Is he an un-neutered male? Whole male cats fight a lot and tend to get feline leukemia. As it advances the wounds stop healing as quickly as they should. Many no kill shelters and some towns and counties have low cost spay and neutering clinics that will give the cats shots and do the surgery for less than half of what a regular vet would charge you. If you care about this guy you might consider looking into this.
I got tired of seeing the cats around my home suffering and cats and kittens dying. I started taking one at a time to get their shots and spay or neuter. Now there are no more reproducing cats in my area though I do feed several on my patio. We found homes for many kittens and tamed the feral cats enough so they can come in out of the bad weather though they prefer to be outside and hunting in the woods.I did have to have one male put down because he had a advanced case of feline leukemia but the rest have tested negative. |