What should I have done? -> Updated
A pitbull got my cat this morning. Cat is in the hospital and dog owner gave them his credit card. I finally have a minute to breathe, and am trying to think what I could have done differently, for ...
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Update:
Thank you all so much for your kind words and good wishes :).
Kitty is getting better each day. He's walking gingerly now (better than previous hobble), getting up and down from couch with effort/falling, but he chooses to do it. Dragging his tail when he walks -- vet says may be nerve damage, and it may heal in 6 months or so. Definitely still needs pain meds.
He's beginning to get over the emotional trauma. Today, for the first time, he took his morning nap on the couch instead of in his hiding place. He spooked and hid for hours when someone knocked on the front door yesterday, though.
I brought his mom inside yesterday to see him. She was very anxious, though, because indoors is not her territory. But then once she was back outside she meowed for him, wanted him to come out. When I feel he is up for it, I will rig up a collar an leash and let him out on the porch with her for a little bit. Anyway, at least she knows he is alive and accounted for.
I talked to cops and animal control. Turns out the dog owner brought the dog back to the shelter where she got him right after the attack. Not clear whether the owners will pay the remaining vet bills without legal action. Maybe.
Thank you all so much for your kind words and good wishes :).
Kitty is getting better each day. He's walking gingerly now (better than previous hobble), getting up and down from couch with effort/falling, but he chooses to do it. Dragging his tail when he walks -- vet says may be nerve damage, and it may heal in 6 months or so. Definitely still needs pain meds.
He's beginning to get over the emotional trauma. Today, for the first time, he took his morning nap on the couch instead of in his hiding place. He spooked and hid for hours when someone knocked on the front door yesterday, though.
I brought his mom inside yesterday to see him. She was very anxious, though, because indoors is not her territory. But then once she was back outside she meowed for him, wanted him to come out. When I feel he is up for it, I will rig up a collar an leash and let him out on the porch with her for a little bit. Anyway, at least she knows he is alive and accounted for.
I talked to cops and animal control. Turns out the dog owner brought the dog back to the shelter where she got him right after the attack. Not clear whether the owners will pay the remaining vet bills without legal action. Maybe.
