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Cat Forum / General Topics / June 2004need help for torn tail
My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I treat this? Need help. Thank you. > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I > treat this? Need help. Thank you. Oh my God, the poor thing, she must be in excruciating pain! Please take her to the vet ASAP, as there is no way you can treat this properly at home. The infection can set quickly and its worse on this heat. The vet can clean it up and probably stich and cover the wound. All the best Gee > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I > treat this? You don't - the vet does. That needs proper medical treatment. If it gets infected, it could result in the cat losing its tail - which could get VERY expensive and partially incapacitate the creature, since cats rely heavily on their tails for balance ... both on their feet and in the air. Go to the vet now - and take out some insurance while you're there. Need help. Thank you. Hello I would definately take your cat to the vets ASAP. The vet will probably stitch the tail etc and he/she will be fine. Cats do manage perfectly well without a tail, my cat had to have his taken off about two years ago and he manages fine without it, he jumps from walls to garage roofs etc just as well as a cat with a tail, he is also an excellent hunter we get many presents each week from him. Hope this helps Fiona H and (stumpy) Oscar > > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Need help. Thank you. > Hello > > I would definately take your cat to the vets ASAP. The vet will probably > stitch the tail etc and he/she will be fine. > > Cats do manage perfectly well Not as well as with - or they'd be designed without. without a tail, my cat had to have his taken > off about two years ago and he manages fine without it, he jumps from walls > to garage roofs etc just as well as a cat with a tail, he is also an [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > Need help. Thank you. >Not as well as with - or they'd be designed without.< They are. These are called Manx cats. Dik "Scumball" <scumball@btinternet.com> dumped this in news:c8voa9$ce1$1 @sparta.btinternet.com on 25 May 2004: >> Cats do manage perfectly well > > Not as well as with - or they'd be designed without. Sure they do. They can also manage the loss of a limb when it is the choice between life or death.  SignatureCheryl > "Scumball" <scumball@btinternet.com> dumped this in news:c8voa9$ce1$1 > @sparta.btinternet.com on 25 May 2004: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > Cheryl You folks need to lighten up a bit. The scumbag wrote, "Not as well as with - or they'd be designed without". The qualifying words were "as well". That's a true fact. A cat that is accustomed to having a tail can manage well when it is lost, but usually not *as* well--which was what the scumbag wrote. Of course the Manx is an anomaly among felines, and their tail-less feature has clearly been compensated for by other genetic abilities dealing with balance, climbing and leaping. A tailed cat that loses its tail often does not have the same degree of balance and leaping courage as it did before. As I mentioned, my bobtail cat manages well without her tail; but she does not attempt the same kinds of climbing and leaping antics as her sisters and brothers. And certainly a cat that loses a limb can manage without it--so can humans--but not as well. --Geno<glad I could clear that up for you>Royer > --Geno<glad I could clear that up for you>Royer My point was made so that idiots like you don't think that cats need to be put down due to loss of QOL because they lose a body part. Clear now? SignatureCheryl > > --Geno<glad I could clear that up for you>Royer > > My point was made so that idiots like you don't think that cats need to be > put down due to loss of QOL because they lose a body part. Clear now? You again ! Yet again demonstrating your shoe-size IQ. You frick me off so intensely, I'm not even going to bother answering this cretinous crap - I'm just plonking your retarded backside. Shoot - and I was enjoying this morning too. Thankyou Gene, but I dare say there'll still be people coming back to say my cat is actually more athletic with no tail, three legs and one eye than it was intact. <Rolls eyes> > > "Scumball" <scumball@btinternet.com> dumped this in news:c8voa9$ce1$1 > > @sparta.btinternet.com on 25 May 2004: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > --Geno<glad I could clear that up for you>Royer > Hello > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > > Need help. Thank you. I have a bobtail cat appropriately named Bobby. She lost hers in a neighbor's fan belt as a kitten. I pursued her six weeks before I finally snared her with a lasso and had it amputated to within 3/4 an inch of her body. She manages well without it, but when she gets scared or excited, it flares out like a chaotic cluster. --Geno > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I > treat this? Need help. Thank you. >My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the >bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I >treat this? If you can get her to a vet, that would be the best thing to do. This is actually a super common injury that I treat with squirrels. Predators try to grab their tail and end up ripping the fur, skin and flesh off exposing the bone. The exposed bone dries up, turns black and falls off all on its own in a week or so. I never stitch or glue it closed because I don't want to trap bacteria in there and because the squirrel will just chew the stitch off. It stops bleeding pretty quickly. I just clean, flush it with Betadyne and put neosporin on it. > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I > treat this? Need help. Thank you. Tie/wrap a rubberband around the base of the tail very tightly. This will cut off circulation and the tail will fall off in about a week to a week and a half. > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I > treat this? Need help. Thank you. Far Out! It must have been a really good rip for that to happen. Help? Be very careful where you tred ;-) if it was your arm from which flesh had been torn so that bone was exposed, would you take time to pose questions to user groups or would you rush off to the nearest emergency room? take the cat to the vet right away! >>My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the >>bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Help? Be very careful where you tred ;-) > if it was your arm from which flesh had been torn so that bone was > exposed, would you take time to pose questions to user groups or would [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > Help? Be very careful where you tred ;-) If this toward the very tip of the tail the cat is prolly not in too much trauma as there is very little flesh, nerve and capillary action in that area. So the expense of an emergency clinic is not needed. Take the cat to the regular vet and let him/her take a look. If the joint has not been broken the vet will prolly just shave it and apply healing ointment. It happens to someone in my houseful all the time. One of my longhaired guys got the very last inch 'naf broke, and we did not even notice it for a week because he demonstrated no discomfort. I discovered it when I bathed him, and the vet shaved and whacked it. His tail is now a bit shorter and the hair grew back. No big deal. --Geno > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I > treat this? Need help. Thank you. Take the poor thing to the vet IDIOT! Sue, You are not an idiot. I had a situation with a cat that got the tip of his tail nipped in the hinge side of the door as I left for work. He was alone with his inury all day as I didn't know that he was injured. When I got home his tail was split open and the bone was hanging out. Unfortunately, Sammy had to have an inch or two of his tail amputated because since there is little blood circulating to the end of the tail, the healing is slow or nil. You must take your cat to the vet for treatment or there will be infection and disfigurement. Sammy lived until 19 years of age happily and with a slightly shorter tail. :-D H > > My cat got underfoot and as a result, the hair ripped away and part of the > > bone is exposed at the end of the tail and slight bleeding also. How do I > > treat this? Need help. Thank you. > > Take the poor thing to the vet IDIOT! |
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