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Jul. 15th, 2008 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonimpTabitha - our outdoor kitty - came around with a limp and a swollen paw mid-afternoon on Sunday. It wasn't any better yesterday, so we (I) took her to the vet today.
The thing with Tabby is that she was about three-fourths feral when we took her in. She's a sweetheart and she loves her people, but she's still really skittish, and we'd never taken her to the vet before.
We bought a new carrier with a door at the top and set it out overnight (she used it as a bed). I felt so bad when I shut her in it today - like I was betraying her. She let out the most pitiful moan ;_;.
Turns out her leg is infected. They shaved the area and cleaned it, and gave her a shot of antibiotics, but we're going to have to keep her inside for a while and give her more antibiotics as pills.
Since she hasn't had her shots we don't want her interacting with the indoor kitties, so she's in the hall bathroom. The poor thing is so scared and confused. I feel really bad - but there's not much else we can do. There's no way we can let her outside until the infection clears up.
The thing with Tabby is that she was about three-fourths feral when we took her in. She's a sweetheart and she loves her people, but she's still really skittish, and we'd never taken her to the vet before.
We bought a new carrier with a door at the top and set it out overnight (she used it as a bed). I felt so bad when I shut her in it today - like I was betraying her. She let out the most pitiful moan ;_;.
Turns out her leg is infected. They shaved the area and cleaned it, and gave her a shot of antibiotics, but we're going to have to keep her inside for a while and give her more antibiotics as pills.
Since she hasn't had her shots we don't want her interacting with the indoor kitties, so she's in the hall bathroom. The poor thing is so scared and confused. I feel really bad - but there's not much else we can do. There's no way we can let her outside until the infection clears up.