Hi, two days ago I was an idiot and tried to stop my 1-year-old cat from going into a room by closing the door. I learned my lesson that I did an idiotic horrible thing, because the end 1/3 of her tail got caught. The door is a lightweight wooden door didn't fully close and latch shut on the tail, and my cat doesn't show any signs of distress or obvious drooping. However, I have read accounts of people whose cat's tail fell off for seemingly no reason, or sometimes years after an accident like getting caught in a door. I am really worried that this could happen to her beautiful tail.
Could diabetes be a reason for tails falling off for no reason, due to circulation problems in extremities? I feed her a commercial raw diet that is 95% meat and bone with some blueberries of questionable value mixed in. I have been petting her tail and telling her she has the prettiest tail in the world and I'm so sorry.
Her beautiful fluffy tail is actually quite thin in the actual flesh part, less than a cm. When I adopted her, the rescue organization described it as a "bottlebrush tail," a perfect description. And the very tip has always been crooked, which I'm told is common and normal especially in oriental breeds. Because the tail is so thin, I am extra concerned that her circulation got damaged and the tail will just fall off one day, even a year from now. I've been feeling along her tail and trying to tell if the end has nerve sensation or the ability to move, and can't really tell. Sometimes I am convinced it feels like there is definitely a little kink where the door got it. The fact that she didn't even yelp or seem troubled by the incident makes me wonder if the tail is not getting much circulation in the first place. I am so worried. Can a vet do tests for circulation at the end of her tail? I'm not sure how I could live with knowing I made her beautiful fluffy tail fall off.
Could diabetes be a reason for tails falling off for no reason, due to circulation problems in extremities? I feed her a commercial raw diet that is 95% meat and bone with some blueberries of questionable value mixed in. I have been petting her tail and telling her she has the prettiest tail in the world and I'm so sorry.
Her beautiful fluffy tail is actually quite thin in the actual flesh part, less than a cm. When I adopted her, the rescue organization described it as a "bottlebrush tail," a perfect description. And the very tip has always been crooked, which I'm told is common and normal especially in oriental breeds. Because the tail is so thin, I am extra concerned that her circulation got damaged and the tail will just fall off one day, even a year from now. I've been feeling along her tail and trying to tell if the end has nerve sensation or the ability to move, and can't really tell. Sometimes I am convinced it feels like there is definitely a little kink where the door got it. The fact that she didn't even yelp or seem troubled by the incident makes me wonder if the tail is not getting much circulation in the first place. I am so worried. Can a vet do tests for circulation at the end of her tail? I'm not sure how I could live with knowing I made her beautiful fluffy tail fall off.
