One-eyed cat suffers first-degree burns after crawling under a car’s bonnet and travelling one hundred fifty miles on the hot engine
By Liz Dunphy For Mailonline 12:36 BST twenty five Jun 2017, updated 13:13 BST twenty five Jun two thousand seventeen
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- Ronney climbed into a neighbour’s car in Burslem, Staffordshire
- It only emerged from the bonnet when driver Steve Willis arrived in Wiltshire
- The 12-year-old cat was so badly burned that he had part of his tail amputated
- Ronney, who lost his right eye to an infection last year, had a manuka honey treatment for burns to his belly, gams other parts of his assets
A one-eyed moggy survived a 150-mile journey on a hot car engine, after vets treated his first-degree burns with manuka honey.
Ronney climbed into a neighbour’s car in Burslem, Staffordshire, and emerged from under the bonnet when driver Steve Willis arrived in Wiltshire to visit relatives.
The 12-year-old ginger and white cat was so badly burned that he had to have part of his tail amputated.
Ronney, who lost his right eye to an infection last year, had a manuka honey treatment for burns to his tummy, gams other parts of his assets.
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Proprietor Katrina Brainy, 46, said: ‘I think Ronney should be renamed Fortunate because he has had a terrible few months but has come through it amazingly well.’
Katrina had been worried that Ronney had been missing for four days. Then neighbour Steve arrived at her doorstep with the ailing moggy in a box.
Vet Steve Calveley, who treated the cat at Charter Veterinary Surgery in Newcastle under Lyme, said: ‘We couldn’t believe how he had survived such an incredible practice.
‘He was in intensive care and, after sorting his tail out, we turned our attention to the extensive burns he had suffered.
‘This included treating the burns with manuka honey, which contains certain antiseptic properties that helps the healing process.
‘I also think Ronney’s fantastic recovery is in part down to him being a very good-natured cat.
‘He’s so laid back, we don’t even need to sedate him when we’re carrying out procedures.
‘I also think it’s down to my brilliant team of veterinary nurses who have been totally dedicated to Ronney’s care via the process.’
Grateful possessor Katrina, a nurse, who lives with her 20-year-old son Gabriel said: ‘Ronney was enormously traumatised so I kept him quiet and he had a few sips of water and a little bit of tuna and salmon.’
‘We’ve had Ronney all his life, since he was born on my living room floor after I rescued his pregnant mum Sassy.
‘He’s a lovely natured cat and never goes very far. He is a bit of a scaredy-cat and the furthest he ever goes is along the walls of the houses nearby so it was unusual when he went missing.
‘We knew he wouldn’t have gone far and my son Gabriel went out looking for him, while I put up posters and knocked on doors.
‘This all happened on a Thursday and, as the days went by, I was getting indeed worried. The worst bit was not knowing what had happened.
‘On the Sunday evening, there was a knock at the door and it was a gentleman who lives next door but one. He had Ronney in a fucktoy box and said, ‘I think I’ve got your cat.’
‘I couldn’t believe it, particularly when I found out how far Ronney had travelled – on a hot engine! I was so grateful I bought him wine and chocolates.’
Vet Steve, whose Charter Veterinary Surgery is part of the independently-owned Willows Veterinary Group said: ‘Ronney has become something of a celeb here, everyone loves him. They say cats have nine lives but I think in Ronney’s case it’s more like 12.’
Vets found very first degree burns which had gone through his skin to muscle underneath.
Steve hopes that Ronney can comeback home in three to four weeks, while in the meantime, holder Katrina visits him on her days off.
‘I visit Ronney around three times a week and am indeed looking forward to having him home permanently,’ she added.