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| 3233.1 | | NRADM::ROBINSON | Sherry Conger Robinson | Thu Jan 11 1990 11:01 | 11 |
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Sometimes an accident can cause a broken tail which
also severs the nerve. Since nerves don't regenerate,
the tail would hang uselessly and amputation is the
best solution. Serious abcesses which can cut off the
blood flow to the rest of the tail and cause gangrene
can also be a reason for it...They learn to live without
it, I wouldn't worry about it if I were you...
Sherry
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| 3233.2 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Jan 11 1990 13:10 | 15 |
| A breeder I know accidently backed his rocking chair onto the tail
of one of his 9 week old kittens. The tail dislocated. The vet
didn't bother to splint the tail, just told the breeder that the
tail would heal on it's own. When I came over and saw that the
tail was hanging at a right angle, and the blow flow was restricted,
I took the kitten to my vet, who ended up having to dock the tail
due the the end of the tail dying from lack of blood flow.
I have also heard of a cat that had an abcess on his tail that wouldn't
heal, and eventually became so infected that the tail had to be
removed in order to save the cat's live.
Glad you cat is getting along well without his.
Jo
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| 3233.3 | Cars are not a cats friend... | BOOVX2::MANDILE | | Thu Jan 11 1990 16:33 | 8 |
| The number one culprit of de-tailing a cat;
The car! Cats crawl up inside near the fan
belt area for the warmth, and when the car gets
started up, the fan belt......(you can guess from here)
Also, if the tail gets broken, they may remove
the part of or all of the tail injured.
Lynne
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| 3233.4 | How one cat uses her tail
| TPMARY::TAMIR | ACMS design while-u-wait | Fri Jan 12 1990 11:24 | 11 |
| The "Today" show this morning did a story about cheetahs. They had the most
gorgeous creature named "Angel" on the set. She sure was cute. Should have
heard her purr....
Anyway, Jim Fowler mentioned that cats in the wild use their tails as
rudders, so unless your cat is gonna run at 40 m.p.h. or swim the seas,
he or she is probably gonna adapt to life with out it.
...I wonder what size litter box Angel uses????
Mary
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| 3233.5 | Some of the cutest kittens are just not adoptable | BANZAI::FISHER | Pat Pending | Fri Jan 12 1990 13:33 | 4 |
| [off the subject] The zoonooz calendar for this year features animal
babies. January is a snow leopard. That's cute.
ed
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| 3233.6 | Who's gonna tell ME NO??!! | NUTMEG::SPINGLER | | Fri Jan 12 1990 15:24 | 5 |
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Re: Angel the Cheetah She uses any size sitter box she wants to!!! :^D
Sue, & Panther & Spot
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| 3233.7 | Watch Out for Recliner Chairs | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | | Mon Jan 15 1990 14:37 | 10 |
| Also be very careful with recliner chairs - tails and more important
parts can be damaged or lost while your bringing the chair to an
upright position - not noticing the cat is hanging about the metal
hinges. My mom had a close call with her guy when he was just a
kitten and the foreleg was badly sprained - thank god my dad reacted
quickly and reclined backwards rather than full forward when he heard
Alfie cry out.
Giudi
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| 3233.8 | | CRUISE::NDC | DTN: 297-2313 | Tue Jan 16 1990 07:34 | 9 |
| Bumpy-tail was obviously born this way. Her tail is about 1/2
normal length and curls like the top of a violin at the end.
We suspect she's part or all manx.
My Breeder told me that Dundee-mommy-cat once bit the tail off one
of her kittens. The kitten happened to be pick of the litter so
Tony wasn't real happy about it, but DMC is a very good mommy
otherwise. (And a real doll)
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