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cats is nasty
Aug. 2nd, 2006 02:27 pmAnother cat is broken. A few months ago, Lena's (siamese) tail was broken near the end. Now, Bhodi, the dumpster cat, is missing the skin and fur at the end of his tail.
It looks like a disgusting beige winkie peeking out of the end of his tail. Karen took him to the vet yesterday because even more fur was gone later in the afternoon than in the morning. He was clearly agitated by it. We though he had a fungus or something, but the vet said the end of his tail was sheared off (skin and all). She said it was likely from a rocker or recliner, but we don't have any such furniture. Best we can come up with is he did it in a door or under a foot. I think Lena did hers in a door. Karen felt really guilty as we had 2 broken cats in less than a year, but the vet explained it really is their responsibility to keep up with where their stupid tails are.
We have to give him oral antibiotics, and do this tail soaking solution. The problem is, how do you convince a cat that doesn't particularly like to be held (by anyone but Connor) to let you soak the end of his bare raw tail in medicine water for 10 minutes. The best Connor and I could come up with last night was to have Con hold him by the scruff of the neck and stick his tail in the water and I would pet his head and say nice things coupled with a smack on the ass and a, "No Bhodi! Stay" when he would try to leave. If the medicine doesn't work and his tail turns black and he tries to eat it, he has to get some of it cut off. Poor Bhodi.
Tonight I will try swaddeling him in Connors blanket first. Poor Bhodi. Poor y'all too, because when I get a picture of that nasty tail, I am going to post it.
It looks like a disgusting beige winkie peeking out of the end of his tail. Karen took him to the vet yesterday because even more fur was gone later in the afternoon than in the morning. He was clearly agitated by it. We though he had a fungus or something, but the vet said the end of his tail was sheared off (skin and all). She said it was likely from a rocker or recliner, but we don't have any such furniture. Best we can come up with is he did it in a door or under a foot. I think Lena did hers in a door. Karen felt really guilty as we had 2 broken cats in less than a year, but the vet explained it really is their responsibility to keep up with where their stupid tails are.
We have to give him oral antibiotics, and do this tail soaking solution. The problem is, how do you convince a cat that doesn't particularly like to be held (by anyone but Connor) to let you soak the end of his bare raw tail in medicine water for 10 minutes. The best Connor and I could come up with last night was to have Con hold him by the scruff of the neck and stick his tail in the water and I would pet his head and say nice things coupled with a smack on the ass and a, "No Bhodi! Stay" when he would try to leave. If the medicine doesn't work and his tail turns black and he tries to eat it, he has to get some of it cut off. Poor Bhodi.
Tonight I will try swaddeling him in Connors blanket first. Poor Bhodi. Poor y'all too, because when I get a picture of that nasty tail, I am going to post it.
