I haven’t posted about this, because I don’t want it to be about the dog, and the endless breed debate. But I am worrying and could use some jingles/advice.
Friend had two dogs. Bitch, not spayed, has shown some human aggression off and on, fights with male dog occasionally (not neutered). Bitch totally sweet to her family, and friends. Has a history of having previously killed a kitten. A little orange kitty showed up, and they started feeding him. Eventually let him in. Dogs seemed to get along with him for the most part.
Bitch snuck out a couple times in the last few months and killed a chicken and 4 ducks. Also bit my dad, who was wearing gloves (no harm).
I was on her porch about 2 months ago and heard “fight barking”. I ran in, and bitch has cat cornered under bed. Male dog had a hold of her, and was holding her back from the cat. I broke it up. I told owner then, bitch intended to kill that cat, and if they remained in the same house, she WILL kill him. They thought they could work it out.
Two weeks ago this Saturday I was over and we were leaving. Friend ran back in for her phone charger- found cat under table in dog’s jaws. Blood smeared on the walls, pee, poo all over. She broke it up and screamed for me.
Kitty was in shock, and covered in blood. I assessed him, warmed him up, and we rushed him to er vet. He had broken a canine tooth, and had two punctures to his lower abdomen. One penetrated the abdominal wall. ER vet stabilized him and we took him home with pain meds and antibiotics. They wanted to do exploratory surgery, but we couldn’t afford that. I paid the er bill on my care credit. 414.00. I couldn’t let him die.
I took him home to my house, and nursed him around the clock.Fever hit 106.7. I didn’t sleep for two days, but he made it to the regular vet Monday am. Hospitalized there for two days on fluids, pain meds, antibiotics.
Came home, deeper wound has begun to heal. At recheck, less deep wound shows significant necrosis- vet cut away skin and fat that were dead. Abdominal wall healthy so far. Has lost weight.
Yesterday I found an abscess on the hip that had been missed, and drained it. It looks good. We go back for another recheck tomorrow am.
Kitty has a 2"x3" hole in his belly that is probably 1" deep and disgusting. No smell. No fever. Eating, drinking, using litter box. Walking around.
He is on amoxi, we are force feeding him watered down a/d, and he is eating hard food on his own. We were flushing the wound with saline every 3 hours or so, and taking his temp. Ran out of saline so I bought vetrycin and am now using that to flush. Vet says hopeful, but no guarantees still.
Today we put the dog to sleep. It was hard and awful and so very very sad. But it was right. She would leap into my arms to be cuddled- but she would bite at the male dog while I was petting him, with no care for my hands. Friend has little kids.
I lost my kitty a month ago, I feel like the universe owes me one. Is there anything we can do to encourage that hole to close faster? Anything I haven’t tried? I’m going to ask the vet about letting me do sub-q fluids at home ( I know how).
