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Petra
I've just brought Petra home and right now she has flopped onto the red carpet and is lying there. I suspect she may be a grumpy, or bewildered or sore or... something. Her left hind leg has a couple of stitches in it from the removal of the pin. It is also rather withered and it makes her look kind of Frankenkitty. She won't put it on the ground and when she tried to jump onto the sofa she fell off. Every now and then she gives a loud unhappy yowl which startles me and, frankly, makes me want to cry.

Just this second she made a second sofa attempt on the leather lounge and made it (with an agitated yowl), so I guess that's improvement already.

The vet was very pleased with her progress. I will take that as a signal to stop freaking the fuck out at my poor poor kitty's gammy leg.

I'd better go watch the I Don't Care and Beat It video clips. They usually cheer me up.

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[info]mortonhall wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 09:25 am (UTC)

Artemis had the same withered leg thing - probably made doubly worse by him being a small kitten and still growing at the time that he was bandaged.

You'll be surprised how quickly they recover :)
[info]narrelle wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 09:29 am (UTC)
Thanks for the reassurance. Poor kitty. I don't like seeing her all limpy and sore like this. :-(
[info]king_espresso wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 09:48 am (UTC)
Jack the Cat sends his sympathy. One of the two baby mynah birds he left on the back doorstep yesterday was for Petra but I threw them into the rubbish bin by accident.
[info]narrelle wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 10:00 am (UTC)
What a pity. Thank Jack for his kindness on Petra's behalf for me, would you? :-)
[info]ix_tab wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 09:50 am (UTC)
Poor kitty! I hope she recovers soon! But its good that the vet is pleased with her progress. ♥

I'd ask my cat to send get well vibes but he hates all other animals. Sigh.
[info]narrelle wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 09:59 am (UTC)
Yeah, Petra isn't that fond of other critters. Only humans (or as she thinks of them, the monkey slaves). And she would quite like to kill the pigeons on the rooftops opposite. She is deeply offended that other cats exist. The less said of dogs the better.
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