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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2004My Cat's Tail
Hello folks. I came home from eating dinner tonight and started petting my cat when he meowed in pain at me. Upon further inspection I realized his tail was all the way down. Maceo is a year-old Siamese mix and his tail is always up flowing like a question mark. There is some movement.. when I put food down his tail is kinda parallel with the ground. He's been kinda sitting down different, adjusting to the pain. Well my question is.. should I take him to a vet tomorrow? Is this a normal thing for rambunctious (oh my god sp) cats? I'm worried because my first cat had feline leuk and stopped using her back legs. Bad experience. (They never met though) So Please help me out I'm scared. T > Hello folks. I came home from eating dinner tonight and started petting my > cat when he meowed in pain at me. Upon further inspection I realized his [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > So Please help me out I'm scared. > T Sounds like an injury. I would have the vet look at it. NOT normal. It seems to be a little better.. It's raising almost all the way but not quite 100%.. is it possible he just has to be careful and it'll heal? > > Hello folks. I came home from eating dinner tonight and started petting my > > cat when he meowed in pain at me. Upon further inspection I realized his [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > Sounds like an injury. I would have the vet look at it. NOT normal. Well, to tell you the truth, half the time the advice I see given is to give it time. Myself, I would want to know what the problem is. > It seems to be a little better.. It's raising almost all the way but not > quite 100%.. is it possible he just has to be careful and it'll heal? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > > Sounds like an injury. I would have the vet look at it. NOT normal. >Well, to tell you the truth, half the time the advice I see given is to give >it time. Myself, I would want to know what the problem is. Right. All it would probably take is an x-ray to see if there's an obvious break. You certainly want to know whether the the circulation to the tail is okay. Sherry > It seems to be a little better.. It's raising almost all the way but not > quite 100%.. is it possible he just has to be careful and it'll heal? VET. The tailbone is connected to the spinal-cord bone. Serious business. Don't endanger your cat over $40. >I take him to a vet tomorrow? Is this a normal thing for rambunctious (oh >my god sp) cats? I'm worried because my first cat had feline leuk and >stopped using her back legs. Bad experience. (They never met though) >So Please help me out I'm scared. >T I'd take him to the vet. It could be an injury, but it could also be some kind of stroke event. Sherry even at one year old? > >I take him to a vet tomorrow? Is this a normal thing for rambunctious (oh > >my god sp) cats? I'm worried because my first cat had feline leuk and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry > Hello folks. I came home from eating dinner tonight and started petting my > cat when he meowed in pain at me. Upon further inspection I realized his [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sitting down different, adjusting to the pain. Well my question is.. should > I take him to a vet tomorrow? A cat carries his tail "funny", so to speak, when he doesn't feel well in general as well as when the tail itself has been injured. Myself, I'd have taken him to the vet immediately. I've been known to be a bit hasty with that, but I go by the "better safe than sorry" adage. If the question is ever "should I go to the vet" my answer is always YES. Too many things can go wrong that can be fixed if you catch them sooner, but not fixed if you catch them later, you know? Let us know how it goes.  Signature-- ~kaeli~ She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace Get this cat to a vet. It sounds like an injury. > Hello folks. I came home from eating dinner tonight and started petting my > cat when he meowed in pain at me. Upon further inspection I realized his [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > So Please help me out I'm scared. > T Well I decided to wait a couple days and feel things out on my own. Maceo is at 99%. Please don't take this the wrong way.. but sometimes I feel like I can't trust the info in newsgroups.. I'm willing to bet there are a lot of vets in here.. so of course they would say 'bring him in' because it would be in the best intrest of your pockets.. it's not just here.. I had a similar problem with a dentist board.. of course they're going to tell me to go in.. but after I went in they treated me like I was an idiot for being careful. I dunno.. lemme know what you think honestly. t > Get this cat to a vet. It sounds like an injury. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > So Please help me out I'm scared. > > T > Well I decided to wait a couple days and feel things out on my own. Maceo > is at 99%. Please don't take this the wrong way.. but sometimes I feel like > I can't trust the info in newsgroups.. I'm willing to bet there are a lot of > vets in here.. so of course they would say 'bring him in' because it would > be in the best intrest of your pockets.. Horseshit. You were willing to take a chance with your cat's health in order to save a buck, while many of us are not. Period. : > Well I decided to wait a couple days and feel things out on my own. Maceo : > is at 99%. Please don't take this the wrong way.. but sometimes I feel [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : > vets in here.. so of course they would say 'bring him in' because it would : > be in the best intrest of your pockets.. : Horseshit. You were willing to take a chance with : your cat's health in order to save a buck, while many : of us are not. Period. Amen!! I'm not a vet and think that my local vets charge way to much money. I am a firm believer of bringing sick and injured cats/kittens to a vet. As a predator<SP?> a cat will do its best to hide any injury or sign of disease. They understand that any sign of injury or sickness makes them inviting prey. When a cat/kitten is in such bad shape they can't hide it something is seriously wrong and needs to be addressed. I have personally seen this in a cat that I had that I let outside ( I know keep them indoors). He would get into a fight and end up with an infected bite in a leg. When he didn't think he was being observed he walked with a limp. When i noticed that I was watching him he stopped limping and walked normally. SignatureKeep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- fwp@deepthought.com > Well I decided to wait a couple days and feel things out on my own. Maceo > is at 99%. Please don't take this the wrong way.. but sometimes I feel like [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > careful. I dunno.. lemme know what you think honestly. > t Well, to each his own, but me, I would NOT mess with tail injuries. Too close to vital functions. BTW I don't think there are ANY vets in here. > Well I decided to wait a couple days and feel things out on my own. Maceo > is at 99%. Please don't take this the wrong way.. but sometimes I feel like > I can't trust the info in newsgroups.. Well, one has to balance the ng's info with what one's gut feeling is, & with one's vet's advice, plus whatever other info you can find on websites, at the library, wherever. But taken collectively, there are a lot of people here w/ a lot of different experiences & knowledge about this or that re: cats. I'm willing to bet there are a lot of > vets in here.. Then you just lost your bet. AFAIK, there is currently one vet on this ng, who rarely posts. so of course they would say 'bring him in' because it would > be in the best intrest of your pockets.. it's not just here.. I had a > similar problem with a dentist board.. of course they're going to tell me > to go in.. but after I went in they treated me like I was an idiot for being > careful. I dunno.. lemme know what you think honestly. I think honestly that if I were worried about my cat, that I'd take him/her to the vet. Cathy > > Get this cat to a vet. It sounds like an injury. > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > So Please help me out I'm scared. > > > T << I'm willing to bet there are a lot of vets in here.. so of course they would say 'bring him in' because it would be in the best intrest of your pockets.. >> If you're referring to rec.pets.cats.health+behavior, unfortunately, there are not many vets who post in here. None, regularly, anymore, in fact. Very occasionally, one will drop in but the people who told you to take your cat to the vet were not vets. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) Stop being so stubborn and get the cat to the vet. Would you wait to see a doctor if you had a broken arm or leg? > Well I decided to wait a couple days and feel things out on my own. Maceo > is at 99%. Please don't take this the wrong way.. but sometimes I feel [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > being > careful. I dunno.. lemme know what you think honestly. What would YOU do if it was your own body part involving bones? Why would a bunch of vets that likely live thousands of miles from you be in it for the money? Do you think it's some kind of vet conspiracy? Signaturerach > Stop being so stubborn and get the cat to the vet. Would you wait to see a > doctor if you had a broken arm or leg? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> being >> careful. I dunno.. lemme know what you think honestly. |
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