The cat was found with its head trapped inside a pipe within a brick
wall at Stour Valley Business Centre in Brundon Lane, Sudbury, when
firefighters arrived at the scene. One fire engine attended to the
distressed cat with the RSPCA and removed the pipe from the wall shortly
before 10am, before taking the cat to Ardmore Veterinary Surgery to
remove the pipe from around its neck.
RSPCA
Inspector Sandy Pawlowski who attended the incident, said: “We got
called about this poor cat that was stuck in a solid tube, and his head
was completely wedged in. We think he was likely to have been there all
weekend as he was weak and not responding to much around him.”
Richard
Davey, one of the veterinary practitioners who treated the cat, said:
”One of the fire officers brought the cat in with the RSPCA officer, and
luckily for the cat in this weather it was inside.
“While
it was in some distress it could have been worse. We gave him some
anesthetic to calm him down and with lubricant removed the pipe. We
treated him for shock, warmed him up and gave him some pain relief.” The cat, which vets have named ‘Piper’ after the incident, is still
at the practice and currently on a drip, although Inspector Pawlowski
confirmed that his injuries were not serious.
Piper
did not have an ID chip, so the surgery was unable to identify the
owner. Mr Davey reminded owners of the need to have their cats tagged
with a microchip, and said: “If we can scan him and find where he lives,
then we can reunite him with his owner.”
Inspector Pawlowski added, “He is at the vets at the moment, and we are appealing for an owner to come forward.”
Piper
is a young, black male entire, and was found on the Stour Valley
industrial estate. Anyone with information on the cat’s owners should
contact the RSPCA on 0300 123 8018 or Ardmore Veterinary Group on 01787 372588.
SOURCE: East angilian Daily Times 15.10.14 - http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/sudbury_cat_stuck_in_pipe_on_industrial_estate_rescued_by_firefighters_1_3805888
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