(Image: Merry is sent home over night with the cannula in situ ... not something he relished)Merry continued to cause dramas in the Garstang/Huffer household this week when he escaped from the garden and got into a fight with a big ginger moggy. Well, according to Robin who witnessed the incident, it was less of a fight and more of a hammering. As they say up north, Merry got twatted!
When Merry came home an hour or so later, he was limping but otherwise he seemed fine.
The following day, which was Tuesday, he seemed okay albeit a bit sore ... Wednesday his face was all puffy, he was sleeping a lot and was beginning to go off his food ... Thursday he wasn't eating or drinking at all (even his favourite snacks) plus he was lethargic and croaking instead of meowing ... Friday we whisked him off to the vets.
Turns out he had several injuries, including various deep puncture wounds and a gash across the back of his neck, which were slowly getting infected. With no sign of blood we had completely missed them. Anyway, after three days of antibiotics, a drip, various other medications and a spell in the hospital, we're happy to report he's back at home and resuming his role of Lord of the Manor with gusto ;-)
2 comments:
Awww, poor Merry!! When Freya got out she got chased by another local cat, and didn't come home for about 8 hours!
Honestly, I thought Bengals were meant to be rough and tough!
I hope Merry is a bit better now. How on earth did that canula stay put? My boy would have ripped that out in seconds.
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