Let us return now to our story of Shadow the cat at the vet.
The vet had to put Shadow out to fully examine the extent of damage to his eye. When he was under, the nurse called to give some results-- the injury was a puncture wound BELOW the eye that had abscessed. The eye was fine (we were worried he might be blind in that eye). She also said that, while he was under, the doctor was willing to neuter him for FREE, and that would help him not get in so many fights.
[The vet probably took a look at the massive scarring from previous fights on his body, and thought that this is one cat that really needs less motivation to fight. He probably looked at the circumstances and thought that the cat's owners weren't likely to do their civic duty and get him neutered on their own, so he would be a very kind man and offer. And for the record, my hat is off to people who sleep better at night by having made the world a better place.]
Fast forward to time to pick him up. They show us our cat (who looked terrible, btw), and explained what they found. The wound by his ear and the wound under his eye were puncture wounds, from the bite of either a fairly large dog, or a BOBCAT!!! Apparently, all those deer that have been eating everyone's bushes? Yeah... they are great food for bobcats, so they come down out of the mountains to hunt. When they can't find deer to eat, they settle for cats. And does that make them cannibals? Ew.
I figure Shadow's escape cost him one of his nine lives. My kids figure he has about two left.
My question is... Since his manly parts are missing, and a desire to fight is gone with them, how's he supposed to survive being hunted by a bobcat?!
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5 comments:
Poor Shadow, that cat needs his cat fruit snipped away, he is a little on the wild side if you ask me. I'm sure that bobcat got the short end of the stick in this deal.
CAT FRUIT! Holy Cow Erin! THAT . . . is creative.
Poor Shadow. I'm wondering if he attracted the attention of a bobcat because he was an overly confident male? (been dealing with a teenage boy lately.) Maybe with his cat fruit gone he will be more of a sissy cat and avoid the likes of the bobcat all together. You know, learn his limits or something.
Andrew just kept saying: Poor Shadow! He gets beat up by something, goes to the vet and gets his [cat fruit] ripped out! Hope that never happens to me!
On the bright side, now that his 'cat-fruit' are gone, he will now only want to lay around all day, eating and sleeping and getting FAT. This line of work does not often put one in the way of bobcats.
Great story, Peggy.
I'm with Kellie. RUN and HIDE, like any other living thing who smells bobcat on the wind!!!
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