His owners have their suspicions, they wonder if he had been locked in somewhere and Pet Profile: Ziggy, a 4 year old, Male Cat. couldn’t escape. It certainly sounds Ziggy the cat had gone missing for a couple of plausible. days, he had come home rather dishevelled and in This time of year need of veterinary attention. we are often in and out of our garden sheds or Ziggy, a four-year-old male cat, is a curious fellow, outhouses, leaving the door open during the day he loves nothing more than going out on a summer and shutting it up at night. But how many of us do evening to have a good ratch around the outhouses a quick check to see if a little cat has ventured in near his home. when we weren’t looking? It happens all too often, One weekday last week he didn’t come home, his a neighbour’s cat goes in for a nosey around or a owners called and called for him but there was no quiet snooze out of the sunshine, only to be shut in, sign, not even a peep. They spent an anxious couple with no escape.
of days hunting high and low, they put up ‘lost’ posters, asked all the neighbours, called all the local vets, he even appeared on Facebook where many people shared his ‘lost’ status. Still there was no sign of him.
If they are shut in overnight and let out in the morning, they’ll probably be fine, a bit hungry and thirsty but on the whole, ok. But if they are shut in over a weekend without food and more importantly water to drink, they could get very dehydrated and Then, as if from nowhere, he reappeared, if it continues any longer than about two days they dishevelled, dusty and a feeling a bit sorry for could die. If it is hot in the shed or outhouse, this exacerbates the problem and they could die from himself. He also had a very croaky meow. heatstroke within hours. He was brought to us for a check over, he was quite dehydrated, had lost a little weight and his claws I ask you to check your sheds, outhouses and were a bit frayed. He was fine otherwise and just garages before shutting them up for the night and needed some intravenous fluids, good food and check that there isn’t a cat hidden away in the TLC to see him right. We’ve asked him, but he’s shadows. You might be saving their lives if you do. not telling us where he was and why he didn’t Let’s not allow the old adage ‘curiosity killed the cat’ be proved right. come home.
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