One of the little barn kitties ( I'm calling her Allie Oop) was injured last week. DH was out at the barn putting shoes on one of his horses
when we noticed her walking a little gingerly. We don't know what happened, but she had an open puncture wound and it just kept getting worse. No pictures, because it's pretty icky. I cleaned out the water trough we used for a brooder and store in the barn and isolated her in there after trying to clean out her wound. I kept a fairly heavy wire panel on top, but every morning, she had somehow climbed up and scooted the panel over enough and escaped. She was always bright-eyed and obviously feisty enough to climb out, but that had to have hurt her to climb out because she had a 2" open wound on her tummy. They are barn kitties and free to come and go and seek adventure (and hopefully mice)
I called our country vet on Thursday and took her in on Friday morning. They were swamped and told me to just drop her off. They just cleaned her wound up good and gave her a strong antibiotic, sending me home with a 10 day supply. I bought some Vetricyn and am applying that as well. We don't usually want our barn cats to be gentle because with all the predators in the mountains, their chance of survival here increases if they are wild, but I'm glad she's so sweet because it makes caring for her much easier.
I set her up in Skeet's crate where she absolutely can't escape, hoping to keep her wound clean as she heals. She looks pretty pitiful
She is kind of giving me the stink eye here
But I bring her out 4 or 5 times a day where she likes to soak up the sun and follow me around
Welcome home
They were glad to be reunited. This is Bindi
And Charli
Every time I let her out, she makes her way to the barn (about 100 yards), but I'm trying to keep her injury clean and until that heals enough , I'm keeping her in Skeet's crate, in the garage for much of the day as well as during the night. But this is her happy place
Now we're working on putting some weight on her,
but I think she's on her way.
3 comments:
All your barn cats are adorable. I hope Allie Oop is better soon,
Hurray for Allie Oop! She's lucky you spotted her in time to rescue her. Take care. ;^)
Allie Oops indeed! I'm also impressed about the do it yourself horse shoeing - I'm more accustomed to a pricey visiting farrier arrangement!
Ceci
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