Grete
23-07-2008, 02:57 AM
It's 2.43am and not long been back from taking Bubbles to the Emergency Vet :(
She came in her usual time which was about 11.30 and I noticed she had a couple of scratches on her nose. She often ends up with them and they had stopped bleeding and were clean so thought nothing of it.
She seemed absolutely fine in herself, was playing and came for her treats. Then she rolled over onto her back and we saw the cut on her tummy :( About an inch and a half long, bleeding and the skin was gaping. I wouldn't have panicked I don't think if it wasn't for the gaping.
So we chase her round the house, stuff her in the catbox and take off to the vets (our vet uses an out of hours vet to cover so we had to travel a little way to see them). The nurse had a good look, shaved her tummy and gave the whole area a good clean. She was SO good, let me hold her upright while the nurse did what she needed to do.
The vet had a good look and prod and said she would need a stitch or two to be on the safe side but because she'd eaten, we would have had to wait 4 hours before they could sedate her. He gave her an antibiotic shot and also an anti-inflammatory and she complained about that ;) We decided to bring her home and then take her in to our regular vets in the morning, much less stressful than leaving her there.
Basically she was incredibly lucky. Whatever had caused the cut (I thought another cat at first but it could be she cut herself on a rose bush or something like that) only just went through the skin layer, no deeper. It looks nasty because of the gape but will heal nicely and quickly (once it's held together properly).
The visa card didn't feel so lucky ;) 219 quid but I don't care, there is no price I wouldn't pay for my babies.
She came in her usual time which was about 11.30 and I noticed she had a couple of scratches on her nose. She often ends up with them and they had stopped bleeding and were clean so thought nothing of it.
She seemed absolutely fine in herself, was playing and came for her treats. Then she rolled over onto her back and we saw the cut on her tummy :( About an inch and a half long, bleeding and the skin was gaping. I wouldn't have panicked I don't think if it wasn't for the gaping.
So we chase her round the house, stuff her in the catbox and take off to the vets (our vet uses an out of hours vet to cover so we had to travel a little way to see them). The nurse had a good look, shaved her tummy and gave the whole area a good clean. She was SO good, let me hold her upright while the nurse did what she needed to do.
The vet had a good look and prod and said she would need a stitch or two to be on the safe side but because she'd eaten, we would have had to wait 4 hours before they could sedate her. He gave her an antibiotic shot and also an anti-inflammatory and she complained about that ;) We decided to bring her home and then take her in to our regular vets in the morning, much less stressful than leaving her there.
Basically she was incredibly lucky. Whatever had caused the cut (I thought another cat at first but it could be she cut herself on a rose bush or something like that) only just went through the skin layer, no deeper. It looks nasty because of the gape but will heal nicely and quickly (once it's held together properly).
The visa card didn't feel so lucky ;) 219 quid but I don't care, there is no price I wouldn't pay for my babies.