hopefully this isn't your "cat"
Posted on 10/23/2011 8:46:56 PM PDT by MacMattico
It might be just basking in the glory. It’s still not going anywhere but I brought it some food and water and it took a little, with a look of “It’s about time.” But I’ve never had a cat I’ve never seen before be so responsive and friendly yet just lay there. My cat is practically tearing the front door down trying to get out to the porch where the other one is!
hopefully this isn't your "cat"
hopefully this isn't your "cat"
LOL.
I’m thinking the whole bit about cat bites being super infectious is a myth. Does anyone know the real story on this?
hahahaha
We had a huge Siamese cat that killed a German Shepheard. My folks said the cat went to live on a ranch.
Got worse, got him to the vet, got antibiotic pills, couldn't get them down him, got him to take them in his food. So he got better. I had him neutered and watch him pretty closely now because there's a couple strays I feed outside, and they have standoffs but no fighting.
I guess I wouldn't want to take a stray cat to those weekend ER's (I've done that with a couple of mine) but if it's still there tomorrow or keep it in the garage or something, take it to a cheaper vet. One of my last trips to the vet was to the cheapest one where you wait your turn. Somebody brought a little dog in that had gotten in a big dog's yard. The little one got back under the fence, and the man was holding it in a blanket. The dog got very quiet. My turn was and the vet came out and I said you'd better take that little dog.
She did, shut the door (usually didn't), got very quiet in there. Pretty soon he came out with a dead dog in a box. The vet came out crying. Internal injuries. It was awful to see. Guy leaves, pretty soon wife somes and starts yelling at the vet. Said that dog was alert before. I don't know if delay in treatment would have made a difference. I don't think there was much that could be done for the little thing.
Apart from scratches that could get infected and spread through his body your dog should be fine. Unusual for the cat to hang around though.
Sad. Just doing what critters do. I've seen a dog take out a cat with one chomp. Your dog must be small or nice not to do the same, claws or no claws.
I can see my husbands eyes rolling tomorrow when he finds out we have a new cat!
I don’t know how to post pictures!
Lucky you, Sounds like a Maine Coon Cat. Very good breed.
If the cat is pregnant, you can feel little bumps in the tummy. (If she is far enough along)
Something doesn’t sound right here.
Even a very gentle cat would not just lay around after a fight with a dog. It could be hurt internally.
Not only serious risk of bacterial infection, is the dog absolutely current on rabies shots?
Neighbor was a chiro, not a vet. They get lots of meds now though.
Not true of every cat. My parents had a big bruiser of a tom cat. Very friendly to people, but it would go nuts if it saw a dog or another tom cat it its yard - and its yard was quite a bit larger than what the county surveyor said my parent's yard was.
You would need to upload the pictures to a server like photobucket, then go from there.
If it is a huge cat, and it acts very laid back, almost dog like, it is probably a Maine Coon cat.
They are very mellow cats.
Ha! No, but when I heard the dog barking the way he was all I could think of was oh no, a skunk!
Sounds like our younger cat of the two (he’s 5.) About three years ago he just showed up on the deck and acted exactly as you describe your new friend. He’s been here ever since. He stared the dog and the older cat down for a week and now you’d think all three had grown up together.
I was thinking Maine Coon, too. Very pretty cats.
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