Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
What beautiful photos! The one of Saki is stunning, what a regal cat and lovely colours.

Our Lyra is either pretty banged up or a honking huge hypochondriac... came in last evening looking in pain, and screamed, hissed and bit if we as much as touched her hind quarters I checked out that all four limbs were working normally, I couldn't feel any swelling in the abdomen and she didn't seem to be going into shock, and the only injury I could find was a smallish bite? at the root of her tail. Worrisome night checking up on her. Today she's eating well, lolling on a wool blanket in front of "her" heater and being spoilt rotten...
Maybe her catfight injuries are like "man colds".
She may have also been "raped" during before or after the cat fight. It isn't always about territories and since male cats have a spikey erectile organ, unless the female is willing it can be a prolonged and painful process. It isn't always females that get it either. In tact males will do it to neutered males as well.

Been through it at least once with my own cats.

Glad she seems to be feeling better