Update Neville Trapclaw

We took Neville back Sunday for a second anti-biotic shot and Monday to take the bandage off.

The Monday came with an unpleasant surprise as the bandage came off. Some maggots came crawling out the poor cats paw. As became apparent the trap made a hole on the bottom of his foot which was not cleaned at the first inspection. The vet took some maggots out and sprayed the foot with a lot of blue desinfectant. We took a big spray home for follow up cleaning. That day Hazel took several more maggots out of a complaining Neville.

Over the last week Neville did not do much apart from hiding from us and sleeping. We had to do several check a day, spraying his foot with anti-sceptic and pushing out some pus. Only this weekend he started eating almost like normal. To our joy he is acting also more catlike, he washed himself, asked for food in the kitchen and most importantly tried to escape. For the time being he is sleeping in the spare bedroom with his own ensuite toilet. He enjoys the priviliges of being ill: getting food at odd times, even get some brought to you, getting more attention and he even got to sit in Hazels spot. His wound is still open, so he will be housebound for at least another week.