Chelsea was worse in that she would just not let up on the tail which apparently was not attached to her body, in her mind. But the body language with your cat does resemble FH to me.
Chelsea was worse in that she would just not let up on the tail which apparently was not attached to her body, in her mind. But the body language with your cat does resemble FH to me.
Went back last night, checked her over again and she has no problem any touching her tail, no pain and it doesn’t drop etc. She gave me some anti inflammatory medication to try and if no improvement after that then she will have a xray which I doubt will show anything broken etc because she runs about, jumps over fences and lets anyone touch it fine without showing any pain but you never know. If the X-ray doesn’t show anything then she will be put on anti depressants: anxiety medication which was a last resort for the vet she said, and if that doesn’t help I might have to go down the route of removing her tail because she is biting it constantly and drawing blood now. That’s obviously the last of last resorts.I think that you are certainly right to go back if the gabapentin has failed that miserably.
Thanks Fiona for all you input, she is not a happy cat at the minute having to wear a plastic collar so amazon are delivering one today a more comfy one which she will be wearing for 4-5 days and also keeping her in for that long aswell so her wounds heal.That tail does look raw and sore. You are definitely fighting the good fight for her. Who knows, maybe if the sores heal she will leave it alone, maybe she does need the Prozac to help her....you will find out. She is lucky that you have taken this so seriously and tried to help her.
Those newer and more comfortable collars are usually quite successful. Those old plastic ones were a mess and I never used one on any animal who did not absolutely need it. In her case, it is probably most important that she allow the tail to heal, so it is probably not an option.