Rusty going to TED, purrs please

This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years.
He seems out of sort. I patted him and he screamed
at me and bared his teeth when I touched his tail area.
He has never done that to me. So I called the vet and
get an appt. for this morning. Now I am really worried and
shaken. Don't know whether I can get him in his carrier in his
agitated state. Hope he doesn't scream his head off on the taxi ride
to
TED.

Please purr for us. Thanks

Winnie

Winnie wrote:
This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years.
He seems out of sort. I patted him and he screamed
at me and bared his teeth when I touched his tail area.
He has never done that to me. So I called the vet and
get an appt. for this morning. Now I am really worried and
shaken. Don't know whether I can get him in his carrier in his
agitated state. Hope he doesn't scream his head off on the taxi ride
to
TED.

Please purr for us. Thanks

Winnie

Lots of purrs on the way for Rusty.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Hope everything works out for the very best and Rusty can be treated
quickly. Let us know.
Charleen


"Winnie" wrote in message
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This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years.
He seems out of sort. I patted him and he screamed
at me and bared his teeth when I touched his tail area.
He has never done that to me. So I called the vet and
get an appt. for this morning. Now I am really worried and
shaken. Don't know whether I can get him in his carrier in his
agitated state. Hope he doesn't scream his head off on the taxi ride
to
TED.

Please purr for us. Thanks

Winnie

This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years. He seems out
of sort. I patted him and he screamed at me and bared his teeth
when I touched his tail area. He has never done that to me. So
I called the vet and get an appt. for this morning.

That sounds exactly like my Zeke when he broke his tail near
the base. In the end all it needed was painkillers and it
healed in a few weeks. (It can sometimes be worse, so you
certainly do need to get him to the vet).

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On Feb 13, 9:39*am, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote:


That sounds exactly like my Zeke when he broke his tail near
the base. *In the end all it needed was painkillers and it
healed in a few weeks. *(It can sometimes be worse, so you
certainly do need to get him to the vet).


How did he broke his tail? Was he put in a cast?
I am getting good at pilling Rusty. But I don't know if I can pill him
if he starts screaming at me.

I am wondering whether it is arthritis as Rusty is 14 going on 15
years old.
Rusty and I seem to share the same ailments and I have a bit of
arthritis.
I am leaving for the vet in about half an hour. The vet clinic is
closed on weekends
and Monday is a holiday so I don't want to wait.

Winnie

"Winnie" wrote in message
...
This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years.
He seems out of sort. I patted him and he screamed
at me and bared his teeth when I touched his tail area.
He has never done that to me. So I called the vet and
get an appt. for this morning. Now I am really worried and
shaken. Don't know whether I can get him in his carrier in his
agitated state. Hope he doesn't scream his head off on the taxi ride
to
TED.

Please purr for us. Thanks

Winnie


Purrs on the way.


--
Theresa and Dante

Stinky Forever: http://pets.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

[ tail hanging straight down, seems very painful around the base
of the spine ]
That sounds exactly like my Zeke when he broke his tail near
the base. *In the end all it needed was painkillers and it
healed in a few weeks. *(It can sometimes be worse, so you
certainly do need to get him to the vet).
How did he broke his tail? Was he put in a cast?

We never found out how. Trapped it in something maybe? There
were no other injuries.

It didn't need a cast, just the painkillers/anti-inflammatories.

He actually seemed to have more movement in his tail after it
healed than before it happened.

==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ====
Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557
CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:48:56 -0800 (PST), Winnie
wrote:

This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years.
He seems out of sort. I patted him and he screamed
at me and bared his teeth when I touched his tail area.
He has never done that to me. So I called the vet and
get an appt. for this morning. Now I am really worried and
shaken. Don't know whether I can get him in his carrier in his
agitated state. Hope he doesn't scream his head off on the taxi ride
to
TED.

Please purr for us. Thanks

Winnie

purrs on the way

On Feb 13, 8:48*am, Winnie wrote:
This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years.
He seems out of sort. I patted him and he screamed
at me and bared his teeth when I touched his tail area.
He has never done that to me. So I called the vet and
get an appt. for this morning. Now I am really worried and
shaken. Don't know whether I can get him in his carrier in his
agitated state. Hope he doesn't scream his head off on the taxi ride
to
TED.

Please purr for us. Thanks

Winnie

Just got back from TED. An X-ray was taken and there was no breakage
or
disc degeneration on the tail. TED thinks it is the soft tissue. He
felt the tail carefully and found one spot swollen. Anti-inflammatory
drops were prescribed. TED said
Rusty may vomit a bit from the anti-infommatories. Pooping may be a
bit painful from squatting.

Thanks for the purrs.

Winnie

Winnie wrote:
On Feb 13, 8:48 am, Winnie wrote:
This morning I noticed Rusty walking around with his tail down.
I have never seen him like this over the years.
He seems out of sort. I patted him and he screamed
at me and bared his teeth when I touched his tail area.
He has never done that to me. So I called the vet and
get an appt. for this morning. Now I am really worried and
shaken. Don't know whether I can get him in his carrier in his
agitated state. Hope he doesn't scream his head off on the taxi ride
to
TED.

Please purr for us. Thanks

Winnie

Just got back from TED. An X-ray was taken and there was no breakage
or
disc degeneration on the tail. TED thinks it is the soft tissue. He
felt the tail carefully and found one spot swollen. Anti-inflammatory
drops were prescribed. TED said
Rusty may vomit a bit from the anti-infommatories. Pooping may be a
bit painful from squatting.

Thanks for the purrs.

Winnie

Glad it's not worse, still sending purrs for Rusty's recovery.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk