What a rotten thing and what a promising outcome. Glad that the boy is on the mend.
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Last evening, Rory went outside to sit alongside his wifelet-that-was and adult daughter [both have been spayed]. It's a ritual. They sit and stare, and once the visitors have eaten, off they go into the forest, and in comes Rory. Another black cat was spotted in the garden a couple of nights ago. Tough and youthful in appearance. We wondered was it an offspring of Rory's?
Rory was late, so I called him to come in. When he eventually reached the back door he was in one hell of a state.
He had either been hit by a car or he had had an almighty big scrap with another cat and he was DRENCHED almost as if he'd been under water [the burn is close by]. His back leg was dragging. His nose bloody. He kept shaking his head, and we noticed that something has torn hair out from behind his ear.
Naturally, we need to get him to the vet. He refuses to be handled. We cannot get him anywhere near the cat carrier. The vet is 24 miles away. I've spoken with the vet and she is to phone me back after two. Talk about distressed...
Happy news soop and so glad he will be alright. 
Oh Soop what a worrying ordeal for you with Rory, Monarch of the Glen, laid so low. Could it have been a rat bite? They are very dangerous and can cause fatal infections in cats. I nearly lost one of mine once, with a rat bite. Thankfully the antibiotics did the trick and saved my lovely Tigs.(long since departed to the feline heaven)
He may be much better tomorrow and hopefully soon return to his full health and strength. Do hope so.
for you and Mr Soop and chicken bits to My Lord.
Hope Rory is much better today, and Mr & Mrs soop had a good nights sleep
Your messages regarding our battle-bruised Rory, are very uplifting. Who'd believe that a stray mogs would touch the hearts of so many. It's enough to make him 
...if he could.
He's certainly feeling far from perky. The foot and ear are very swollen and painful. He struggles along on three legs. He's lost clumps of fur from around his neck. The slow-acting anti-biotics should start to kick in soon. Ruth told us, that without them, he would have crawled into the forest and died of infection, as is the way with many feral cats.
Gagagran Your comment has made us wonder whether the attack may have been a rat. After all, he had been under the water. An otter lives nearby. Would an otter attack a cat? The burn is where the deer and cats drink. Another possibility, could have been a ferret. A friend's cat was attacked some years ago by a mink that had come into her garden via the stream at the bottom of her garden. Kippa, the friend's cat, almost died from infection.
Anyway, it's a glorious day. I've added a photo taken at breakfast time. 
I think he's been adopted as GN's mascot
It does rather sound as though he was taken by surprise, doesn't it? I mean, he'd probably have been aware of another cat long before any attack.... I do hope the antibiotics kick in soon and he starts to feel better, soop.
Of course, there was that younger, fitter, black cat wandering through Rory's territory at the end of last week. Rory became very fidgety whenever the outside sensor light was activated at odd times. He's used to the female cats arriving for a little supper at six sharp. Since they've been spayed, Rory is aware of a subtle change in his relationship with them. 
Now that he's had the snip, he seems very content to be in their company for a wee while. All they do is stare at each other and carry on with a little grooming before returning to the forest. After which, Rory pesters to come indoors. If the stranger is hoping to take over R's territory, I imagine there will be further skirmishes. Hope not. It's sad to see him looking utterly defeated.
Glad he`s doing OK Soop, and hope he`ll soon be as fit as a fiddle again. A long time ago, when we were living on a country caravan park (another story entirely), Patch, our cat at the time, was in awful pain, and her face and head swelled up terribly, and on arrival at the vets we were told it was an abscess due to a bite, probably from a rat or a rabbit. I had to hold onto her on the vets table whilst it was lanced, and you wouldn`t believe the amount of stuff that came out, no word of a lie, it covered the table! She had to stay overnight so she could be put to sleep whilst they cleared it out properly. We brought her home the following day, and after a few hours staggering from the effects of the anaesthetic, she was fine.
Many hugs and kisses to Rory, and to you as well, of course! 
Dear number a big thankyou.
Twinkle Toes There have been several sightings of fox in this area. Our friends have lost chicken and ducks. One of Rory's daughters, the one we named - Tabitha 
hasn't been seen for ages. She used to accompany her mother and sister in the evenings. She was spayed together with them, and returned for some weeks thereafter to have supper. Also, we had a peacock [we named, Boc] who came out of the woods and would sit on Mr soop's car bonnet - when he wasn't helping me with the garden. The neighbour recalls him [Boc] visiting his garden, when a chick, with his mother some 20 years ago! After joining us, and our builders for several months, he disappeared. The neighbour blamed the fox. Oh dear, if it is a polecat then we really are up against a nasty predator. 
Once again, thank you for all your kind comments.
If only Rory could understand that he has so many well-wishers. He hasn't moved far beyond his cushion today. It's such a struggle for him to hop and rock his way to the litter box. Good for him, he has managed so far not to have an accident.
The tricky hour is nigh. He's bound to make a fuss when we refuse to let him out to sit with the girls. It's for his own good. If the creature that caused so much damage is lurking in the woodland and attacks Rory a second time...he may not survive. 
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