A cat paralysed after being hit by a car is learning to walk again - by taking swimming lessons. Mog sustained horrific injuries and spent six weeks on a drip after a car smashed into him in a hit-and-run incident in February. The one-year-old did not break any bones in the smash - but suffered nerve damage which left his two front legs completely paralysed. Mog the grey tabby lost the use of his front two legs but is slowly learning to use them again in a hydrotherapy pool normally used by more enthusiastic dogs. He strikes an amusing figure in the pool as he meows loudly and makes gurgling sounds as he paddles around. Mog can now bear his own weight on his front two legs after ten lessons in the pool. He has now been attending the £30 sessions for ten weeks and has made has made a 'vast improvement', according to Mrs Ashworth. Trainer Ros Boisseau said Mog was the first cat she had ever treated at the centre and she was 'amazed' with by his progress. Owner Veronica Ashworth said Mog initially looked 'horrified' when she was brought to the hydrotherapy centre in St Issey, Cornwall. But she soon leapt in with a bit of encouragement by Mrs Ashworth, from Lostwithiel, Cornwall. She said: 'I know it's quite unusual for cats to swim but he's such a character. 'Most cats do anything to avoid water, but he seems to really like swimming in the pool. He takes it quite seriously. 'Now he can do circuits of the pool, he makes a lot of noise about it but he does it. 'He does a sort of funny doggy paddle, it's hilarious to watch. I think he realises it is doing him good. 'He has always liked water, and used to hang round the bath and wash basin. He's such an extrovert that when there were some students in watching him swim he was really showing off. 'The therapy is working and there's definitely improvement.' Mrs Ashworth, 62, was told her pet would never walk again and watched as he slowly learned to move by pushing himself along with his back legs. He could also only sit up on his hind legs - like a Meerkat - as he could not put any weight on his damaged front legs. Source: Daily Mail