Re: Boyfie got hurt (he's okay)

On Oct 31, 7:27 pm, "Christina Websell"
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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
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.

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
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 ;-)

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
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

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

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