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Boyfie got hurt  (he's okay)

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Christina Websell - 01 Nov 2007 00:27 GMT
Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
don't suppose anyone else would have noticed except me, who knows him so
well.
When he didn't get out of bed for his breakfast yesterday - well, that is
unheard of.  As luck would have it I had the day off work so I could keep an
eye on him.  When he *did* finally rise he could hardly put any weight on
one of his front legs.
A visit to TED, then.  I picked him up but he clung on to his blanky with
the claws on his good foot and every time I disengaged them he managed to do
it again.  Then he made a break for freedom from his carrier..
He wowled and shrieked all the way in the car.
He's been bitten through the shoulder joint by another cat.  I suspect that
black one we call THE ENEMY who used to bully him although we have had no
trouble with him for the last couple of years he still lives nearby.

Anyway he got an antibiotic injection & a painkilling one.  TED said it was
a very bad place to get bitten in, very painful for movement.  She said "I
remember meeting Boyfriend before, I put his microchip in, he's such a
lovely cat."   I was amazed that she could remember him, this is a big vet
hospital with a huge turnover of patients.  He also got some antibiotic
tablets for 5 days.  There is no way I could physically put them in his
mouth - it would still freak him out if I forced myself on him like that, so
his first dose this evening was crushed and hidden in some tiny pieces of
chicken breast with gravy which he scarfed down thinking his birthday had
come ;-)

The vet is really kind.  She is sensitive not just to the patient, but to
the owner too.  She said "I don't suppose you've had to give tablets to
Boyfriend before have you?"  She must have seen me gulp when she got the
pills out.  And I am impressed that she remembered his history, how timid he
is and how difficult it might be.
She also remembered my RB whippets and mentioned some of them.

He's better than he was yesterday.  He is only limping slightly, has an
appetite like a horse again and insisted on going out for an hour's rat
patrol tonight.  Now he is very comfy back in the house on his donut bed.

TED asked me "Is he a fighter?"  He is far from it.  He's a pacifist or a
"big girl's blouse" however you want to put it.  I prefer the former
description.
It was that horrible black cat, I tell you, attacking him in his own garden,
no doubt, like it used to do before.   He would never cause trouble himself,
I know it.

Tweed
Irulan - 01 Nov 2007 00:38 GMT
oh, poor Boyfie. :(
We will purr and pray that he none the worse for the
injury. Please give him extra skritches and cuddles (if
he lets you) from us. Please keep us updated.

Lily & her mama

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> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed
Christina Websell - 01 Nov 2007 01:21 GMT
> oh, poor Boyfie. :(
> We will purr and pray that he none the worse for the
> injury. Please give him extra skritches and cuddles (if
> he lets you) from us.

Yes, he will let me skritch him so I will tell him it came from his friends
in America where his beloved Mimi lives.  Thank you.

Tweed

Please keep us updated.

> Lily & her mama
>
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>> Tweed
Kreisleriana - 01 Nov 2007 00:46 GMT
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed

Poor sweet Boyfie!!  We are purring up a storm for him.
Christina Websell - 01 Nov 2007 01:48 GMT
> Poor sweet Boyfie!!  We are purring up a storm for him.

Boyfie says fangu vm auntie Theresa, I feels better dan yesday but my leg
hurts lotsie.
<meowmie note>  I asked the vet if she thought it could be a fox injury as
it seemed so bad but she said not, the puncture wounds were not big enough
and there would been a lot more flesh damage.
Not that Boyfie would ever let himself be caught by a fox.  He can fly like
the wind and climb like a monkey.  I have 70 trees here. And he could poke
his claws into their eyes if he was pushed.
KFC is only allowed outside now under supervision.  She would be a prime fox
target now, if we did indeed have cat-killing foxes in the area.  Most foxes
do not but if a vixen feeding cubs happens on a kitten that's how it starts
and gets passed on through the generations.

Tweed
jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 01 Nov 2007 00:56 GMT
> He's been bitten through the shoulder joint by another cat.  I suspect that
> black one we call THE ENEMY who used to bully him although we have had no
> trouble with him for the last couple of years he still lives nearby.

