06/09/2026
One of life’s unexpected curve balls…
We’ve had many feral cats come and go in the middle of the night to grab some food from our working boys’ (Socks and Strat) bowls but never during the day. But this little guy showed up last week, unable to walk without falling over and just skin and bones.
Whether he crawled his way up from the woods or came down our long hilly driveway, we’ll never know, but he somehow managed to find his way into our garage and cried for help.
An emergency vet trip later and a week of ups and downs in helping him get over an ear infection, it’s good to see he put on a half pound in weight and he’s still with us.
We’ve decided to call him “Lurch”. He’s very sweet and while he’s clearly been out in the wild for a while, he had to have been around humans at some point earlier in life.
The vet’s best guess that he is 5-8 years old, and sadly found that he was shot with a BB gun at some point earlier in life. The BB shows up on an x-ray and has been there awhile.
Will he walk normal again? We hope so. We’ll see what happens in a few weeks after the ear infection clears. Meanwhile, we’re learning how to get better at giving give him oral medications and ear drops 😊
To be continued…
Hopefully we’ll have a positive update next week!
