Well when I say rush, it took two hours to trap her!
She had been mooching about yesterday but I didnt think too much about it but when I saw her try to move from her hiding place today , she could hardly walk and was limping so bad. She went out to use the garden and she had probs getting up. So I rang my vet about 1100 and they closed at 1200 and they wouldnt wait for me to catch her and get there cos its nearly an hours drive depending on traffic.
They said that I would have to go to you know who at PDSA!
I told them there was no way I was going there and they said well they didnt know what to advise and I said apart from change vets!
She went away to talk to someone and then told me of the other Cp vets in Swansea, cos my vet is the other one. So I rang the new vet and they are oncall 24/7 and said that they would see me and the vet nurse would look at Sasa and then if it was a bite deal with it and they would not charge me emergency rates unless they had to call a vet out.
They also said as she was semi feral, to catch her and then ring them and say when I would be there phewwwwwwww, sensible vets
Two hours later Sasa was in the cage and crying and we were on the road. Most unusely for Sasa she buried under the blankets and was quiet all the way, says Sasa not feeling well at all.
The vet was great and said that there is a sorta unwritten law between the vets that one doesnt poach from the other out of hours as Richard my vet pays.............yes PAYS for Vets Now....................however as they told me to come there he was happy.
Sasa was still hidden in cage and not Sasalike at all and I got her out of cage and he had a male vet nurse who had gauntletsto hold her and every thing was fine till he tried to examine Sasa back legs and lift her up, cos she was sorta frozen with fear and then attacked and cried out. He got bit!
But seemed there was a problem with back legs or pelvis cos she was in pain, so he sedated her so he could xray her but she jumped off table before we could get her back in her cage! then she was trying tohide between the table leg and wall but in situations llike this I can blooming stroke her.........sigh. I asked them to get cage on floor and then under the threat of more stroking she rushed into the safety of the cage.
The xrays were clear, joints are perfect but he looked at her legs again while she was sedated and he found what he thinks was an injury from another cat, so she has been given metacam and convenia antibiotic injection and we are home again, relief cept........................I got cage into house and she had beenn jumping uo and down and nudging the metal clip that holds the door closed and when I went to go to shut up back of house so she couldnt get out......................was knocked over by one large tortie madam rushing past thro the flap and down the garden, over fence and into field grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Even woozy she is fast than me grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
So am hoping she will come in soon cos I tried to creep down garden to get infront of her but she too quick for me!
Hopefully she should be back to normal in a couple of days and i wasnt charged emergency rates and the first claim is going into AXA! More of that on the M&S insurance thread.
