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Always happy to share cat photos :) here she is enjoying some rare Scottish sunshine yesterday. Its good that is still pretty wintry as it gives me some time to decide what to do about letting her out. I might explore the option of making my back garden cat proof but I am not sure she really has the...

I just wanted to pop by and update folks on my cat Flo's progress. For those who kindly responded to my earlier thread back in November; Flo has made a super recovery, her damaged leg has regained pretty much full functioning and her mobility is great. She has gone from barely able to climb the stai...

Thanks everyone :) I took her collar off for a short reprieve so that she could play with her new catnip banana (!) and give herself a good clean - she attempted to do both at once bless her! I had the hoover out earlier (for the first time since accident without moving her to a different room) prev...

Hi everyone, just a little update on Flo. Here is a photo of her after her operation, tail-less but still very beautiful. She's doing well and seems a little happier now the tail is gone - it must have been bothering her a lot. She is getting lots of cuddles while she recuperates and once the cone c...

Lets hope she is back to her old self fairly soon, she has been through so much in the last few weeks. Will update on her progress soon. Thanks everyone for all your words of support. Cat people are the best!

Thank you all so much :-) just spoken to vets, the op went ok but she had a lot of dead tissue so they had to remove tail and shes just left with a little bob-tail now apparently. They're keeping her in tonight to keep a close eye on her wound and should get her home tomorrow. Will keep you all post...

My 17 year old cat Titch sadly had to be pts earlier this year. She had been a sprightly cat right up until near the end then she started to have trouble breathing and we were told she had heart failure and she was put on medication but her health declined more and she began to drool and struggled t...

Hi everyone, just a wee update on Flo, she was at the vets again today because her tail has been immobile since the accident and she had started to lick it so much she was making it bald in large patches. Sadly she has to have her tail removed tomorrow as there is nerve damage. As for her foot the v...

Administering gentle fusses as I type xx

Thanks Camdengirl, I have an appointment booked at the vets next week to discuss the possible amputation. She's still tired, wobbly and probably a bruised from the accident so i'm not wanting to rush her through another ordeal too soon but it really helps to hear from other tripod owners, it is maki...

Hi Hannah I have just read your post as the title "heartbroken" struck a chord with me. Last week my cat Flo disappeared and was gone for 5 days. I put fliers round all nearby houses and someone rung to tell me they thought she ha been hit by a van but when they went back to check she was ...

Thank you both. At the moment i'm keeping Flo fairly confined in my living room where its warm, carpeted, theres some floor space to stretch her legs and she cant injure herself. With her dodgy leg she slips easily on the tiled floor in my kitchen and cant really weight bear which means she is prett...

Fantastic! That gives me a lot of hope. She is a ninja at catching spiders (then eating them, yuck!) Hopefully it wont be too long before shes back doing what she loves.

Thank you both for your replies, since I heard back from the vets yesterday i've been looking at YouTube clips of 3 legged cats and researching how I could help her recover, modify my home etc. At the moment its so sad watching her try to get about on her lame foot and I cant stop thinking that just...

Hi everyone I am new here and feel I need to reach out to fellow cat lovers as I am really struggling to come to terms with the events of last week or so. Last Tuesday my lovely cat Florence (Flo) didnt come home. To cut a long story shorter, she was missing for 5 nights and I found out was hit by a...