15/01/2023
🐾 CAN YOU LEND A HELPING PAW? 🐾
Today one of our admin Tracey was alerted to an injured cat that had been seen on a home security camera last night. The very emaciated cat was unable to move his back legs and was dragging himself around. As she always does, Tracey dropped everything to rescue this beautiful boy. Originally we had thought he was an elderly cat however on arrival Tracey noticed that he was actually only around 12 months old.
He was immediately rushed to an emergency vet, where it was found that he was unable to move his hind legs and had no deep pain sensation. Thankfully on X-ray, the vet team found no fractures in his spine or hips, however they did find an area in his tail that had some previous trauma that was trying to heal. This injury is commonly knows as a ‘tail pull injury’ and is usually caused by a cat getting stuck on a fence, attacked by a dog or having their tailed pulled by a human.
Unfortunately his tail pull injury is severe, so there is a chance he may never recover the use of his legs. However he does appear to be able to urinate on his own, so there is still hope that he can regain the nerve function in his legs!
This kitty reminded us so much of our special Cleo-Catra (you can see her story on both our insta and Facebook) that we had to give him a chance to thrive just like her! We also asked her foster mum Katie to take on this little boy to give him the best care possible. Katie decided to name this special boy Oscar, which means ‘divine strength’ or ‘spear of the gods.’
Oscar is going to his foster home on strong pain relief and will need around the clock monitoring, including flipping him to ensure he doesn’t develop pressure sores and monitoring his urine output. Little Oscar will have a review at one of our local vets.
If you can donate towards Oscar’s care and other kitties like him, we would be forever grateful.
You can donate by using the donate button or by direct debit to:
Perth Rescue Angels
Commonwealth
BSB: 066-161
ACC: 10709139
Ref: Oscar
All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible. Every single dollar counts, no donation is too small ❤️
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