This sounds all too familiar - Smudge has come home with a bite on her
paw or (recently) an abcess on her chest. Bullies in the neighborhood...

> He also got some antibiotic
> tablets for 5 days.  There is no way I could physically put them in his
> mouth - it would still freak him out if I forced myself on him like that, so
> his first dose this evening was crushed and hidden in some tiny pieces of
> chicken breast with gravy which he scarfed down thinking his birthday had
> come ;-)

LOL - lucky him! And it's good to know that you have some other options
since he probably wouldn't accept a pill from you - or he'd be traumatized
by you trying to, success or no. Reminds me of a certain scaredy boy in
my house.

> He's better than he was yesterday.  He is only limping slightly, has an
> appetite like a horse again and insisted on going out for an hour's rat
> patrol tonight.  Now he is very comfy back in the house on his donut bed.

Glad to hear he's getting better! And I hope he manages to chase off the
bully cat with no further injuries. You did the right thing by bringing
him in right away, before it had a chance to get infected.

Purrs for the gallant gentleman, who has been reduced to fighting.

Joyce
Christina Websell - 01 Nov 2007 02:28 GMT
> > He's been bitten through the shoulder joint by another cat.  I suspect
> > that
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> This sounds all too familiar - Smudge has come home with a bite on her
> paw or (recently) an abcess on her chest. Bullies in the neighborhood...

It's a problem, isn't it, if there are bully cats in the neighbourhood?
(this one lives only two houses away)  It used to even come into my house to
bully poor Boyfie until KFC lost her temper about it and really smashed him
up one day and it kept away until now.
You should have seen her do it!  She chased that cat - more than twice her
size and in it's prime age-wise, she was around 19 - up the walls in my
kitchen, it fled outside with her after it and she sprang on to its back and
gave it a really good hiding.  She beat it up in a serious way,
I have a feeling that this cat, THE ENEMY, has realised that Kitty is not up
to it any more and has come back to bully my gentle Boyfie who does not like
to fight.
This will be a problem.  I shall have to think about solutions.  Suggestions
welcomed.

Tweed
jofirey - 01 Nov 2007 04:38 GMT
>> > He's been bitten through the shoulder joint by another cat.  I suspect
>> > that
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>
> Tweed

I feel bad for Boyfie.  Like I should apopogize on behalf of cats that are
bullies everywhere.  Our Sam was always getting into fights, but he usually
started them.  Sounds like Kitty knew how to fight because at some point she
had to.  Boyfie is just a gentleman for better or for worse.

Could the ENEMY be coming over to help out with the rat population?
Wondering if it might be time to bring the rat terriers back in for a
session.  The noise alone might keep the ENEMY home where he belongs.

Jo
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 12:30 GMT
> Could the ENEMY be coming over to help out with the rat population?
> Wondering if it might be time to bring the rat terriers back in for a
> session.  The noise alone might keep the ENEMY home where he >belongs.

The terriers were only here last on 21 October - the score was 6. I don't
like to take advantage of their good nature to ask them to come too often as
they do it for free.  Another couple of weeks and I shall ask for another
appointment with Jess:-)  She is the best one, really knows her stuff.

"Rat patrol" is just a euphemism, really, for when Boyfie asks to go out for
a perambulation around his territory.  He's not necessarily rat-hunting.

Tweed
jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 01 Nov 2007 05:07 GMT
> It's a problem, isn't it, if there are bully cats in the neighbourhood?
> (this one lives only two houses away)  It used to even come into my house to
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> kitchen, it fled outside with her after it and she sprang on to its back and
> gave it a really good hiding.  She beat it up in a serious way,

She was one impressive kitty. And, if pushed too far, she might surprise
you yet.

Licky says, "That's my warriorgrrl! She protects me!" :)

Seriously, I hope you find a good solution. Boyfie certainly doesn't
deserve this!

Joyce (wish I had a suggestion)
Will in New Haven - 01 Nov 2007 01:26 GMT
On Oct 31, 6:27 pm, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed

What a great TED and it is good to know that the gallant Boyfie has
come through ok.

