oh no!! that's one of my nightmares, hitting an animal. But thank you so much for caring enough to ring doorbells to find the owner, not many people will do that.

When I first met my cat, he was all in patches with staples everywhere. He was hit by a car and while he had no broken bones or internal injuries, he had neurological trauma. He couldn't see or walk. He came in "moribund" with barely a pulse, he was as good as dead. That was 10 years ago, he walks with a slight limp and probably has some brain damage that makes him all agitated and mean, but he pulled through.

The crazy thing is, he was hit again a couple of years later, but the only reason why I knew was he had a patch of fur missing and his claws were all shredded and short (from bracing himself on the ground). He's probably on his 9th life already.

The kitty will probably be good, but even at the worst case scenario, at least he's at the hospital where help can be given rather than hiding under a house all wounded and hurt.