Our poor cat .

Keeley our 4 yr old cat, has been missing for about 2 weeks and yesterday DH went into his workshop under the house and heard her crying. She had somehow dragged herself home from wherever she was but she was in a terrible state. We thought she had been hit by a car (our other cat was killed outside our house 4 weeks ago) We rushed her to the emergency vet hospital who were lovely and so kind to me when I lost it. Her flea collar and caught up around one leg (we cut it off as soon as we got her out from under the house) and she is dehydrated and malnourished and has a wound from the collar where it was cutting off circulation and had cut into her skin. ATM she is on a drip and pain meds and they will be deciding what to do next today. The vet was impressed at her tenacity and determination to get home.
Its funny I always thought I would be one of those people who wouldn't pay huge vet bills for "just a pet" but when it came to the crunch I just want her well and if we don't eat for a few weeks so be it.
The whole family is pretty shaken up especially DD1 cause she is largely her cat, please pray she gets well and can come home where she will now be a full time inside cat.

Oh no, poor Keeley :(. The poor little darling, how amazing that she made her way home. I'm praying she makes a quick recovery and will be home with you really soon :hug:.

She sounds like quite a surviver :)

poor little girl. *hugs* it's hard isn't it.

my thoughts with her & you - my dog had that same spirit and survived many things - you must be a great kitty mummy.

The hospital just rang, she is eating and seeming a little better, we are moving her to our local vet this morning (Christy you won't get to meet her now)

aww poor Keeley, I hope she recovers well.

omg'ness.. what a brave girl...

sending ALOT of love and healing vibes to her... :hug:

This is the exact reason our 5 cats are indoor/enclosure only cats..... i am horribly scared of something happening to them! It is so hard.... they become like our children.. afterall they are family!

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Oh mrsmac how horrible! I hope Keely makes a full recovery - sounds like she will with her kind of spirit! So was the collar getting caught the cause of everything? How on earth cats manage to do some things... I am terrified of my cat's collar getting caught on something. I got her a collar with tough, but stretchy elastic so if it ever got caught she could get her head out of it.

What a fright, and I'm so glad she came home :hug:

oh thats just terrible :( *big hugs* I can totally imagine how you felt when she turned up like that!
our cats have a collar on them with elastic as well so it stretches...my sister has one that has a clip so if her cat gets it caught on a branch or something it'll come undone so doesnt strangle the kittie.

oh thats just terrible :( *big hugs* I can totally imagine how you felt when she turned up like that!
our cats have a collar on them with elastic as well so it stretches...my sister has one that has a clip so if her cat gets it caught on a branch or something it'll come undone so doesnt strangle the kittie.

Update

Keeley was moved to our vets which is closer (and cheaper LOL) and we picked her up yesterday afternoon. They have decided not to operate on her wound as she is still very weak and it will heal by itself eventually. The vet nurses were lovely and they gave us heaps of kitten food samples for free as they know our financial situation! We now just have to feed her up and keep an eye on the wound, she is nothing but skin and bone which is so sad but she is so happy to be home. Last night Jess sat on her bed and Keeley got up the strength to jump up next to her which was amazing (she adores Jess) We are so grateful she is OK and amazed at her strength and will power.
Thank you for all your kind thoughts.

aww no your poor cat!! I hope shes on the mend in no time!

I am so happy to hear that your cat is at home now. :hug: I am glad to her she is on the mend

My cat is like an extra child very much part of the family, so i understand how worried u must have been, im so glad that she is home and wish keeley a full and speedy recovery.

So glad to hear your kitty is doing well. She will probably recover better at home with her loved ones surrounding her. I have an indoor ragdoll cat (Mia) and I would just be devastated if she were to get hurt. I have said a prayer for her and I hope she continues to improve:pray:

poor little thing - I'm glad she's on the mend.

kaz

Oh hun I'm so glad to hear that Keeley is slowly getting better... our little furbaby Paris went missing a couple of months ago and I couldn't eat or sleep for days until she just turned up one morning a few days later, no harm done... I'd spent heaps of money on photocopying big flyers and pooled my savings to offer a reward for info, and busted my a$$ going around the neighbourhood (which is very hilly and not good when you're pushing a 13kg toddler in a stroller!!) popping flyers in letterboxes and tacking them to every light pole within a 3-km radius...

Poor, poor kitty, I really hope she gets better soon and I know exactly how you feel - my cats (and dog!) are like my 'other' children and I'd spare no expense to help them recover. We even 'adopted' a dog that had been hit by a car (not badly, but I couldn't bear to see her go to the pound so did my own detective work and kept her with us until we found her owner) because it would have killed me to know that I didn't do anything to help...

Give Keeley a big hug for me and keep us updated!! Hope she is well on the road to recovery and speeds the whole way!!

Just wanted to pop back in and see how the patient was doing?
Hope all is going well with Keeleys recovery.

She is looking a lot better, still very weak and spending most of the day sleeping but she is eating like a champ! She is very glad to be back with us cause she has been very affectionate (before it was very much on her terms LOL)
The vet hospital rang last night to see how she was going which was lovely, the lady said they see so many emergencies and never find out what happens afterwards that they wanted an update.
Thankyou so much for your concern everyone.