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What options are available if a cat breaks a tail? What does the literature say about a broken cat tail? What would you do, if a cat broke a tail and support your answer?

Review literature and engage in a field experiment with a broken cat tail.

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Considering a cat's broken tail, literature review, professional opinion, costs and quality of life is discussed.

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According to catster.com, "A cat tail has 19 to 23 vertebrae, including many muscles, ligaments, and tendons, which hold the tail together and offer great movement opportunity." The literature offers a range of options for a cat that shows signs of a broken tail. Depending on symptoms, choices spans from doing nothing to amputation. If the tail is broken, injury can occur to the bladder, the large intestine and/or the anus. Signs your cat may have broken his tail include the tail held low to the ground or tail-dragging, involuntary loss of urine or diarrhea. ( www.felinexpress.com/cat-health/broken-tail.asp)

This post is written, resulting from the advice of four different veterinarians, because of a broken tail of a male orange cat. An emergency vet stated the need for amputation, because of where the break was on the tail and recommended seeking the procedure from a local clinician because the emergency rate would be $1700 (US). The personal (non-emergent vet) mentioned, it would heal, if left alone but crooked. This writer opted for neither and this is the result. Understanding that there are risks with anything and while this is not intended to offer medical advice to the reader, knowing what was done in this case might be helpful ...

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