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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Lashes85 on April 06, 2011, 23:07:22 PM

Title: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Lashes85 on April 06, 2011, 23:07:22 PM
Hi,

I have tibby who is about 12 months old. She is an indoor cat, but managed to escape today. She was gone roughly 3 hours. She was perfectly fine before she left, but when she came back i noticed that she looked really tired in her eyes. Then she went to walk off and she is walking really really slowly, with her tail down. Like it takes all her energy to move. I've checked her for any cuts or blood but nothing. But around her bum area seems wet. But not bloody wet. She is now under my bed, when she's usually on it.

Anyone know what might have happened?

Im so worried, that she may have been clipped by a car or beaten up by a tom cat.
If a tom cat had done the deed with her would this cause her to act the way she is?

Thanks all
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on April 06, 2011, 23:10:00 PM
Get to the vets NOW!

Have a look at her paws and claws, if they are all scuffed or broken....claws that is, she will have been hit by a car.

She could have internal injuries even if nothing else.
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Rosella moggy on April 06, 2011, 23:12:23 PM
I'm so very sorry but I think you need to take her to an emergency vet as soon as you possibly can. 

At the very least, I would urge you to telephone the emergency vet closest to you without delay.   :hug: 
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: bunglycat on April 06, 2011, 23:23:03 PM
As everyone else has said  - get her to the vet ASAP.
It sound to me as if a Tom cat has had her as my Sophie got attacked by a stray Tom years ago and acted like that .
Otherwise it could be a car hit her.
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Lashes85 on April 06, 2011, 23:36:01 PM
Thanks everyone,
Are there any vets open at this time of night? My usual vets aren't open.

It's possible that she's been clipped by a car as like I said she's a indoor cat so won't have any road sense. But there are a hell of a lot of feral Tom cats around here! Would she really act this way from a Tom cat mating with her?

I will search for an open vets now, I'm very worried about her. I don't think I'll sleep tonight :(
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on April 06, 2011, 23:38:14 PM
Your vet should have an emergency number on his phone, so would start by ringing your vets number  :hug: :hug:

Other vets should also have an emergency number on their phone
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on April 07, 2011, 00:36:05 AM
Please let us know what happens and hope she is OK  :hug: :hug:
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Liz on April 07, 2011, 00:42:41 AM
Emergency vets she may be in shock and need stabilising and she needs to be speyed once recovered fromthis ordeal as Un-neutered tom cats only want ladies in heat

Please keep us advised on how things go and hugs to you both at this stressful time :hug:
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: bunglycat on April 07, 2011, 01:38:40 AM
Hope to hear some news tomorrow (today ) - as i said , it happened to my Sophie and she was very upset for days after and kept her tail down for ages after .
I heard the scuffle ouside and i saw the cat - it was a stray , so i waited and caught it when i next saw it -it got taken to the vet for neutering and then i took it to a rescue for homing . It was a lovely cat and i heard it got rehomed quite quickly after.
This was about 9 -10 years ago now.
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on April 07, 2011, 08:28:53 AM
I hope your cat is ok.  All vets are required to provide 24 hour cover, even if they don't provide it themselves so ringing your vets number should get you through to whoever provides out of hours cover for them.
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Rosella moggy on April 07, 2011, 09:02:11 AM
I do hope you are able to update re Tibby  :hug:
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: shirleyp01 on April 07, 2011, 09:23:17 AM
We send our best wishes and hope she is feeling better soon.
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Janeyk on April 07, 2011, 09:26:41 AM
I do hope puss is ok today and if she's hasn't been spayed it would be a good idea to do that asap  :hug:

welcome to Purrs btw  :)
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on April 07, 2011, 14:04:16 PM
Hope Tiby is Ok and we really want to hear from you  :hug:
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: Angiew on April 07, 2011, 17:42:17 PM
If shes a queen then she may have just been got at by the local toms, she may be in a bit of shock from that - it's not a candlelit dinner and box of chocs event......

Spaying is a must even for indoor cats as it makes them happier and healthier. hopefully she will not have picked up anything else like FIV or FELV from her experience. Book her in now for spaying and it will prevent it happening again.
Title: Re: Newbie Here... Need help regarding my injured cat please.
Post by: CuteCats on April 07, 2011, 23:31:49 PM
Hope that Tibby is ok.  :hug: