I trapped dcats tail in door, looks like it's going to have to be partially amputated

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Trapped dcats tail in kitchen door, he'd gone out of the room, I went to shut the door and trapped his tail. According to dd1 something startled him, he backed up and sat down with his tail sticking straight out as usual.

The end has been degloved and as it has reached the bone he is going to have to have part of it amputated.

I feel so guilty, he's only about 8 months old, we found him as a half-starved 3 month old feral kitten and he always seems so happy and friendly. He had a really long elegant tail, he has an oriental/siamese type build although we obviously have no idea of his ancestry.

Oh good that's awful. You must feel terrible. 😞 have the vets got him on good strong pain killers?

It is easily done, they really are careless with their tails. I trod on my childhood cats tail and he ran off planning a clump of fur behind. I felt terrible then. He never did look after his tail more though.

Obviously I meant to type God not good!

He 's on meloxicam and antibiotics, it doesn't seem to be bothering him as he is his usual happy self. Going back in a couple of days for the vet to fully assess and decide on a course of action

First off, it was an accident. The number of times I've stood on a cat because they put themselves where my feet are already going is unreal. Managed to kick the bugger across the hall once accidentally.
Hopefully he'll make a quick recovery and be getting in everyone's way again soon. Veterinary surgery nowadays is incredible- I hope he recovers quickly for you.

Don’t beat yourself up, easily done, they’re so slippery and agile at that age. He’ll recover and won’t care.
Will he tolerate a bell (immediately tells herself that won’t help at all if he’s sat still ....)

If he had a collar with a bell, it would drive him mad, if he hears a bell he has to find it

Oh no poor you and cat!

But I agree with Nutella - my cat's the same. You'd think she was trying to get trodden on or get her tail trapped in a door, the way she constantly gets in the way. And a friend at school's cat sat with the end of its tail in the fire and it caught fire

You didn't mean to, and what's important is you're taking care of him now and making sure he will be OK. If he's happy, that's what matters.

My mum stood on our old cat's tail wearing stilettos. Whole thing had to be amputated and she only had a stump left. It didn't seem to affect her at all after the initial surgery.

Poor little darling, though. Extra cuddles all round. Xx

Well dcat is having surgery today, the vets not sure how much will need to be amputated before she trims it so we'll see tonight how much is left.

It doesn't seem to be bothering him although i am sure he will not be happy with us tonight

Our cat had to have part of her tail amputated. We have no idea how she damaged it as she was so unbothered it took us a few days to notice. She wasn’t a lap cat at the time so we weren’t that close to her tail.

It’s never bothered her at all and I only remember she is a bit of a stumpy tail when I see other cats.

Thankfully there's probably over half the tail left, but he is not impressed with the cone!

Oh poor cat. They are completely daft with their tails though - it’s as if they want you to stand on them sometimes.

Lovely that you took him in. I’m sure he will forgive you about the tail.

DH stood on DCAT's tail. 1 cm of degloving cost us £500 (ouch).

This has cost us nearly £300 so far, hopefully it will.heal without any complications!

This happened to one of our cats too. Luckily he didn’t need to have any of of his tail amputated, he had a deep wound that was repaired / sutured under general anaesthetic. He had to wear a cone while it healed, and had painkillers and antibiotics (and lots of extra cuddles).

He seems to have forgiven us and has no lasting effects! Try not to beat yourself up about it, accidents happen. I hope he makes a quick recovery