Will in New Haven

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It's gettin kinda long I coulda said it was in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Cause I feel like I owe it to someone." "Almost Cut my Hair" by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Stormmee - 01 Nov 2007 02:39 GMT
prrz fur him, Lee
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed
Ann - 01 Nov 2007 02:50 GMT
Purrs on the way for a fast recovery.

When I had to give Samwise pulls I put it in a little moist food. Like a
kitty size meat ball. He thought he was getting a treat before he got fed.

Ann

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> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 12:32 GMT
> Purrs on the way for a fast recovery.

Thanks, Ann.

> When I had to give Samwise pulls I put it in a little moist food. Like a
> kitty size meat ball. He thought he was getting a treat before he got fed.

I'm doing a similar thing.

Tweed
Christine Burel - 01 Nov 2007 02:57 GMT
lots of purrs for Boyfriend's speedy recovery!
regards,
Christine
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed
GaDragonfly - 01 Nov 2007 03:35 GMT
On Oct 31, 7:27 pm, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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> black one we call THE ENEMY who used to bully him although we have had no
> trouble with him for the last couple of years he still lives nearby.

Poor Boyfriend, my clowder sends purrs and gentle headbutts for his
quick recovery and I send chin and ear scritches.  First let me thank
you for telling us in the header that he was all right. I would have
worried through your entire post had you not done that.

> Anyway he got an antibiotic injection & a painkilling one.  TED said it was
> a very bad place to get bitten in, very painful for movement.  She said "I
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> chicken breast with gravy which he scarfed down thinking his birthday had
> come ;-)

Extra purrs for what sounds like a very special TED. My first thought
was you were going to have to go a rat hunting to find something to
entice Boyfriend to take his pill. I'm glad he likes eating the
chickens he's so fond of protecting. Or is he protecting you when he
goes to the chicken coops at night? Either way, I'm glad you have a
treat to hide the pills in.

> TED asked me "Is he a fighter?"  He is far from it.  He's a pacifist or a
> "big girl's blouse" however you want to put it.  I prefer the former
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>
> Tweed

I wonder if The Enemy has decided that since the fence was temporarily
torn down then the dynamics of the territory has changed?  Whatever
the reason I hope that you are able to control it soon.  Could you
collect some of KFC's urine and sprinkle it around the fence so that
The Enemy smells her? I don't know if that would help..but urine keeps
the rabbits from eating my hosta. (You probably don't want to know how
I know that :))

Julie
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 12:48 GMT
> Poor Boyfriend, my clowder sends purrs and gentle headbutts for his
> quick recovery and I send chin and ear scritches.

Thanks Julie, he is duly chin and ear scritched!

> First let me thank
> you for telling us in the header that he was all right. I would have
> worried through your entire post had you not done that.

I saw someone else do it once and I was glad of it too.  Sometimes headers
make me afraid to open the post.

> My first thought
> was you were going to have to go a rat hunting to find something to
> entice Boyfriend to take his pill.

<g>  Oh, no, he doesn't *eat* them, he gives them to his meowmie.  He's not
like KFC who would dine exclusively on wild caught prey if she could.  He
has eaten a couple of mowsies, was not impressed.  He believes real food
only comes out of a tin/pouch/box with a picture of a cat on!

> I wonder if The Enemy has decided that since the fence was temporarily
> torn down then the dynamics of the territory has changed?

I think you've hit the nail right on the head.  The Enemy lives in the next
but one house with the building site between us and the fence is now down
both sides.

 Could you
> collect some of KFC's urine and sprinkle it around the fence so that
> The Enemy smells her?

LOL!   How would I do that?  Take some wet litter?

> I don't know if that would help..but urine keeps
> the rabbits from eating my hosta. (You probably don't want to know how
> I know that :))

Actually I do!   Does it work for slugs and snails?  I love my hostas but
these UK slugs and snails are very determined to eat every leaf.  Grit,
crushed eggshells, organic slug pellets, bring 'em on..your hostas are
history.

