Boyriend update

Doing brilliantly.
I had another suggestion from my friend Pauline about how his injury could
have happened. Barbed wire or razor wire on top of a fence.
Razor wire is illegal here but as this is a very low crime area it's
unlikely that anyone would use it, that barbed wire is responsible is not
beyond the bounds of possibility. But I think not. Barbed wire would give
him a serious gash but not to that extent. My money is still on broken
glass.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Doing brilliantly.
I had another suggestion from my friend Pauline about how his injury could
have happened. Barbed wire or razor wire on top of a fence.
Razor wire is illegal here but as this is a very low crime area it's
unlikely that anyone would use it, that barbed wire is responsible is not
beyond the bounds of possibility. But I think not. Barbed wire would give
him a serious gash but not to that extent. My money is still on broken
glass.

Tweed

Well, he was out for a few minutes but 10pm is time for his sprinkles of
dry so he came in for that And he Isn't Going Out until Morning. I can
assure you of that.

Vet says he is fine to go out, and he is. But he's had a dreadful injury
and I decide what is safe for him.

"Christina Websell" skrev i meddelandet
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Doing brilliantly.
I had another suggestion from my friend Pauline about how his injury could
have happened. Barbed wire or razor wire on top of a fence.
Razor wire is illegal here but as this is a very low crime area it's
unlikely that anyone would use it, that barbed wire is responsible is not
beyond the bounds of possibility. But I think not. Barbed wire would give
him a serious gash but not to that extent. My money is still on broken
glass.

Tweed

Whatever the cause, I am happy to hear that he is doing brilliantly.
Elisabet

On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 20:25:43 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
Doing brilliantly.
I had another suggestion from my friend Pauline about how his injury could
have happened. Barbed wire or razor wire on top of a fence.
Razor wire is illegal here but as this is a very low crime area it's
unlikely that anyone would use it, that barbed wire is responsible is not
beyond the bounds of possibility. But I think not. Barbed wire would give
him a serious gash but not to that extent. My money is still on broken
glass.

That does seem to fit the injury. Poor boy.

He sounds like he's perfectly ok now - I think it's safe for our heart
rates to go down now, and hopefully he stays away from abandoned garages
and greenhouses, or wheever it was that he found himself.

"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ...
Doing brilliantly.
I had another suggestion from my friend Pauline about how his injury
could have happened. Barbed wire or razor wire on top of a fence.
Razor wire is illegal here but as this is a very low crime area it's
unlikely that anyone would use it, that barbed wire is responsible is
not beyond the bounds of possibility. But I think not. Barbed wire
would give him a serious gash but not to that extent. My money is
still on broken glass.

Tweed

In parts of the U.S. we have rather large Snowy Owls
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Owl#Hunting_and_diet) .
One of these attacked a Russel Terrior, which is bigger than the
average cat. Extensive damage was don between beak and talons.
During my Googling, I came across; "Unlike most other owls,
the snowy owl hunts during the day feeding on small mammals
such as lemmings and hares"
The dog must have put up a good fight, because the owl hung
around in neighborhood trees for a few days. These owners also
had to put out 'big bucks' to have the dog stitched back up.
My daughter is a neighbor of theirs.
HTH
Sylvia

Sylvia M wrote:


"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ...
Doing brilliantly.
I had another suggestion from my friend Pauline about how his injury
could have happened. Barbed wire or razor wire on top of a fence.
Razor wire is illegal here but as this is a very low crime area it's
unlikely that anyone would use it, that barbed wire is responsible is
not beyond the bounds of possibility. But I think not. Barbed wire
would give him a serious gash but not to that extent. My money is
still on broken glass.

Tweed

In parts of the U.S. we have rather large Snowy Owls
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Owl#Hunting_and_diet) .
One of these attacked a Russel Terrior, which is bigger than the
average cat. Extensive damage was don between beak and talons.
During my Googling, I came across; "Unlike most other owls,
the snowy owl hunts during the day feeding on small mammals
such as lemmings and hares"
The dog must have put up a good fight, because the owl hung
around in neighborhood trees for a few days. These owners also
had to put out 'big bucks' to have the dog stitched back up.
My daughter is a neighbor of theirs.

I don't doubt that a large owl could do serious damage to a housecat,
but I think the vet said that there was no evidence of any kind of
animal attack.

--
Joyce

Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily
go in one ear and out the other. -- Stephen Baker

On 2/3/2014 3:09 PM, Bastette wrote:
Sylvia M wrote:


I don't doubt that a large owl could do serious damage to a housecat,
but I think the vet said that there was no evidence of any kind of
animal attack.

It wouldn't have been a clean cut, that's for sure. There would have
been evidence of tearing, punctures, etc.

Jill

"Bastette" wrote in message
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I don't doubt that a large owl could do serious damage to a housecat,
but I think the vet said that there was no evidence of any kind of
animal attack.

--
Joyce

We don't have owls in the UK that are big enough to prey on cats.
http://www.owls.org/Information/uk_owls.htm

Christina Websell wrote:

"Bastette" wrote in message

I don't doubt that a large owl could do serious damage to a housecat,
but I think the vet said that there was no evidence of any kind of
animal attack.

We don't have owls in the UK that are big enough to prey on cats.
http://www.owls.org/Information/uk_owls.htm

That settles it, then!

(I didn't deliberately select the sig quote, really! They're chosen
randomly when I start up my newsreader. But it is apropos.)

--
Joyce

I wonder, wonder, whooooo, WHO! Who rode the moo-cow now?
-- Misheard lyric from "Book of Love"

"Bastette" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

"Bastette" wrote in message

I don't doubt that a large owl could do serious damage to a housecat,
but I think the vet said that there was no evidence of any kind of
animal attack.

We don't have owls in the UK that are big enough to prey on cats.
http://www.owls.org/Information/uk_owls.htm

That settles it, then!

Actually, if one of our owls swooped down on Boyfriend, he'd be bringing it
to me to eat for my breakfast. None of them weigh more than 1lb.
We don't really have anything that preys on cats (except some foxes,
although it's unusual, but not unheard of)
I immediately blamed a fox and so did the vet until he'd examined him
thoroughly. Nothing suggested anything other than somehow hurting himself
on something sharp.

Besides, the Boy is used to seeing foxes in my garden - they are always here
at night hoping to get into my chicken hut (bad luck) so he knows how to
avoid them by going up a tree or coming home
Although 2 cats have been killed by foxes near here (witnessed by their
owners) in the last ten years I doubt Boyfie would allow himself to get in
that position.
See fox - go up a tree.
I hadn't know before he went after a squirrel actually how fast he could go
up a tree. Literally 2 seconds
He missed it :-(
Tweed