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This can happen, using a fleacollar without a flexible part
 
 
On the evening of September, 16th, 1992 I was asked to catch a *feral* cat, which hid under a large bush. After I accomplished that and were in the car with her, I noticed this disgusting odour of putrefaction and took the cat to the vet immediately.
Already after a few seconds we realized that this cat was severely hurt, dehydrated and half starved.
The vet wanted to put her down immediately, but we agreed on a *God's verdict*: if the cat survived anaesthesia and the surgical care, we would try to get her back on her feet again.
 
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 		 After the animal was under anaesthesia, we could take a close look of her. 
Somebody had put a non-flexible fleacollar on her. Somehow she managed to get her left frontleg in the collar, but couldn't pull it back. The sharp edge of the collar's buckle downright sawed into her flesh. 

The vet cleaned the wounds and stiched them as well as possible. 
 
 
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 		 I took the cat, which was named "Harli" later, home with me and nursed her back to health again. 
At first she was so weak that she almost drawned in the water dish. I fed her every two hours with babyfood, convalescence food, Nutrical and water. 
I also washed her coat carefully and groomed her. 
Slowly, very slowly she recovered.
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 		 After about three weeks her wounds were healed and she was, although still very skinny, in rather good shape. 
 
 
 
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 		 I kept her another little while longer to keep an eye on her. I would have liked to give her a permanent home, but one could see that she disliked to live with so many other animals. So I put her back in the shelter and within a few days she got adopted by a very nice couple. 
 
And this was Harli in December of the same year at her new home!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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