in the house.
A few hours later I went back out and tried again.
In the quiet of the night, I thought I heard a faint cry. I go back in the house and get a flashlight. Larry and I go back out and try to locate where the crying is coming from.
Nothing. It was dark as hell and you couldn't see a thing, and the crying had stopped.
I finally gave up, said a little prayer that Simon would find his way back to the house, and went up to bed.
Next thing you know, my cell phone is ringing. It's Larry.
Get my step-son, grab a flashlight and come out back. He found the cat........waaaaaaaaaaay up a tree!
So there we were in the dark, with the extension ladder.
My stepson is holding the ladder, I'm holding the flashlight, and Larry is about 35ft. up trying to pry Simon off of a branch.
By some small miracle, nobody got hurt!
That was last week.
Yesterday, Simon was lying on the couch sleeping. I didn't think anything of it.
He takes naps many afternoons there.
But, when Raven decided that she wanted to lay on the couch and tried to get Simon to move by barking , and he didn't move like he usually does when she gets in his face, I realized something wasn't right.
When I picked him up and set him on the floor, he wouldn't put any weight at all on his right front leg, and I could see that the top part of the leg was completely swollen.
After carefully feeling to make sure that nothing was broken, I realized he had most likely been bitten by something.
Off to the vets
Sure enough...there were puncture wounds.
I can't be sure what bit him...it could have been one of the other cats, or something from back in the woods.
He got a rabies booster, plus an antibiotic. He also got some pain medication....the reason why his pupils are so large here.
I'm happy to report that he's doing much better today!