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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on March 10, 2007, 18:09:42 PM
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Had a phone call earlier off a lady who's looking after a few ferals on some farmland. I tnr'd them a couple of years ago and up until now we've not had too many probs with them. She phoned me earlier to say one of the ferals is holding his front leg up and he's the most timid one, he has like a deep red mark round his front leg and is looking very sorry for himself. He's usually there in the day so I'm going to drop a trap round tomorrow.........I'm a bit worried about getting him as he's not going to be the easiest with him being the most timid. Fingers crossed I'll manage to get him without too much hassle.......she did have one a couple of years ago that injured his leg, and he'd disappeared a couple of days later.........he never returned and was never found :(
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Will keep my fingers crossed for you and him Dawn.
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will b keeping my fingers crossed for u both also
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Some people really do expect too much at one time we were providing a farmer with 400 tins a month as he said he could not afford the food, guess what he was loaded.
Reguarding the ferals, although we have 12 traps, maybe 11 cos I think a foster can't remember where one is (slapped legs) I have just purchased 2 of the catch nets. I didn't ask the price I just ordered two, then was told that will be £217.38, when I came round I gave my credit card number.
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God thats a lot of money for 2 isnt it
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What a performance :censored: Been down to the farm, so close to catching the injured feral........he went so far in the trap and another feral which turned up a few weeks ago appeared and started chasing him :'( I had my lights on on my car as there's no outside lights near where the cats are, I went to start my engine and low and behold, my battery was flat :censored: Someone who will remain nameless, Lainey thought it was hilarious whilst on the phone to me to think of me as stranded on a farm for the night :P I've given it up as a bad job tonight, hopefully we'll have some luck in catching him tomorrow. I've not managed to see the wound with it being dark but she said there's quite a bit of fur missing off his front paw and she's not sure if it's broken or not :'( Once I catch him, I'll get him sorted and let him recuperate here for a few days before releasing him back again. Whilst he's here I'm going to try and trap the other feral for neutering as it's doubtful he's been done. I managed to collar the farmer for some jump leads so luckily he saved my day ;)
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Still no luck with the feral :'( He's been out today and his leg is bleeding quite a lot from what the woman has said, he's still hobbling around. I left the trap with her today but because the others were around, it's very hard to trap him :censored: I've been there this evening but it's dark and cold and I think the cat has had his fill for today. I've asked her not to feed them in the morning and I'll try to go over there myself.
I was hoping to spend some time there today but bad boy Billy who's my babe is in hubby's bad books today :scared: He decided to jump onto the back of the telly in the bedroom this morning, knocking it off it's stand and breaking the screen :censored: I didn't think hubby would appreciate me mentioning trapping feral cats today so I thought better of it and waited until he'd calmed down a little :um:
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Fingers crossed you catch him soon Dawn.
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Still no luck :'( I bought him some chicken and coley today, put some in the trap, trap came down but sadly his back end was still out a little bit so he managed to leg it out backwards :censored: I'm going to have to try again in the morning :-:
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Hope you manage to get him, poor little chap.
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I'm going to have to try again in the morning
Shame you don't live nearer to us as you could then borrow one of our catch nets,
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I'm going to have to try again in the morning
Shame you don't live nearer to us as you could then borrow one of our catch nets,
How do the catch nets work Ela meaning is it just a normal net and are they easy to get the cat out of.........I would be worried about them getting tangled up in them.
He's been seen again this morning so I'm going down shortly, hopefully he'll be hungry enough.
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:censored: so close & yet so far - all bits crossed you get him DD xxxxxx
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:censored: so close & yet so far - all bits crossed you get him DD xxxxxx
Cheers Gail :hug: I will get him if it kills me.......lol. The vet is on standby for him so I can wizz him straight in when I get him.
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I would be worried about them getting tangled up in them.
The are fine, like the nets (on poles) that the RSPCA use. They are very handy (if you can get near enough) also if cats are under sheds you can get the net under and somehow cajole the cat out.
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:censored: so close & yet so far - all bits crossed you get him DD xxxxxx
Cheers Gail :hug: I will get him if it kills me.......lol. The vet is on standby for him so I can wizz him straight in when I get him.
I know you will DD - if any one can you can - I just hope you get him in time to save his leg :scared: - gentle soothing vibes on the way.
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Still no luck :( He was seen at 6.30 this morning and I haven't seen him all day and I've literally been there hours. The unneutered tom has been attacking the farm cats so this could be why the injured one hasn't appeared. I've just come home to feed my "neglected" family before they all starve to death and then I'm going back down there. I've left the two traps and I've fed the other ferals but I'm hoping either the injured one turns up or the nasty unneutered one goes in the trap........if he does, he's already booked in for the chop in the morning and he'll have to stay here for a few days. I'm hoping with him out of the way, it will be easier to catch the injured one.
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He turned up but wouldn't go anywhere near the trap. I've had to admit defeat and give him a little food......he's hardly had anything the last 4 days and today he wouldn't have had anything :'( I'm worried about him getting too weak if he's not eating and the weather's cold so he needs something inside him. I think if the trap hadn't have caught his back end yesterday, I would have caught him but sod's law, it wasn't meant to be. The good news is I've caught the unneutered one :evillaugh: He's a lovely cat really, quite loveable with humans but a bully to other cats. He's in for the chop tomorrow and he can stay here until I've caught the injured one and then he can go back.