Tweed
sam - 01 Nov 2007 03:41 GMT
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed
Purrs that Boyfie recovers quickly.
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe
Marina - 01 Nov 2007 04:48 GMT
> TED asked me "Is he a fighter?"  He is far from it.  He's a pacifist or a
> "big girl's blouse" however you want to put it.  I prefer the former
> description.
> It was that horrible black cat, I tell you, attacking him in his own garden,
> no doubt, like it used to do before.   He would never cause trouble himself,
> I know it.

Poor gentle Boyfie. We're purring for his wound to heal quickly.

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Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 12:56 GMT
>> TED asked me "Is he a fighter?"  He is far from it.  He's a pacifist or a
>> "big girl's blouse" however you want to put it.  I prefer the former
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>
> Poor gentle Boyfie. We're purring for his wound to heal quickly.

Thanks, Marina.  It seems worse to me because he is so gentle.  If he was
out for trouble like some cats are - "who do you think you are looking at,
loser?" then I would say he'd brought it on himself and wouldn't feel so
sorry for him.

Tweed
Gandalf - 01 Nov 2007 05:20 GMT
I'm glad that Boyfie is on the mend. It does sound like a bad injury;
painful, at the very least.

Purrs on the way for Boyfie to make a fast, uncomplicated(!) recovery.

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>Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
>which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
>Tweed
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 13:09 GMT
> I'm glad that Boyfie is on the mend. It does sound like a bad injury;
> painful, at the very least.
>
> Purrs on the way for Boyfie to make a fast, uncomplicated(!) recovery.

Thanks, Gandalf, he's been bitten under the armpit too .  No wonder it still
hurts him to walk.  Some scabs on his ears too, poor lad.
He's improving.

Tweed
Karen - 01 Nov 2007 05:27 GMT
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to
> bed which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his
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>
> Tweed

Do you guys have Pill Pockets there? Man, if cats like them, they make
pilling way easier. Pearl thinks its a treat. I'm so sorry to hear
Boyfie got hurt though. Purrs for a quick recovery.
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 13:03 GMT
> Do you guys have Pill Pockets there? Man, if cats like them, they make
> pilling way easier. Pearl thinks its a treat. I'm so sorry to hear Boyfie
> got hurt though. Purrs for a quick recovery.

Yes, I think we can get them here but I'm sure Boyfie would not eat one.  He
is very suspicious of what he thinks of as "strange food" and will not eat
the conditioning tablets which I give KFC sometimes (she scarfs them down)
they are supposed to be very palatable.  He is certain they are poisonous.

Tweed
Exocat - 01 Nov 2007 10:09 GMT
> Boyfie He's been bitten through the shoulder joint by another cat.  I
> suspect that black one we call THE ENEMY

Purrs for a swift recovery. Good TED you've got which is encouraging.

My Kensey used to fight other hunterkiller cats who had overlapping
territory on a regular basis: a quarterly TED visit for repairs was the
norm.
Unfortunately I have no recipe for avoidance of this, short of the naughty
catnapping and dumping fifty-plus miles away of the offender - and I know
you wouldn't countenance that.

Gordon & the FF
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 13:18 GMT
>> Boyfie He's been bitten through the shoulder joint by another cat.  I
>> suspect that black one we call THE ENEMY
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> catnapping and dumping fifty-plus miles away of the offender - and I know
> you wouldn't countenance that.

You are right, I wouldn't - although I know of racing pigeon fanciers that
will do this with a cat who continually enters their loft and kills the
pigeons.
My neighbours have two identical black cats.  One is quite retiring and will
run away if it is seen and the other is an "in yer face" cat.  I have heard
them calling the cats in, one is called Marley and the other Molly.
So it isn't easy to know which one *is* The Enemy.

Tweed
Will in New Haven - 04 Nov 2007 15:37 GMT
On Nov 4, 8:18 am, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:

> >> Boyfie He's been bitten through the shoulder joint by another cat.  I
> >> suspect that black one we call THE ENEMY
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>
> Tweed

We had a birdwatcher try to do that with our Attila when I was a kid.
Then he wanted to sue us for what Attila did to him when he tried to
pick him up. His lawyer advised him against it. Letting a cat run
loose, even if he killed birds, was quite uncontroversial and normal
in Alabama in the Fifties.

