When I woke up to take my gf to school monday, we saw a neighborhood stray cat outside in our driveway. She hasn't been spotted for 4days, she used to come around and I would feed her some of my inside cat's food, but she always came around at least once a day. Always nice healthy purring and what not.
Monday though she was nothing but skin and bones and had some gluey substance all over her stomach and legs. Turns out the "glue" was an infected puss that was leaking from her two wounds she suffered. The vet said that she most likely got attacked and hide for the past few days and came to me for help. I rushed her to the Novi Animal hospital where they gave her saline fluids and anitbiotics, treated the wounds and some pain meds. They also shaved alot of her hair in some spots and bathed her.
Dr. Novi(awesome vet!) informed that the cat had two very serious wounds, and was showing signs of jaundice and possible liver/kidney problems. They did some blood worked that showed some other possible problems as well. She asked that I take the cat in as my own since I was paying the bill. Soo.. in short I have a new inside cat named Panther, shes very sweet but is still very feral. I gave her fluids this morning and about an hr ago via an 18gauge needle and saline bag, I was given a crash course at the vets office lol.
She finally ate some wet food today and drank some water. Still has not regained enough energy to purr but meows at me. She is leaking stuff all over my man room which I have been taking care of with wet wipes but all the signs of jaundice has gone and the puss is slowly clearing up, with only a slight ting of yellow. Her urine has gone from orange(at the vet) to yellowish, so the fluids are helping. Shes not out of danger though until she clears her infection, but is getting antibiotics twice a day. She has gone from half dead to looking like she's going to be ok. It had me to tears driving her to the vet seeing her covered barely being able to utter a meow.
The folks at Novi Animal hospital were so nice and helped me out so much. I don't have much money to go around as it is but I can't live with myself if I didn't do something. They found some antibiotics around their center and some appetite enhancer, free of charge. So I paid everything else out of pocket, but they said when she picked up that they would spade her for free.
I didn't plan on having a second house cat, a feral one at that but she hasn't attacked me yet lol. Pics show the wounds and her sweet side I think she will be a great cat, I really love her to death all ready. She is such a fighter. I have another appt. on Thursday to ck blood work again and ck the wounds. They said it's best to let it drain and not stitch it up, being that it's so inflamed and infected.
Wish me and panther luck everyone!
p.s. she loves my man room and all the fish tanks!
Monday though she was nothing but skin and bones and had some gluey substance all over her stomach and legs. Turns out the "glue" was an infected puss that was leaking from her two wounds she suffered. The vet said that she most likely got attacked and hide for the past few days and came to me for help. I rushed her to the Novi Animal hospital where they gave her saline fluids and anitbiotics, treated the wounds and some pain meds. They also shaved alot of her hair in some spots and bathed her.
Dr. Novi(awesome vet!) informed that the cat had two very serious wounds, and was showing signs of jaundice and possible liver/kidney problems. They did some blood worked that showed some other possible problems as well. She asked that I take the cat in as my own since I was paying the bill. Soo.. in short I have a new inside cat named Panther, shes very sweet but is still very feral. I gave her fluids this morning and about an hr ago via an 18gauge needle and saline bag, I was given a crash course at the vets office lol.
She finally ate some wet food today and drank some water. Still has not regained enough energy to purr but meows at me. She is leaking stuff all over my man room which I have been taking care of with wet wipes but all the signs of jaundice has gone and the puss is slowly clearing up, with only a slight ting of yellow. Her urine has gone from orange(at the vet) to yellowish, so the fluids are helping. Shes not out of danger though until she clears her infection, but is getting antibiotics twice a day. She has gone from half dead to looking like she's going to be ok. It had me to tears driving her to the vet seeing her covered barely being able to utter a meow.
The folks at Novi Animal hospital were so nice and helped me out so much. I don't have much money to go around as it is but I can't live with myself if I didn't do something. They found some antibiotics around their center and some appetite enhancer, free of charge. So I paid everything else out of pocket, but they said when she picked up that they would spade her for free.
I didn't plan on having a second house cat, a feral one at that but she hasn't attacked me yet lol. Pics show the wounds and her sweet side I think she will be a great cat, I really love her to death all ready. She is such a fighter. I have another appt. on Thursday to ck blood work again and ck the wounds. They said it's best to let it drain and not stitch it up, being that it's so inflamed and infected.
Wish me and panther luck everyone!
p.s. she loves my man room and all the fish tanks!
