In message lgate.org,
Helen Miles writes
The final scab has fallen off Lilly-Whiskers tail where it was cut by
the ******* that tortured her, and it appears that the very end of the
tail bone is exposed. I have a feeling that when she sees the vet
tomorrow afternoon, he's going to recommend partial tail amputation.


Purrs from all the felines here. Purdey (RB) had to have about
two-thirds of his tail amputated after a brush with a car - on the face
of it, the tail was just nicked, but the bone was actually broken so the
vet took it off at the break closest to the body. The stump was very
expressive for the rest of his life (about nineteen years), and apart
from its obvious shortness, the only sign of anything wrong was the fact
that there were a number of white hairs at the injury site.

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Cathi