He didn't come home last night...

Krystaltips

Well the latest is, he's stable... They're keeping him comfortable with fluids and painkillers... But because we live out of their area they won't treat him any further than that unless his condition deteriorates... They're willing to keep him over the bank holiday and on Tuesday will release him into the care of our own vets... I have arranged someone to take me over to collect him, just need to ring the vet first thing Tuesday and see that they will take him...

The lady on the phone was quite positive though... She said he was awake and sitting funny which is why they suspect his pelvis, but said it could just be bruising... Without an xray they can't be sure... Hubby is going over there tomorrow and taking a cushion he likes to sleep on so he know's he's not forgotten, and they've said we can keep ringing and checking on his progress...

zzzLazyDaisy

Do you have pet insurance? If so, no need to wait till Tuesday, just phone the emergency vet number and ask their advice (you could do this anyway, but without insurance it could be very expensive)

sweetserendipity

Poor puss, hope he's ok. Glad you had him micro-chipped or you might never have heard anything & always been wondering what happened to him. Hope it's a happy ending.

Krystaltips

No insurance Daisy... It's just one of those things we were working towards... We had him neutered and chipped (like you say sweetserendipity, thank goodness!) last month and he only just started going out about 2 or 3 weeks ago... Only during the day and rarely out of our garden... Last night was just one of those random occurances... It's going to be a costly random occurance... But he's worth it! And we'll definitely be insuring him once he's all sorted out... Although hubby is insisting he'll never be let out again at the minute...

bank_of_slate

Thank goodness he's stable, you'll just want to be with him now won't you?
...Linda xx

Miroslav

I'm sorry to hear this Krystaltips.

I hope your little one gets better soon and I agree with your OH....i'd not let him out for a very long while once he gets home, poor thing

spankymonkey_2

the same thing happened to our cat, she was the same age. she got hit by a car and managed to drag herself back to our house. she had fractured her pelvis but with being young luckily it healed by itself...... it cost me £160 in the end, but worth every penny...

Krystaltips

Thanks Spanky, that makes me very hopefull

YorkiePud_3

My first cat came my way when I found her in the road and it turned out she had a broken pelvis.

She walked with a bit of a limp and the vet said she had lost some mobility so I should consider having her as an indoor cat because she might not be able to get out of the way of cars/dogs/other cats as quickly as she would need to.

Hence a happy life of luxury indoors!!

loobylou2

Thank goodness it sounds as if he's going to be ok. Am really relieved. I panic if our puss dosen't come back straight away when I call her even though she only really goes into our back garden and our neighbours!!! Am still terrified that one day she'll get inquisitive and end up wandering into the road. Wish there was some way you could teach cats road sense!!! Let us know how he gets on.