What a lousey 3 days i have just had,my beloved crazy feral cat "Moggs" was clipped by a speeding driver on the wrong side of the road,I let him out on Wednesday morning to go to the toilet and as I had to leave for a fortnightly Doctors visit (250 klms round trip ) I was in a rush so i left him outside.

I got back at 3:30 pm ( i left at 8:00 am ) and heard this awfull crying,I looked over the side gate and my beloved Moggs was lying in the grass in the rain.Found out he was hit at 10:00am,so he was there for 5 1/2 hours.It was pension day and after all my shopping i had $30 left and an emty fuel tank,I picked him up and took him inside and he was ice cold,give him a cuddle and dried him off with a towel and grabbed my wheat bag that i use on my neck and heated that to get some warmth in him,what a terrible state he was in,and pain,my God everytime i touched him he gave a howl.

I got his water bowl and thankfully he drunk nearly 200 mil of water,he was pretty dehydrated and i knew my local vet is only Tues and Thurs,this is the problem with living in a very rural area,there is absolutely zero facilities,I phoned the closest major town 100 klms away and the vet i normally take him to who have taken a lot of money from me told me they will not see him unless i gave them $210.00,are you kidding me,I told them i dident have the money but could organise a loan,I asked for 3 business days,these scumbag vets said,sorry no money no look at cat.Mongrels,I knew the vet in my town was open in the morning so I sat up all night with Moggs,just keeping him warm and every half hour i fed him water from a straw dipped in his water bowl,what a night it was but I'm not complaining,this is my mate.

Got him to the Vet in morning,told them i had no money,they said "lets get the cat looked at first,talk money later"

Well,it was all hands on deck,I have never come across a more caring,dedicated crew in my life,it was like a Hospital Emergency Room,I was gobsmacked,and still am!

They got some methadone in him and his body Temperature was 33.4 they told me that is very low,put a drip into him and told me when they have him stabalized they will take him to D......... to have him x-rayed in the afternoon.

Good News,yippee,they called me when they got back to town at 6:30 pm to go and say hello to him and look at the x-rays,his little pelvis is broken in two places (hence his howling) and even though it should be screwed,the Specialist Vet in Perth who she sent the scans to said it may have a good chance of healing and would take 4-6 weeks of Moggs being caged at home and basically nursed by me back to health,than God for that,I asked about payment,she said to me,we will work out a payment plan,but later on,how kind are these people compared to the first vet i phoned.

I left the Vet's Clinic and she took Moggs home with her for the night because of his drip,I pick him up in 3 hours,sore,sorry but alive.

Hope you liked our little story,there are still some caring people around the place.

Next thing i have to do is find the driver of the car,one neighbour gave me a good description,the neigbours on the other side said they saw and heard nothing? thats crap,the driver is a frien of theirs and is always driving drunk and parks on the wrong side of the road always,I like revenge,I hate the fact they dident stop to help Moggs,they all know him,pack of mongrels.

But Moggs is alive and I will try heal his pelvis no matter how tough it is on both of us.

billy