In news:6fc2a633f7bea@uwe,
ktpie76 purred:
I have a four year old cat. Yesterday I was a bad mom and left a
window open. The window shut on her tail and it was degloved. About
half an inch of bone was exposed. I took her to the vet, where they
cleaned and bandaged her. They sent her home with antibiotics. They
suggested calling around to find a place to do surgery and amputate
her tail. Does anyone know: Is this something I have to do? If I keep
it clean and dry, will it heal on it's own?

Without amputating the degloved portion, the exposed tissue may very well
get necrotic (die and rot), which can spread further and further up the
tail.... amputation of the exposed tissue is best - the skin will NOT grow
back over the tip of the tail. I will warn you that when they do amputate,
they may take a bit more than what was exposed - so that they can trim the
skin a bit to have 'fresh' edges, and then sew the skin closed over the
newly-made exposed "tip". Thus, her tail will seem shorter, but otherwise
like a normal tail.