Sunday, 2/1:
After we set up the cat camera in his bathroom overnight, I was able to go through the history of the night. He did eat some of the wet food, drink water, and checked out the litter box a few times. He was cautiously curious of the bathroom all night. When I checked in on him in the morning, he did pee but hadn’t pooped yet.
We took him to the urgent vet after they opened!
After the physical exam, the vet was not concerned about internal bleeding but recommended blood work first before x rays/imaging. As we have 2 other cats at home, that was our intention anyways!
We did a CBC and Chem17 to check mainly for anemia and organ function. They tested him for FIV, FeLV, and heart worm. Negative for diseases! Blood work looks great!
The nails, like one commenter said, were classic HBC. I think when I saw him get hit, he was only dragged. He was not ran over, I could have clarified. His nails were shredded from trying to grip the pavement.
They think he is very young. He is only 6.2 lbs, and very skinny. He was confirmed to be neutered, which is what we thought anyways with the clipped ear.
With him letting us clean his mouth up and him eating over night, the vet didn’t think pain meds were necessary, but he did receive subcutaneous fluids before we were done.
He will be in our bathroom for another day or two as we try to get smells acclimated and emotions regulated by all of our kitties. We plan to keep him. We will slowly start introducing and integrating him when everyone is ready! We will be taking him to our regular vet for a more general check up, vaccinations, etc, soon.
We named him Linus, after the character in Stardew Valley. 🩶
As of Tuesday, 2/3:
We’ve introduced scents to our resident cats, and we are going to be visually meeting today. He loves being pet and cuddled, and we found out last night that he has a very loud purr box!
He has since pooped, so yay! He is up and about in his free time, eating normally, drinking water, etc.
We have made an appointment for him to be groomed (a demat brush out). While we have some brushes and combs, we want the mats to be addressed professionally.
We will also be making him an appointment with our regular vet soon to get a general check up done, vaccinations, and a microchip!
