A couple whose cat was rendered unconscious in the opening minutes of the new year say they were ‘over the moon’ when the animal regained consciousness yesterday.
Millie, a three-year old tabby, was struck by a jerry can during after an explosion which saw local businessman George Chitling hospitalised and his car destroyed.
The explosion occurred as Mr. Chitling was filling the vehicle, which had run out of petrol, in Froghill High Street. The force of the blast sent the jerry can flying across the road, striking the prowling Millie squarely on the head.
The stricken feline was taken to the Wythering Animal Rehabilitation Trust (WART) by a passing motorist.
“I thought we’d lost her for good,” said Froghill resident and wool-gathering enthusiast Maureen Cornplaster. “She was just lying there, with barely a blip on the oscilloscope and the word ‘Esso’ imprinted on her head.”
It was Maureen’s husband Lionel who suggested playing music to their pet.
“She’s always been partial to sixties pop,” said Lionel, seated at Millie’s bedside, “and I’d read somewhere about how music can bring people out of a coma. So I thought: ‘if it works with people, why not cats?’
“So we brought in an old compilation tape of Roy Orbison’s greatest hits and played it on our portable. To begin with, there was no response but as Only the Lonely started up, her right forepaw twitched. And then, when Roy does that sexy growl in the middle of Pretty Woman, she opened her eyes and miaowed! We couldn’t believe it!
“Mind you,” added Lionel with a fond glance across at Millie, “Pretty Woman always was her favourite – she thinks it’s about her, you see.”
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