https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/9809/my-poor-little-pusscat My 11month old cat had to be put to sleep at VetsNow over weekend :( He had been missing for 3 days and came back home thankfully. Cutting a long story short he had no broken bones but a perforated rectum with faeces free in his abdomen and around theen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/92007?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:24:38 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:43294769-d054-41cd-8373-20a1fc19b4bfClaire Cameron<p>So sorry to hear about your kitty. <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Left_hug.png" alt="Left Hug" /></p> <p>I&#39;ve seen similar injuries caused by animal bites/animal claws or barbed wire. </p> <p>Also, I&#39;ve seen a cat with a knife injury very similar <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Left_hug.png" alt="Left Hug" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91920?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:31:21 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:d2844d11-d9c7-46fe-a6f1-4e30b113e45cNicola Oliver<p>Really sorry to hear about your cat. What an awful injury. Times like this you wish they could talk and tell you what happened. xxx&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91914?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:49:34 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a82cbe99-b0ed-440c-8168-841b4b556fecGremlinNurse<p>Really sorry to hear about your little kitty...run free little one xx</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91689?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:31:44 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:24bbc9d5-46aa-45d6-a859-3817a2cab408Nicola Smith<p>Hi, have only seen it in RTAs with pelvic injuries but agree with the other suggestions above too.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91674?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:01:09 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6dd346a6-0762-4daa-aec9-4ec7af64dcfbCaro Laithwaite VN<p>If you are in the country it could have been a horse or some kind of crush injury where he was caught by something closing/falling. Could have been human just think it wouldn&#39;t be that easy for a human to kick an adult cat more like an accident of some sort. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91650?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:13:01 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7aed0b87-3942-485d-bb97-efb8965c4505Nick Shackleton <p>Really sorry to hear about the loss of your kitty <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Sad_smiley.png" alt="Sad" /> <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Left_hug.png" alt="Left Hug" /></p> <p>I have seen this with RTAs in the past, where pelvic fracture fragments have&nbsp;perforated&nbsp;the guts as well as&nbsp;dissecting urethra.</p> <p>&nbsp;It does sound like some kind of traumatic injury.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91649?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:08:54 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:76e15fbe-d46d-496a-8887-75bd2c507dd0Nikki Morris<p>i thought that but it wouldnt explain all the bruising on his abdomen dont think, and the infection beneath his skin was horrendous so think had severe peritionitis already</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91647?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:06:58 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:5864d310-61d4-493d-b557-aa1fc3985bd6Anonymous<p>eating rubbish whilst away and possibly eating a cooked chicken bone and passing it? i wouldn&#39;t like to think of of the sick puppies out there that do horrible things to animals. i would hope no one did anything horrible. my guess would be bone or obstruction forced out :( poor lil one :( RIP puss. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91643?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:02:40 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:4404595d-ccff-403d-acab-60db06ed7174Vicky RVN<p>So sorry to hear about your kitty <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Right_hug.png" alt="Right Hug" /> xxx</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/91642?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:59:01 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:063a266e-69dd-433d-a9b4-7edae5892661Honeybadger<p>I have never heard about anything like this before either but I am very sorry about your poor cat <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Sad_smiley.png" alt="Sad" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>