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awwww i hope u get him soon
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The unneutered one is now in the vets having the chop. When checking him last night, I noticed his cheeks were very rounded which can mean typical mature tom but on feeling them they felt really hard :-: I've mentioned it to the vet and on just a quick diagnosis she thinks he has severe thickening of the skin, I've not heard of this before so I'm not so sure but she's going to give him a proper inspection whilst he's under. Hopefully it's something and nothing and he can be sorted out.
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Just picked the little one up from the vets and he's fine. He's had a couple of swipes at the vet nurse and gave her a couple of scratches but he's extremely frightened bless him. His cheeks have been checked and they can't find anything untoward apart from the thickening, I've got to speak to the vet later to see if there's any treatment he needs for them. Whilst in the vets he decided to have a wee in his carrier so my car and myself now reek of tom cat smell :censored:
The injured one hasn't been seen today but again the farm is busy. It's raining now but the traps still out and the lady is going to give me a ring if he appears. If I can't get him in the trap, I think I will have to use the grasper on him or try and borrow a net from somewhere........I can't leave him too long untreated.
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Aww, any more news on this one Dawn? Good that the unneutered tom is done now.
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Not as yet Des. He's still around but he's still too scared of the trap so I've left the trap unset and he's being fed as normal over the weekend as I'm working, and I'll have another go either Sunday evening or Monday. The other one can stay here until I manage to catch the injured one and then he can go back.
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This gorgeous little babe is now sat in the trap and he'll be in the vets first thing in the morning :yesss: :yesss: :yesss: :yesss:
I've not managed to have a look at him as I've only just got in with him, he went really submissive in the trap and lay on his back.......poor, poor babe :'( :'( :'(
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Aww, am so glad you have caught him and he can be sorted now.
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I've just emailed Sean to give him the news :evillaugh: :evillaugh: I'm a bit concerned really, I'm not sure what's going to happen if he has to have his leg amputated :'( Although the farm is safe, it's right near a main road so I'm going to have to have a chat with the lady who feeds him and try and sort something out. It may not be safe for him to go back......I just don't know as yet, I'll have to wait and see what Sean finds in the morning. Hopefully, he's got an infected wound and a course of antibiotics will sort him.
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This little man is now in the vets. We won't know whether or not his leg is broken until he's been knocked out..........he is not a happy kitty and is very agressive :'( Sean has said if it's a hairline fracture, then he would suggest leaving it but if it's broken, the leg is going to have to come off. He said there is no way he is putting a cast on him as it will totally freak him out and he doesn't think he'll cope with being caged for 6 weeks. I've got to phone up this afternoon and hopefully the news will be good.
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:'( :'(
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What news, Dawn?
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It's good news for this little fella :) He's had 2 x rays and nothing is broken. The leg is extremely swollen though and he has soft tissue damage which is more than likely due to a cat bite, and I think I have the little culprit here :shify: They inserted a needle and there was no pus but it was on the verge of turning so it looks like we got him just in time. He's had an injection of Convenia and also an injection of Lincocin, he's also been wormed and defleaded. He's got to go back in a couple of days for a check up where he will have to be sedated again. He's not a very friendly cat, the vet nurse described him as dangerous but he's just extremely frightened. I will try and take some piccies later.
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Poor little sausage. Glad you got to him in the nick of time - hope he relaxes a little bit soon.
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Poor little sausage. Glad you got to him in the nick of time - hope he relaxes a little bit soon.
I do feel awful for him, he's the most timid out of the feral cats on the farm and no one can get near him.....if only he could understand you are just trying to help him :'( As soon as he's had his check up on Friday, as long as the vets are pleased with him, he can spend another day here to recover from sedation and then go home again on Saturday. He gets fed where he is so he can be monitored on a daily basis.........I just dread it if I had to trap him again :'(
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well done Dawn. Sounds like you got to him just in time. ;D
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Aww, I am so glad it is positive news for the little one, fingers crossed he gets cleared on his check up and can go back home.
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After having a chat with hubby last night, we've decided the "naughty" one that I took to be neutered can stay here and be rehomed :Luv: :Luv: He is such a lovely cat and it would be a shame for him to go back, I'm sure he will make someone a fab pet :Luv: :Luv:
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we've decided the "naughty" one that I took to be neutered can stay here and be rehomed
What a surprise. ;D
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we've decided the "naughty" one that I took to be neutered can stay here and be rehomed
What a surprise. ;D
I know but what can I do :Dont know: And it's much better for the injured one that he stays here :evillaugh:
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And it's much better for the injured one that he stays here
;) Of course it is. I have to admit I know what you mean. It is difficult to let go especially if the little one is not 100%
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The one that I'm keeping is the one I had neutered, not the one with the poorly leg. I would love to keep him here but he's totally wild and it wouldn't be fair on him, all he's ever known is the farm and even though life isn't perfect for him, it's home and he loves it and he's happy there :Luv:
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I agree that it unfar to keep a wild cat caged up, there would be no qualiity life for tit would there?
