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ourmac New Member  Posts: 5 |
posted 02-20-2004 05:02 PM
 
Our cat broke his tail exactly 4 weeks ago and he pretty much lived at the vet's office for 3 weeks. We are desperate for any information on this and if anyone has been thru this before. His tail is completely imobile, but he is still getting good blood supply to it, his back legs are working fine and he is playing and eating great now. The big problem is he is retaining urine because the nerve to the urethral sphincter has been damaged. He has no control over his bladder even though he knows he has to go and scratches around in the litter box and he also has fecal incontinence. We are trying to manually express his bladder, but were told that his is very difficult to express even with medication, so we are driving him to the vet atleast twice daily. Has anyone been thru this and if so...what was the recovery time? We love him so much and are going to keep on trying...thanks so much IP: Logged |
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Yahdah Member  Posts: 75 |
posted 02-20-2004 06:34 PM
hello - i have nursed many cats through this exact injury and can only tell you to be patient. Unfortunately there is no set time frame it will take for your cat to heal, and it may never heal completely. But dont give up.... Firstly I would consider having the tail amputated ( have the vets discussed this with you ? ) it is not 100% essential for a cat to have a tail, nad if it is paralysed it will only hinder the cat in the long run ( get jamed in doors, get sores and infections, get wee and poo all on it attracting flies (and maggots )) I have seen most cats eventually regain their muscle tone and nerve function, but every case is different. hang in there. IP: Logged |
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ourmac New Member Posts: 5 |
posted 02-20-2004 06:51 PM
Thanks so much for the response...we are trying to gather any info we can. We've been taught how to express his bladder but it's so difficult that our vet is concerned that we may rupture it, so I don't mind the drive to know that we are not putting him in that kind of danger...they said his bladder was a really weird case and they've never expressed another cat that was so difficult. We have discussed tail amputation when we first discovered his tail was broken...we didn't know then that he had the urinary problems, so naturally I was horrified thinking his tail was going to have to be removed. Now that we've found that he has the urinary problems the tail removal seems so insignificant when he is facing all of these other problems. Our vet has decided to wait on the tail amputation until we get his urinary problems under control since he's under so much stress with all of the medications and so on, but I do see tail amputation coming in the future and as far as I'm concerned as long as he's happy and healthy I don't mind if they have to take his tail  IP: Logged |
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empressjulz Member Posts: 64 |
posted 02-20-2004 10:43 PM
amputating the tail is not too bad. if you're concerned about the financial factor especially, it wouldn't be too bad to have the whole thing off. cats cope extremely well without tails. i even know of a cat with no hind legs, it moves around on a little trolly. he seems perfectly fine! ///ej ------------------ IP: Logged |
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