Re: Percy

I had a cat that used to do the same thing...and one day she fell in the bubble bath and she came UNGLUED, started clawing all over the place to get out.  I looked like somebody had played tick-tac-toe on me by the time I got out.  Geez.
  

Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
  What an experience that must have been -- for both of you.
zem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Percy


>I had a cat named Spike who used to walk the edge of the clawfoot bathtub. 
>Fell in with me one day.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" 
> To: 
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Percy
>
>
>> After watching our two, I've become convinced that in spite of their 
>> incredible strength-for-weight and athletic abilities, they are quite 
>> clumsy.
>>
>> On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>>
>>> Me neither...cats are such trapeze artists..I've never heard of one 
>>> falling through like that. But I'll remember that from now on...
>>>
>>> Pam Evans wrote: Wise of you darling. Good 
>>> heads up for everyone, I never heard of this
>>> happening before.
>>>
>>> On 9/17/07, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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"
>>>> To:
>>>> 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 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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>>>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>>>> zone 8A
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