There are lots of stray cats that live in Peckham and one in particular would wander into our garden from time to time. When he showed up we’d give him some food and if the weather was rubbish he’d sleep inside. Anyway, I finished work at about 8pm a couple of weeks ago and when I can downstairs I noticed he was not only inside the house (we have a cat flap that uses when he fancies) but curled up really tightly in a ball, which is unusual as he normally lounges sprawled out wherever he fancies!
On closer inspection on of his paws was swollen to about four times the size of the others and he wasn’t responding to touch (normally he’s really affectionate) so we quickly got him to the vets round the corner who had us sign a form confirming that he was a stray, didn’t belong to us, and we had no rights to him. At the same time we also indicated that, once he was healed, we would be willing to adopt him (otherwise he goes to a shelter, as they can’t just release him back into the street).
A week or so later they called to say that, unfortunately, the infection in the paw he had was pretty bad and they had to amputate the back right leg to save him. Despite this he was making a good recovery and they wanted to know if we’d still be willing to adopt, which of course we were!
So, after just over two weeks at the vets he came home with us three weeks ago and is acclimatising really well. As a stray/feral cat he roamed over a pretty large area (we’d fairly regularly see him running around in the streets when we were staggering back from the pub late at night!) and he can’t go outside now, and probably never will be able to, which is a big change for him. But he’s still very mobile, enjoys watching football with me on the sofa and treats our bed as his!
So this is our new friend, Roger the three legged cat!
There are lots of stray cats that live in Peckham and one in particular would wander into our garden from time to time. When he showed up we’d give him some food and if the weather was rubbish he’d sleep inside. Anyway, I finished work at about 8pm a couple of weeks ago and when I can downstairs I noticed he was not only inside the house (we have a cat flap that uses when he fancies) but curled up really tightly in a ball, which is unusual as he normally lounges sprawled out wherever he fancies!
On closer inspection on of his paws was swollen to about four times the size of the others and he wasn’t responding to touch (normally he’s really affectionate) so we quickly got him to the vets round the corner who had us sign a form confirming that he was a stray, didn’t belong to us, and we had no rights to him. At the same time we also indicated that, once he was healed, we would be willing to adopt him (otherwise he goes to a shelter, as they can’t just release him back into the street).
A week or so later they called to say that, unfortunately, the infection in the paw he had was pretty bad and they had to amputate the back right leg to save him. Despite this he was making a good recovery and they wanted to know if we’d still be willing to adopt, which of course we were!
So, after just over two weeks at the vets he came home with us three weeks ago and is acclimatising really well. As a stray/feral cat he roamed over a pretty large area (we’d fairly regularly see him running around in the streets when we were staggering back from the pub late at night!) and he can’t go outside now, and probably never will be able to, which is a big change for him. But he’s still very mobile, enjoys watching football with me on the sofa and treats our bed as his!
So this is our new friend, Roger the three legged cat!
Good for you, well done! hope he enjoys his new inside life.
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A week or so later they called to say that, unfortunately, the infection in the paw he had was pretty bad and they had to amputate the back right leg to save him. Despite this he was making a good recovery and they wanted to know if we’d still be willing to adopt, which of course we were!
So this is our new friend, Roger the three legged cat!