fantastic news...also advice

[Russian Doll]

my cat come home last night...hes very thin and his paws and claws are scratched to buggery but hes home and i am so happy i burst into tears last night....


he is starving but i have been giving him small amounts instead of one large meal...any ideas tor a tonic for him

[kiwirach]

cant help with the tonic, however, having read your previous thread re the cat going missing, i'm thrilled to see he has come home.

[ina]

No idea about tonic - but I am so glad for you! Whenever one of mine was gone for a while in the past, I just gave her something "special"... Whatever they liked best. And I don't think you need to be afraid he'd overfeed; cats rarely do that.

[Millymollymandy]

That's wonderful news but you'd better update the "my cat's gone missing" thread as I think people are still saying sorry there!

[Annpan]

I am so glad

My cat does over eat - if she has been really hungry or out in the rain all day - then she promptly throws up in the middle of the livingroom... I'd keep up the treats (in small amounts) and LOTS of cuddles for a week or so before going back to normal.

[baldowrie]

sounds like he took a hunting trip just too far...glad he is home

[Shirley]

Happy to hear that he's come home

[Wotta Wally]

So glad your fur-baby is home.

Can I suggest you take him to the vets for a checkover? If his claws/paws are scratched up as badly as that, it usually suggests they have been hit by a car (they dig their claws in as they see the predator so obviously get scratched as they are pulled along). Hopefully, it is a big nothing but better safe than sorry.

{{BIG HUGS}} tho with relief.

[Russian Doll]

So glad your fur-baby is home.

Can I suggest you take him to the vets for a checkover? If his claws/paws are scratched up as badly as that, it usually suggests they have been hit by a car (they dig their claws in as they see the predator so obviously get scratched as they are pulled along). Hopefully, it is a big nothing but better safe than sorry.

{{BIG HUGS}} tho with relief.

hes got an appointment this afternoon hun...he keeps cxrying so we want to make sure hes not hurt and is just crying cause hes home

[red]

yay!

yes do take the cat for a checkover.. ours came back after 4 days and seemed fine.. then he went downhill. he was droopy.. and lethargic. Himself said he needed a rest, but I was not happy (we had.. in a terrible stroke of irony lost our other cat to a heart condition the very day he came home.. so I was a bit touchy)
anyway.. he had a small cut on his leg, which had become infected.. the infection was tracking back and had got into bloodstream - vet reckoned another 48 hours and he would have been dead. course of antibiotics and he perked up instantly.
if you dont take him to vet.. keep a good eye on him

and get him chipped!

sounds like he lost his way or got shut in somewhere. really pleased for you that he is back.

[Millymollymandy]

Can I suggest you take him to the vets for a checkover? If his claws/paws are scratched up as badly as that, it usually suggests they have been hit by a car (they dig their claws in as they see the predator so obviously get scratched as they are pulled along).

Yup, my cat who got blinded by being hit by a car had claws that had been ground down to stumps.

[mrsflibble]

glad he's back!! hopefully minstrel will perk up too. good luck at the vet.

[marshlander]

really pleased he's home.

Agree it's a good precaution to take him to the vets just in case...

[multiveg]

Yay, so happy for you.
Reminds me of a cat that would go out at night, and expect to be picked up by car in the morning. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7092301.stm

[gigglybug]

Really pleased for you!!!