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If I knew he would settle here, it wouldn't be a problem but he has got a home so it's not an issue. Obviously if he couldn't go back, then I would attempt to integrate him........I have got some wildies here that I can't get near, but they are happy and settled. They have free run of the house and take over every room, even our bedroom and the bed :censored: :rofl:
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They have free run of the house and take over every room, even our bedroom and the bed
I have Brindly leg here Pic on my site (Sponsor page). There is no way I can touch him, he has the run of the house. he must be 15 ish now I had him and his brother as kittens, at the time I had numerous feral kittens and all but the two brothers tamed down. As he had really known nothing else (except as very small kittens) they were fine in the house. One day a few years ago his brother was just laying under my bed. I moved the bed and was able to pick him up so I knew all was not well, sadly there was nothing that could be done for him.
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I like to think of my two unhandlables as work in progress!
Ace will be 4 in June and we will have had him 2 years and he doesn't do touching or humans at all really but has now started jumping on to the sink near where I cut breakfast for them at night and will take a bit of food so long as my hand isn't to close and he loves the laser pen and all the other cats and even our dog he is also sociable and spends his time at night in the lounge with us but far enough away so we can't touch. he has at least stopped launching himself from a great height at us and alsthough involved in the mass escape he allowed himself to be trapped making a fine mess of his face but he is now home and happy.
Sailor came back to us 15 months ago till his owners sorted out their home rpossession with his sister Amber and they are now ours to as theowners never came back. He lives upstairs in our study and will now tolerate stroking if you ignore the hissing and lunging and is a happy wee soul but not human orientated unlike his tortie sister who is now Robins stalker and for the first time in her life has put a paw out the door and is discovering the delights of grass at the weekends on supervised outings - she has dodgy hips so its only 2 days a week as she seems to need the other 5 to recover her beauty sleep!
So wild is an interesting term depends on their creature comforts! :innocent:
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Here's a couple of piccies of the 2 gorgeous boys :Luv: :Luv:
The injured feral is the one in the cage, and the other who is probably the one that injured him is lay on the blanket :Luv: The injured one is blind in one eye but looking at the pic, he may have a problem in the other eye as well :'(
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The injured babe is back in the vets this morning for his checkup. I've decided I'll keep him here til Monday and that way, he'll have a couple more days rest.
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Have everything crossed for that gorgous wildy xxx
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Just spoken to Sean and I'm a little bit peed off :censored: When I rang yesterday about the ferals leg, I was told there was only tissue damage. This is what the other vet had said when he checked the x rays. Sean's dealt with him today and he said he can see shadowing round the wrist joint which is due to a fracture. He said it's not a bad one but obviously it will slow him down a little bit. I also asked him to check his eyes for me........one is fine, the other one he thinks he's probably got about 25% vision in it. The cause he thinks was a damaged tooth and root, this has now been removed and he's also taken out another tooth which was wobbly. He should be waking up shortly and I will then be able to pick him up.
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Anne rang me today to tell me he was getting treated. She is very grateful that he is getting some help. Do hope he will soon be fine and thank you for your good work.
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Hi Mariner :thanks: and :welcome: I've spoken to Anne this morning but haven't yet updated her on the latest news. I'm going out shortly to pick him up, fingers crossed he'll be okay but at least Ann can monitor him on a daily basis and if there's any problems we will just have to attempt to catch him again :Crazy:
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Father cat is fine and he will be going home tomorrow......he definitely doesn't appreciate being confined and in a house so the sooner the better for him really. He isn't stressed out but if he could rip me to shreds he would :rofl: My newbie resident Mr bully cat who is also from the farm, has now been name "Dudley".......we still need a name for Father cat (as Anne calls him) so if anyone has any idea's we would appreciate it :)
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Just a quick update.....Father cat is a lot better, he has a slight limp but hopefully it won't cause too many problems for him in the future. Dudley is also doing really well. He has, I've discovered got a bit of an attitude problem and has given me a couple of undeserved whacks whilst changing bedding or feeding :censored: He can be very loving but I think at some stage he has been ill treated at the hands of humans :'( He is also a bit of a buggar with other cats and any that experience the whacks I've had, I really feel sorry for. I have decided on another course of action for Dudley, he was going to the stables with some of mine but I honestly think he's going to cause ruptions. We have a farm up the lane from us and they have kindly offered to take him, they have no other cats up there so it will be hopefully ideal for him and they are friends of mine so I can also keep an eye on him. He will be going up there later today to start his new life and hopefully he won't beat up their corgi's :rofl:
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I know change of subject but Sarah, what's Pickles like with other cats?
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I know we have now spoken Dawn but have just seen this!!! He's fine - a bit boingy and everywhere but not aggressive.
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Hope Dudley settles in well at the farm and hopefully wont beat the dogs up too much.
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Sarah, if all goes to plan, I've got the cats from Telford going in to be spayed on Thursday. I will be dropping them off at Margarets in the evening, I'm going to get Sean to take them to the other surgery for me. How are you fixed for going over then?