He's back! The affected leg is completely shaved, no bandage on the stitches, but his foot is wrapped for the next three days. I took off the collar, so far so good, but may have to put it on again when there's no-one to watch him. Walking on his little 'boot' gives him kind of a funny gait lol.
The new guy, Eddie, was extremely aggressive the minute I got Percy out of the crate, so he gets to cool his heels in the bathroom. It's a possibility that Eddie and he got into a scrap last week while I was absent and Percy came away with the worst of it; they truly dislike each other. So from now on, however difficult the logistics, they will be separated.
Wot a day, nothing accomplished, except getting Percy back to normal.
You can imagine the bill. If three quarters of the world's population can survive on rice and beans, why can't I?