Re: Percy

oh my, I am so sorry to hear about this Zem.

Aminals do adapt to three legs.
Years ago I had a dog who almost lost a leg, but in the process, her leg was
tied up/casted/ to make it unmoveable against her side/belly.  Took her less
than a day to be used to it.  Amazing to say the least.

Sorry about the bank
account, but pets become family, and you just can't stand for them to be hurt,
and have to do the best we can for them.

Donna




----- Original Message
----
From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent:
Monday, September 17, 2007 3:21:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Percy


Percy is
doing great.  The crate he is in is huge, and there is room for his 
bed, his
food and water and a small litter box.  The vet agreed that it 
would be a
good idea to leave him in there until the stitches are removed on 
the 27th.
I just don't want to run the risk of his sustaining an injury. 
All his
friends are visiting through the bars.  Incidentally, I have put a 
heavy
throw over the top so nobody else gets a leg caught.
zem
----- Original
Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To:
<gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 2:17 PM
Subject: RE:
[CHAT] Percy


> Me too....ya'll have been on my mind a lot.
>
>
> Johnson
Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>  Poor baby,
hope he's doing okay.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of
Zemuly Sanders
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 5:47 PM
> To:
gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Percy
>
> I picked him up from the
vet this afternoon. She suggested I try to
> slowly
> reintroduce him to the
colony since he is now "different." You should
> have
> seen the look on his
face with his blue Elizabethan collar in place. I
> must
> say I was
thoroughly cursed by him. At any rate I have put him in
> Otis's
> huge (and
now unused) crate with his own food, water and litter box. He
> is
> in the
middle of all the other cats, but nobody can bother him until he
> is a
>
little more sure of himself. I'll probably keep him corralled until his
>
>
stitches and collar come off in two weeks. I'm going to give him his
>
antibiotic and pain medicine now.
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
"Jesse Bell"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re:
[CHAT] Percy
>
>
>> Ohhhhh...I'm so sorry to hear that Zem. My vet has a
three-legged cat
>
>> named "Tripod" and I have a friend who also had to do
that to their
> cat.
>> It was an outside cat and it was on the roof and tried
to jump from
> the
>> gutter of the house to a tree and got it's leg caught in
the space
> between
>> the roof and gutter (gutter was in need of repair I
would say) and
> was
>> hanging upside down with a broken leg. Poor baby. But
after the
>> amputation, they both get around just fine. Tripod is an awesome
cat.
>>
>>
>> Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>> Thanks, you all. I'm sure he'll do
fine. His best friend is Fleur,
> and
>> she
>> has never missed have four
operable legs. He'll be relieved, I'm sure,
> to
>> no longer lugging around
that heavy cast.
>> zem
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pam Evans"
>> To:
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT]
Percy
>>
>>
>>> I've read some remarkable stories about how well they can
adapt to a
>>> missing
>>> limb, but I do hate it for him and for you. Thank
goodness he is an
>>> indoor
>>> baby. Poor lil' ol Percy! And poor Zem's bank
account!
>>>
>>> On 9/13/07, Kitty wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oh, I am so sorry for the
little guy and you. I suppose it will take
>>>> some
>>>> time getting used to
losing the leg, but he'll adapt, but what a
> shame.
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>>
neIN, Zone 5
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Zemuly Sanders"
>>>> To: "gardenchat"
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:59 PM
>>>>
Subject: [CHAT] Percy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >I took Percy to have his leg checked
today. The vet called and said
> the
>>>> >leg
>>>> > was not healing properly
at the point where the skin had been
>>>> broken. He
>>>> > suggested
amputation was the best route to follow in this case, so
>
>>>> > that
>>>> is
>>>> > what was done. I had to also consider the cost factor, and
> amputation
>>>> at
>>>> > $800
>>>> > was less than half the cost of having the ankle
"pinned" and
> frozen in
>>>> > place.
>>>> > In addition pinning was not
going to be guaranteed because of the
>>>> > large
>>>> > open
>>>> > wound.
At any rate, Percy will be fine since he never goes outside
>>>> > anyway.
>>>> > I'm sorry he has been through such an ordeal, and I'm sorry it's
>>>> >
costing
>>>> > me so
>>>> > much! We will both adapt, I'm sure. I will pick
him up tomorrow
>>>> > afternoon.
>>>> > zem
>>>> >
>>>> >
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Pam Evans
>>> Kemp TX
>>> zone 8A
>>>
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