Gus is one of our two rescue Persians. His brother Ted is fluffy, fat, and full of life. Gus is painfully thin, ragged and smelly.
Gus has always had respiratory problems. He sprays snot all over the place when he sneezes (it’s wise to cover your drink when he enters the room).
He looks such a state that our neighbours recently called the RSPCA thinking they’d found a stray cat in terrible condition (we had to buy him a collar with a “has medical condition” label).
Julia took Gus to the vet because of a swollen face. 24 hours later we were back - it had got a lot, lot worse. Indeed, he’d been visited by a few bluebottles who’d left their little ones behind. Gus was stinking, maggoty, and so swollen he could only open one eye.
The vet shaved half of Gus’s face, squeezed all the puss out, pumped stuff back in to prevent more puss forming, and sent him home.
So, meet Gus Puss:
