Got a call tonight from a distraught gentleman who said their cat (a former stray) was dying. Told me there was a gaping wound in the neck and a smaller wound underneath the throat (indicative of a tom attack) He and his wife and son live in a local trailer park and so off I went.

Anna is a beautiful kitty, she looks a lot like my Scatter. She does indeed have a wound on her neck and also under her chin. I have her here and just did a thorough exam of her, clipped the hair around her wounds, washed and debrided the wounds, vaccinated her, de-flead her she was a mess of fleas. I can’t deworm her, her throat is pretty swollen right now. I also put her on clindrops and to my dismay discovered yet another problem with her- the tom has perforated her rectum. She is leaking stool without being able to stop. This is a type of injury from a hopped up tomcat that some kitties cannot recover from, so Anna will go to the vet in the morning. She is spayed so at least she isn’t pregnant. I almost wish it was that easy.

Please pray for her- the rectum is pretty wrecked and although I am a total stranger to her- she allowed me to mess with her for almost an hour without once threatening to bite or scratch me.