The velvet paw from the Innviertel is a survivor: the 33-year-old cat from Eggelsberg (Upper Austria) barely jumped from the shovel and died in the dramatic incident in a meadow. Thanks to weeks of intensive care from his wife and the vet, he was nursed back to health.
At 33 years old, he is probably the oldest cat in Austria, but in late summer the life of “Michi” from Eggelsberg was hanging by a thread.
“That day ‘Michi’ made himself comfortable in the adjacent meadow,” says Frauerl Kristin Peter (36). Suddenly a farmer came with a hay baler and swallowed the cat.
“I screamed like crazy because I thought it was over for him,” the mechatronics engineer remembers in horror. She then had to watch as “Michi” was thrown out of the trunk along with a bale of hay: “It was dusty and his hair flew through the air.”
The tomcat lay on the floor as if it were dead, torn and missing chunks of fur. But the brave “Michi” still showed signs of life. “He was bleeding profusely from his nose, had massive bruises and was unable to move.” Moreover, the cat Methuselah was on the verge of a heart attack: “Luckily that didn’t happen.”
The mother-of-two took the beloved cat to the vet, who initially couldn’t believe what had happened to “Michi”. “We then fought hard for his life for three weeks. He was pumped full of painkillers and I had to force-feed him with a syringe because he wouldn’t eat or drink.”
Kristin Peter created an extra soft, cozy spot for him on a mattress and kept him warm with her infrared lamp. “I also had to take him to the toilet regularly because he couldn’t do it himself.”
After three weeks, the elderly patient suddenly regained his appetite overnight. “But he only wanted to accept sweets. I let him get away with it because I was so happy about it.
In the meantime, her “Michi” is finally almost back to her old self. “He is limping a bit and is grumpier than before, but he is also very grateful to me!”
Source: Krone
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