Munchkin is free!

Much to our dismay Munchkin ended up having to be crated for many days. The day after we brought him home we thought it would be OK to let him out of the large crate and remove his collar, big mistake. As I was sitting at the puter he was roaming around the living room, upon looking to see what he was up to I discovered a long trail spots of blood all over our carpet and there was Munchkin licking his paws as usual.

We immediately checked his paws which seemed to have stopped bleeding, placed the soft collar back on and put him back into the crate. Upon calling the vet she indicated he'll need to be crated for several more days and the collar for several weeks. Our normal vet was not on call but she was briefly aware of his situation since he had been hospitalized some 7 days.

We began letting him out a few hours at a time to get some exercise later in the week and of course he never wanted to go back into the crate but had to. Upon seeing our regular vet on Saturday we advised him of the situation, that Munchkin was no longer bleeding and at times figured out ways to bypass the collar since it was soft and not hard. He said since he was bypassing it anyhow we could remove it and allow him to roam free again in the house (all our cats are indoor cats).

So far things see to be going well. His toes appear to be healing up nicely finally and there's been no more incidents. He does seem to have lost a pound or so but is just as loving, if not more, since the entire fiasco.

I know what we did was necessary since he would tear his face up so terribly when his disorder would act up but no one could have guessed let alone prepared us for what seemed like a long journey for a simple procedure. I am so heartbroken and felt so guilty that we had put him through all this but he does seem to be fairing well.

Here's to hoping he continues to heal without incident!