When Walter Santi went investigate why a stray cat meowing at his door, he wasn’t expecting he would end up saving the cat’s life. But that’s what happened when he found the cat at his home in the middle of winter.
“On February 25, 2017 a stray cat came to our door, meowing very loudly,” wrote Santi. “His left rear leg was injured. We took him to the vet. The vet examined the cat and took X-Rays. She said there was no bone damage in the left rear leg and that probably some other cat bit him in the leg and the wound got infected, hence the swelling. She also said there were some old wounds on the left side of his body and a bone fracture in his left front leg which probably happened weeks ago, hence the limping. But it had started to heal.”
“The vet started the antibiotic treatment and gave him some medication for internal and external parasites because there were lots of fleas and ticks on him ( Like he didn’t have enough problems. Damn you blood-sucking parasites!). The cat stayed at the clinic for two nights,” said Santi.
“On February 27, I went to the clinic again. After the cleansing, I took him home. And we continued the antibiotic treatment, we gave him intramuscular injections two times a day for 5 days. At first he couldn’t put any weight on his left rear leg. I cleansed the wound with antiseptics 3 times a day. He cleansed the wound with his tongue 30 times a day.”
Within a short time the cat started to feel better. “Then he started to run,” wrote Santi.
“At the end of the five-day treatment, we went to the vet again. She said the wound looked fine and we stopped the antibiotics. The cat was ready to go outside because it was March and it was very difficult to keep him indoors so we let him out. Now he lives in our garden with other cats.”
Forty days later, and the orange cat is very much at home with his adoptive family. Santi added jokingly, “As you can see, the cat was very busy chasing females.”
The cat sure picked the right people to ask for help! We need more people in the world like Walter!
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