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Tail Injury (Deglove)
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? |
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Tail Injury (Deglove)
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:08:10 GMT, "ktpie76" u32819@uwe wrote:
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? My cat Beauty had to have her tail amputated. Do what the vet says. |
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Tail Injury (Deglove)
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. |
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Tail Injury (Deglove)
If the degloving happened very far upon the tailor she has to have
more than half of her tail removed (to save her life, mind you), kitty will barely notice the difference. She will take a few days to adjust to the new length, but, unlike humans, will not feel "handicapped" or in any way "deformed" by the incidence. All animals, well the 4-legged varieties, live in the moment. After the short period of adjustment kitty will be her old self, with and up-beat new look. Do not delay getting this done. Rebecca |
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