Sunday evening after cooking a dinner for friends my beloved lady friend, bastet, had disappeared. She is the master of hide and seek so at first I assumed she was hidden somewhere in my spacious loft. After searching all known and possible hiding places I figured she somehow had gotten out. I have a secluded courtyard which has multiple exits, but they all have doors. So I hoped she somehow escaped when my guests left and was hiding out in the courtyard.
Alas! I searched the courtyard two times that night and once the next morning but no sign of her. On Monday evening I planned a search and rescue mission together with the owner of the cat. While I was delayed she discovered Bastet outside the building hiding under the bushes. When we brought her up and let her loose again in my house she limped heavily and did not want to eat. So we brought her to the Vet the next morning and apparently she tried to fly and failed. Our guess is that she jumped out of the kitchen window at 20m above ground.
She has spliced her palate and broke her hip in a way that separated her hip from her spine. But according to the vet these are common injuries for non-flying cats and she should recover fine, although they’re going to operate here hip/spine problem. I just got word that she started eating again so the palate injury is healing very quickly. Tomorrow she’ll be operated and I hope to see her tomorrow evening.