Hi everyone, we have an eighteen-month-old indoor cat and we've noticed he's been acting differently since his little escape outside.
He managed to get out on Friday night because a door wasn't shut properly... We finally found him nearly 48 hours later, cowering under a car in one of our neighbours' outbuildings...
We've brought him home; he was a bit dehydrated but nothing too worrying and he's been drinking well since. I've given him some wet food and tuna as he absolutely loves it, to help remedy the slight dehydration.
He's been back for two days now and since then he's been sleeping almost 24/7, and he isn't very interested in his dry food, which he usually scoffs down. I also noticed what look like small burns on his front pads; I've disinfected them and they don't seem to be bothering him.
I must admit I'm worried, even though he's usually a bit of a sleepyhead anyway (though not as much as this) and I imagine he must be exhausted after his ordeal outside.
I have a vet appointment next Thursday to get him microchipped and I was thinking of waiting until then to talk to them about my concerns regarding his behaviour and to show them his paws.
Do you think that's okay or should I call back and try to get an earlier appointment? Have any of you dealt with this with your cats before, and do you have any advice?
Thanks in advance!!
