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Rory is in trouble!

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whenim64 Mon 11-Mar-13 15:09:16

soop I can imagaine how worried you are. Poor Rory. I hope he's going to be ok. xx

moomin Mon 11-Mar-13 15:07:38

Oh soop hope he's alright - but cats do have remarkable powers of recovery, I know from experience having once had a cat who was run over, one vet was ready to put him to sleep, another one said to see how he went - he recovered well, with a rather fetching limp and went on to live into old age

JessM Mon 11-Mar-13 15:00:59

Oh dear. he is honorary founder member of GN I think.

Ella46 Mon 11-Mar-13 14:44:24

Oh soop, I do hope he's ok flowers

gracesmum Mon 11-Mar-13 14:42:36

Poor Rory and poor you. It is heart-breaking when an animal is ill and frightened and can't understand that you are only trying to help him. Good luck! [fish and biscuits] emoticon

Butty Mon 11-Mar-13 14:33:45

Poor Rory sad, soop. Hope the vet will be able make him comfortable and do whatever needs doing. Meanwhile, keep us up to date.

soop Mon 11-Mar-13 14:24:27

The vet has offered to come here, thank goodness. The carrier is in the hall. He'll need to go to the clinic to be X-rayed.

Tegan Mon 11-Mar-13 14:09:37

At least he made it back home. Do hope he'll be ok.

soop Mon 11-Mar-13 14:08:26

Thank you, Nellie and Ana. He looks awfully sorry for himself. We fear that his back leg has been dislocated.

soop Mon 11-Mar-13 14:06:36

Bags Will do. I'm hoping that the vet might come here, 'though it seems like a big ask!

Ana Mon 11-Mar-13 14:05:55

Oh dear, soop, how awful! Rory's naturally traumatised by whatever's happened, so no wonder he doesn't want to be handled. Let's hope that when he's had time to recover a little he'll be more amenable - I expect he just wants to lick his wounds in peace at the moment...sad

Nelliemoser Mon 11-Mar-13 14:04:24

Oh poor Rory! Poor you after all your care and getting him to trust you.
Keep us informed.

Bags Mon 11-Mar-13 14:03:46

Oh dear, soop! You must be worried. Do keep us posted! sad

soop Mon 11-Mar-13 13:47:09

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.confused 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...sad