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Poor Tiger

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I posted last evening, and then deleted the post (SueK– thanks for your concern), about Tiger being in the hospital. He’s back on the Farm now, confined– cone & all– to the Workshop.

Apparently, Tiger got into fight defending the joint from an intruder. His cheek was punctured in two places, and while the superficial wound healed, the germs from that filthy rotten, no good piece of s^*t animal who was so stupid it couldn’t perceive that Tiger is a Lover, not a Fighter, had been deposited and were multiplying like mad beneath Tiger’s skin.

Out of respect for the squeamish, I’ll say no more above the fold.

Under kitty anesthesia, the vet lanced the abscess, drained as much of the infection’s puss as he could, inserted a drainage tube into Tiger’s cheek, and stapled him up. He goes back Monday to have various nonbiological things removed. Meanwhile, he’s going to settle into the Workshop for much of the duration. And take his medicine. Twice a day.

He looks a mess, but honestly– and despite his displeasure with the cone– he’s in better spirits than he was yesterday. I imagine his face doesn’t hurt as it did.

The vet noted once again that Tiger had been shot at (bb pellets under his skin).

Poor Tiger.

5 Responses

  2. Well…that’s sort of good news.
    When I checked in and the original post was deleted, I had some sad thoughts. And good that it’s due to an external probably very infrequent event. There are abcesses due to other internal things that could be much worse!
    Still…he looks pretty miserable…hope he recovers soon!

    And how appropriate that Kat was the first responder!!!

    1. I think– hope– he will be unhappy for a few days what with the collar & all, but that he will recover in due time. I could be convinced that he’s suffered through enough hard times such that he may be welcomed inside.

      We’ll see.

  3. Heh. There’s no limit to what these cats will do to get to be indoor cats!! What will be interesting…convincing the _dogs_ that he should be an indoor cat!
    We have a garage cat…he’d _like_ to be in indoor cat, but our Doberman definitely would have a problem with that. Between them, they’d destroy the house if we let him in!! I was able to sufficiently correct her when she was going to go after some kittens someone had at the barn…my timing of “NO!!” just happened to be at just the right moment, and she now knows that little kitties are off limits. But regular big size cats??? Fair game!!! I wish she’d go after squirrels like she goes after cats! And gophers… do you have gophers? I don’t remember having gophers when we lived in the mid-west. On the other hand…what was that movie… CaddyShack…so they must be there!

    1. We already have an inside cat– Snaps. She’s friends especially with Missy– well, mostly she’s senile and doesn’t know any better, though Missy is pretty good. Anywho, Snaps can’t weigh 7 pounds. Missy is about 75-80. It’s hilarious. But Tiger and Snaps do not get along. It would be a disaster.

      We have moles. Everywhere. With the rain and the underground mole trails it’s like walking on a marshmallow out there!

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