I can home and found a mark on each side of his face, thought a dog had attacked him, or something. Today I cleaned it again and noticed a perfectly round hole on the right side, in the middle of all the stained fur, and what looked like an exit wound on the other side.
UPDATE: I took my cat to a 24/7 vet and they thought it might be a cat bite. They offered to sedate him, clean the wound, and then give antibiotics, but they quoted me a price that could be over $2,000 at most. I’m strapped for cash until pay day. The past two months have been a little tough with expenses. I opted for a $103 antibiotic and a $75 visit fee, which was their second proposed option.
UPDATE: I have made a PayPal Fundraiser. I went against my own concerns for privacy here, since PayPal won’t allow me to hide my name. I worry that the more cruel commenters will somehow attack me. I’m going to have to take that risk, in order to fundraiser for Blue’s medical treatment, though. It is what it is. I am so grateful for all the kind people who messaged me and offered to help financially. I feel so bad asking for help this way, but it will definitely help me to obtain treatment for him before payday. Here is the link, if anyone feels like helping. I don’t know the exact cost for it at the local vet, so I posted a goal that corresponds to the estimate given by the 24 hour vet, as a worst case scenario. Anything helps!
https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/93OoEyefdT
ANOTHER UPDATE: I applied some ointment to his face this morning on the RIGHT side, and applying pressure caused FLUID TO EXPEL IMMEDIATELY from the LEFT side. Call me crazy, but I have trouble believing this is a cat bite.
In response to people calling me a bad cat owner for letting my cat be outside, I need to clarify something for you. This wasn’t my cat until this injury occurred. I live with an elderly relative who just had a stroke. He began putting this cat outside, after he adopted him from a local shelter. I feed the cat everyday and have began calling it my cat, because I live here, too, and now handle many of his responsibilities. The cat will now be an indoor only cat, just like my own personal cats were, when I owned my own home and wasn’t caring for family.
I will post pictures from the veterinary clinic when I take him for the remainder of his treatment. If the fundraiser reaches its goal today, or tomorrow, I will take him to the 24 hour vet, again.
UPDATE: I was denied for Care Credit today.
VIDEO from the emergency vet’s office, taken on 04/19/2024. Blue kept purring through the whole ordeal, despite his injuries. https://youtube.com/shorts/my9pSGAzvMA?si=Re5U5qpBZ_8lqRxY
UPDATE: The Fundraiser has passed $1300 so far. Blue’s face is not oozing as much from the wounds, as it previously observed. My goal is to take him to a local vet tomorrow for treatment. I hope they can offer me a lower quote than the $2238.60 that was quoted by the 24 hour vet. Thank you to everyone who has helped so far! If you haven’t helped yet, but would like to do so, please visit the PayPal link to find the fundraiser. Thank you all!
UPDATE: 04/22/2024 I am currently at the local veterinary hospital with Blue. The vet just examined him and said that it could possibly be a BB. She wants to check with an X-ray of his skull. She also wants to rule out any tooth access, but noted that one side looked infected and the other did not, which could be a result of the infection above, working its way down to his jaws after being shot, or possibly attacked. I am taking photo and video. I will try to get a picture of his skull X-ray after she returns.
For some reasons people think cats should stay inside no matter what, which I think its cruelty forcing an animal inside. It’s true that leaving them outside exposes hem to risks but they have lived alongside humans for a short period of time, they should still have most of their instincts.
Cats absolutely decimate populations of small fauna. They’re an ecological disaster. Either keep your cat indoors or don’t get one. You are not entitled to own a living creature; it’s a privilege which needs to be exercised with consideration.
I love cats. I wish I could have more of them, but I don’t, because I’m not a worthless asshole.
I live on a large piece of land that has nothing around it. The cats never leave our front yard. Cats lived outside for centuries. In fact, one site reported that cats have lived outside for 10,000 years, before being domesticated. They are part of nature, too. They shouldn’t be on some kind of pet house arrest just because they are also part of the food chain.
Next thing this guy is going to advocate for is letting your dogs out the front door lol. If you want your cat to live longer and not get horribly injured then you shouldn’t let them outside. But I guess you think that okay.
You think it’s okay to call me a “guy”. Go to hell.
Nobody is denying that cats are wild animals. That is not relevant. The point is that they are uniquely capable hunters who can unilaterally exterminate the small fauna in a region.
I mean maybe your cat in particular is lazy and doesn’t hunt, but most cats do, and you’re welcome to google the well researched ecological results.
My cats haven’t killed anything. They’re older, and like to lay around all day. They walk in the front yard, poop somewhere, and then typically go back to bed. The vet asked me to estimate my male cat’s age, and I said, “probably 10.” We adopted him full grown, and he is probably older. These are not a couple of cats that hunt things around the area.
My cat is old, too, and he mostly doesn’t kill anything when I let him in the backyard. But that is not the norm for most cats, and people need to be aware.
I feel the same way. Mine don’t hunt birds, and every so often they need some fresh air. I realize not everyone agrees.
You could bring them outside safely, you don’t have to let them loose.