We went and saw our boy at the vets late this afternoon. He looked so sleepy but he managed to purr heaps for us and he gave us his special purr too. We're able to take him home tomorrow. The vet said that the slug in him might have been there a lot longer than we thought as there was no visible entry wound. So perhaps this 'bullet' was from when he lost his back leg. This time he may have been hurt by a car or something.
Well at least it is good to know that there isn't someone around shooting at animals. At least not on our town. Thank goodness. But that still doesn't make me feel good. The poor boy has had this thing in him for such a long time. It makes me wonder why the RSPCA never picked it up when they had him just over 12 months ago. I'm guessing the only ever looked at his back leg and not the rest of him.
The vet said that he should be okay but we need to make sure that the boys (and Saqarra) behave themselves with him. It will take him at least 6 weeks before he will be completely healed. He will have some medication to take but we expected that. He also said that considering where the break in his leg is he was less likely to be affected by arthritis when he gets older. Which is good as I was only talking to Mark about that yesterday.
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