BBC update
So here’s the photo of BBC’s leg as promised. It’s a bit blurry because he didn’t really want to have his photo taken. He was supposed to stay indoors for at least 3 days. That lasted less than 3 hours. He was also supposed to keep the dressing on for 3 days – that managed about 12 hours. He woke me up at 4am by jumping on my and purring ecstatically, clearly very pleased with himself. We phoned the vet and they said if it looks clean and it’s not bleeding, to just leave it. He then went back to the vet today as planned and he was happy to leave the dressing off, and as BBC isn’t really licking his stitches too much, he doesn’t need a big plastic collar – more good news because this means that he can still play outside.
I had a good look at his paw yesterday, and where the wound is, if it was deep (as the vet suggested it was) then I reckon he must have come fairly close to losing a toe or two!! Not that I think that would have slowed him down in the slightest. The cut is right on the edge of the paw pad, where it meets the ‘toes’, and there really isn’t much flesh or anything there at all. Still no idea how he did it – I did follow the trail of blood outside the house, but I lost it in next door’s garden. I can only assume he jumped off a wall or something into some bushes or undergrowth, and landed on someting sharp, like glass or a huge thorn. Anyway, he’s on the mend now, and that’s all that matters. I reckon he only has about 3 of his lives left now though…
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Wow, your BBC is a real adventurer isn’t he! It’s amazing how tolerant of pain animals can be, as I have learnt over the last few months.
Wow, your BBC is a real adventurer isn’t he! It’s amazing how tolerant of pain animals can be, as I have learnt over the last few months.