I would think it was Marley causing your problem, if Molly's name is
true to gender. If Boyfie isn't starting trouble, and we know he
isn't, it would be an extremely rare female who would attack him.

Will in New Haven

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It's gettin kinda long I coulda said it was in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Cause I feel like I owe it to someone." "Almost Cut my Hair" by
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Adrian A - 04 Nov 2007 16:27 GMT
> On Nov 4, 8:18 am, "Christina Websell"
> <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>
> Will in New Haven

Snoopy is female and at 17 she doesn't hesitate to attack Tigger, a
neighbours cat, when he comes into *her* garden. Baggy doesn't mind who
comes.
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Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 16:50 GMT
> On Nov 4, 8:18 am, "Christina Websell"
> <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> true to gender. If Boyfie isn't starting trouble, and we know he
> isn't, it would be an extremely rare female who would attack him.

I dunno.  Kitty FC was a fierce fighter when she was younger and Boyfie
would not dream of it, so I'm not so sure gender has anything to do with it.
In times past (when next door was not a building site) there lived two nice
people and their cat, Sally.  There was plenty of room for Kitty and Sally,
we each had plenty of garden for our kitties.  Yet Kitty and Sally hated
each other:  "you step on my land and I will kill you"  which was okay if
they could decide just what was "their" land.  It was certainly not the same
as the garden boundaries.
I was privileged to take Sally on her last journey as her slaves could not
drive.

Tweed
Steve Touchstone - 05 Nov 2007 08:34 GMT
<snip>
>I would think it was Marley causing your problem, if Molly's name is
>true to gender. If Boyfie isn't starting trouble, and we know he
>isn't, it would be an extremely rare female who would attack him.

Years ago my family had a female who became very territorial after she
had a litter. Even after her kittens had found their forever homes,
and she'd been spayed, she remained very territorial - to the point
where she would run across the street to chase away BIG dogs.
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that's probably what did her in. One too
many times she darted across the street, and was hit by a passing car.
Lesley - 01 Nov 2007 10:33 GMT
Purrs for Boyfie

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

PS Thanks for putting "he's okay" on the header- at the moment I am coming to
this ng with a good deal of trepidation
Suz - 01 Nov 2007 11:30 GMT
On Oct 31, 6:27?pm, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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>
> Tweed

Purrs for Boyfie to heal fast.
Suz&Spicey
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 13:27 GMT
> Purrs for Boyfie to heal fast.
> Suz&Spicey

Thanks, Suz.  He has improved a lot since Thursday, when he was such a
miserable boy who didn't want his breakfast and could hardly put any weight
on his leg.  Getting antibiotics early has prevented him getting an abcess
(or two, perhaps, one at the site of each deep puncture wound)

Tweed
jmcquown - 01 Nov 2007 13:00 GMT
> It was that horrible black cat, I tell you, attacking him in his own
> garden, no doubt, like it used to do before.   He would never cause
> trouble himself, I know it.
>
> Tweed

Purrs for Boyfie's shoulder to heal up quickly.  And a pox on that mean
black cat who bit him!

Jill
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 13:43 GMT
>> It was that horrible black cat, I tell you, attacking him in his own
>> garden, no doubt, like it used to do before.   He would never cause
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> Purrs for Boyfie's shoulder to heal up quickly.  And a pox on that mean
> black cat who bit him!

Thanks, Jill.  LOL! a pox on him/her too.  I think Julie got it right,
because the fences are down it has blurred their territories.  Soon (I hope)
should have been done within 5 days in August courtesy of my neighbours but
has not been..don't start me on that..there will be a 6 foot high close
board fence between us, and Boyfie will be able to parade around in his 782
square yard garden in complete safety, saying "Mine, all mine!"

Tweed
Adrian A - 01 Nov 2007 13:14 GMT
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to
> bed which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his
> face.  I don't suppose anyone else would have noticed except me, who
> knows him so well.

I'm so glad you spotted it straight away and got him to the vet before
infection could really set in. I bet by tomorrow he won't be showing any
signs at all.
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Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 13:32 GMT
>> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to
>> bed which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his
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> infection could really set in. I bet by tomorrow he won't be showing any
> signs at all.

