Well I went to visit my kitty at the vet's yesterday & he is
doing better medically, but I was very shocked to see him. He
did indeed lose the whole toe(looks like two missing) on the
right paw. His hock injury is drying up (no infection). The injury
looks quite extensive as you can see it better with the area
shaved. He had trouble balancing on that foot when he was in
the cage. I took him out & held him & talked to him a lot. I was
very surprised to see that his right eye looked strange. It was
turned to the right & his other eye looked straight ahead.
My regular Vet was not there & the other Vet said that the eye
infection must have spread to the optic nerve. She said that the
eye should return to normal in a few weeks time. They still didn't
want to release him for a few more days. I was so disappointed
to see him look so different. After I put him back inside the
cage & got ready to leave, I stooped down & put my face next
to his face & talked to him about getting well again & that I would
be back to take him home with me.You're all going to think me
crazy but, I swear I think he understood me & he watched my
face very carefully the whole time I was talking to him(with his
good eye). I felt so sorry for him as I left but I tried to sound
cheerful for him. Do you think the other cats would be frightened
by his appearance? I hope not. Poor baby.