Latest cat drama (Ingrid)
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:05 am
I didn't post in health, as it is over (we hope)
On Monday morning, as usual, I saw all the cats. Ingrid was out and about doing her thing. A bit later, I was putting some clothes away in the attic bedroom. Ingrid often sleeps up there on a cotton comforter. I noticed blood stains on it - more than a few specks. I waited until she came back and checked her over, thinking she might have caught a claw or something. I found what looked like a 1" piece of raw flesh hanging from her bum, dripping blood. I called the vet. They were fully booked, but said they would squeeze her in at end of surgery. The vet said it was a nasty polyp and she had stripped it with all the licking. He said it would continue bleeding and she would continue licking until it was removed. The kept her there and operated under GA that day, with internal sutures. I collected her at 4.30. The nurse said to keep her in for 5 days (we negotiated down to 2 or 3
). She was very woozy that evening, but by morning, she was back to her usual self, tearing around the house and crying to go out. Yesterday, I decided that the wound looks clean and she seems fine. I kept her in one more night and she now has freedom of the city. When I picked her up, the nurse said that they didn't really have any concerns, but they kept the polyp and asked if I wanted it biopsied. I said I was happy to do whatever they recommended. She said "Oh she insured anyway, isn't she? - you may as well, as you are still only going to pay the excess" - she said that Petplan prefer them to check any suspect samples anyway. I will probably hear next week, but pretty sure it is just a regular polyp.
On Monday morning, as usual, I saw all the cats. Ingrid was out and about doing her thing. A bit later, I was putting some clothes away in the attic bedroom. Ingrid often sleeps up there on a cotton comforter. I noticed blood stains on it - more than a few specks. I waited until she came back and checked her over, thinking she might have caught a claw or something. I found what looked like a 1" piece of raw flesh hanging from her bum, dripping blood. I called the vet. They were fully booked, but said they would squeeze her in at end of surgery. The vet said it was a nasty polyp and she had stripped it with all the licking. He said it would continue bleeding and she would continue licking until it was removed. The kept her there and operated under GA that day, with internal sutures. I collected her at 4.30. The nurse said to keep her in for 5 days (we negotiated down to 2 or 3
). She was very woozy that evening, but by morning, she was back to her usual self, tearing around the house and crying to go out. Yesterday, I decided that the wound looks clean and she seems fine. I kept her in one more night and she now has freedom of the city. When I picked her up, the nurse said that they didn't really have any concerns, but they kept the polyp and asked if I wanted it biopsied. I said I was happy to do whatever they recommended. She said "Oh she insured anyway, isn't she? - you may as well, as you are still only going to pay the excess" - she said that Petplan prefer them to check any suspect samples anyway. I will probably hear next week, but pretty sure it is just a regular polyp.
They don't do much for the blood pressure these cats, do they?!
- then on the Wednesday, I was heading in from the garden just as she was scaling the olive tree just outside (bout 40ft tall). I sat down and heard a commotion outside, I turned round to see her dragging a collared dove down. It flapped away and Kasper took over, cornering it. Thankfully, something else had caught Ingrid's eye, which gave it a chance. I went out and yelled at them. Kasper ran off over the back fence and vanished for 8 hours (another big scare for me) I couldn't see any obvious damage, but it couldn't take off. I took it to the vet. They checked it over and said there was no obvious damage, but would give it a proper check later. Fran, one of the nurses, is our local wildlife rescuer, so she would have taken care of it. I didn't hear any more and meant to ask on Monday.