He's still limping a bit but is eating as well as ever now and his usual
cheerful self again.

Tweed
Adrian A - 04 Nov 2007 14:53 GMT
>>> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight
>>> to bed which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look
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>
> Tweed

Continuing purrs until he's completely better.
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NeeCee - 01 Nov 2007 16:23 GMT
(((Boyfie)))
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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> Tweed
Phoenix - 01 Nov 2007 19:59 GMT
> He also got some antibiotic
> tablets for 5 days.  There is no way I could physically put them in his
> mouth - it would still freak him out if I forced myself on him like that, so
> his first dose this evening was crushed and hidden in some tiny pieces of
> chicken breast with gravy which he scarfed down thinking his birthday had
> come ;-)

Firstly, I'm very glad Boyfie is ok and purrs that he heals quickly and
without incident.

I worry about crushing most pills because you may end up having the
antibiotic delivered too quickly if it was designed to dissolve at a
certain rate.

As far as getting tablets down a cat, I can share another trick,
depending on how large the antibiotic tablet is. We've had many many
cats and several dogs over the years (the population has varied from
3-13 cats at any one time, 1-4 dogs), and most of them, of course, have
needed pills at one time or another, or for a long time.

Cheese. A bit of soft, mild cheese wrapped around the pill has always
worked wonders, if the pill is not huge. We used to use (Americans,
please don't kill me) Velveeta, which is "processed cheese food". It's
soft, moldable, just smelly enough to make them think it's a treat.

Good luck with him, and scritchies for Boyfie and KFC.

Deborah
Crazy Cat Lady in Training
Christina Websell - 04 Nov 2007 15:23 GMT
> I worry about crushing most pills because you may end up having the
> antibiotic delivered too quickly if it was designed to dissolve at a
> certain rate.

This is a very good point.  The vet told me it was OK to crush his tablets
into something nice he would eat up immediately, so I guess it's all right.

> As far as getting tablets down a cat, I can share another trick, depending
> on how large the antibiotic tablet is. We've had many many cats and
> several dogs over the years (the population has varied from 3-13 cats at
> any one time, 1-4 dogs), and most of them, of course, have needed pills at
> one time or another, or for a long time.

Oh, if Boyfie was an ordinary cat, I would have pilled him.  He is not.  It
took me three months to get him to come into the house and 3 years before he
would creep on to my knee if everything was quiet.  I will not pick him up
and force a pill into his mouth.  It would destroy our tenous relationship.

> Cheese. A bit of soft, mild cheese wrapped around the pill has always
> worked wonders, if the pill is not huge. We used to use (Americans, please
> don't kill me) Velveeta, which is "processed cheese food". It's soft,
> moldable, just smelly enough to make them think it's a treat.

We are doing well with the crushed pill in the fancy food, only two tablets
to go now.
My dogs I could pill easily, even if I pushed one in, I was forgiven.
I would not risk it with Boyfriend.  He is one step away from being
sort-of-feral again if I do.
And he does not do sort-of-feral very well.

> Good luck with him, and scritchies for Boyfie and KFC.

Scritches given and received.

Tweed
Adrian A - 04 Nov 2007 16:23 GMT
>> I worry about crushing most pills because you may end up having the
>> antibiotic delivered too quickly if it was designed to dissolve at a
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> Tweed

I think Boyfie's a lot like Shaddow, he's slowly getting less nervous I gave
him a quick scritch when I fed him earlier but I think it will take years
rather than months before he's totally accepting. There's plenty of time,
he's got a warm dry home in the summer house and food and water every day,
he seems quite happy.
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Matthew - 04 Nov 2007 16:34 GMT
I am glad furball is ok

> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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polonca12000 - 07 Nov 2007 21:54 GMT
> Boyfie came in from rat patrol on Monday evening and went straight to bed
> which is not unusual.  What was a bit unusual was the look on his face.  I
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> Tweed

Poor Boyfie, he is such a gentlecat! I hope he is feeling much better by
now.
Lots of healing purrs for Boyfie and thank you for taking such good care
of him, Christina,
Polonca and Soncek
 
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