Emergency -- sick cat please help

[Abriana]

I've been told that if chickens eat rotting cabbage, which is very poisonous to them, that you should get molassas into them as quickly as you can. I'd suggest adding some to his water. Make sure he drinks a lot; it will help flush him out.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

You could ask her if activated charcoal will help him. I'm not sure if that is good for petroleum poisoning or not but for poisoning in general it is used.

I can look it up! I didn't even think of charcoal, though I've heard of its uses. I agree that I don't know if it'd help petroleum poisoning or not...

If you're unable to trap him, can you get close enough to net him? We have a feral cat that showed up at our barn about 8-9 months ago. Approx. 6 months ago, he disappeared for awhile and then reappeared with an abscess the size of a tennis ball on the right side of his jaw; he was quite ill with infection from the wound as well as a URI and had lost a good bit of weight. We spent almost a week trying to trap him; Jorge was too smart to fall for the trap. One thing we had going for us is he is hard of hearing. I found him sleeping in the perfect spot for netting. I first set a wire crate up on it's end in the barn with the door open (the opening was large enough for me to get the net rim in); grabbed the chicken net; nabbed him; put him in the crate; covered the crate with a sheet and off to the vet we went. Turns out the abscess was from a bite of unknown origin. Vet sedated and cleaned the wound; antibiotics and initial rabies shot given and Jorge was sent home with us with a mandatory 6-month, double barrier quarantine for possible rabies due to the unknown origin of the bite. Jorge recently went back to the vet to be neutered; ear tipped and booster for rabies and we'll soon release him after he heals up a bit from the neuter. Good luck in getting Skitters the help he needs but do be careful.

I'm glad you were able to help Jorge, poor kitty!

My neighbor said that he sleeps in her garage, because she leaves it open a crack and lets the stray cats find shelter in there. She's hoping to be able to net him or throw a blanket over him and stick him in her carrier. If he comes over here we could always try to do that ourselves to help out, but he seems to stick over there a lot so hopefully one of us will be able to catch him and get him to a vet.

Apparently he's pretty feisty when they tried to catch him b, though, so I will most definitely be careful!

I've been told that if chickens eat rotting cabbage, which is very poisonous to them, that you should get molassas into them as quickly as you can. I'd suggest adding some to his water. Make sure he drinks a lot; it will help flush him out.

I've never heard of that, I'll have to go look online to see if molasses can help him. We put out water when we found him but he wasn't interested. Hopefully he's drinking over at the neighbor's house.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

I just realized I never updated you all on how poor Skitters is doing.

I haven't actually seen him since today, which I'll get to. Haven't talked to the neighbors to see if they caught him and were able to help. Hadn't seen Skit around at all and worried he was gone...a week or two ago I saw him walking down the street and was heartened to see he was still up and around...

Then today I went out to get the mail and there he was! He looks so much cleaner and generally better, though I can tell he isn't 100% better. His tongue was still poking out but I saw no drool. He did eat the food I put down, didn't want to disturb him as he was right at the door so I didn't see if he drank any of the water I put out, but I think he did.

Hoping Skitters makes a full recovery. I also hope we can talk to the neighbors soon to get a better update on the little guy. To me it looks like he's on the road to getting better--I sure hope that silly little cat makes it!

 

[Cadence A Waller]

I just realized I never updated you all on how poor Skitters is doing.

I haven't actually seen him since today, which I'll get to. Haven't talked to the neighbors to see if they caught him and were able to help. Hadn't seen Skit around at all and worried he was gone...a week or two ago I saw him walking down the street and was heartened to see he was still up and around...

Then today I went out to get the mail and there he was! He looks so much cleaner and generally better, though I can tell he isn't 100% better. His tongue was still poking out but I saw no drool. He did eat the food I put down, didn't want to disturb him as he was right at the door so I didn't see if he drank any of the water I put out, but I think he did.

Hoping Skitters makes a full recovery. I also hope we can talk to the neighbors soon to get a better update on the little guy. To me it looks like he's on the road to getting better--I sure hope that silly little cat makes it!

Awesome! Sounds like he has gotten a lot better since the last time you posted! Hoping for a full recovery for your Skitters too!

 

[Skye'sDucks]

Thank you!

 

[MissChick@dee]