Hi all i know this is a old thread but thought i would add to it a bit more lol. My cat has recently been through a similar thing. He went missing for 2 days which was horrible enough but when he turned up he seemed to be limping on his rear end. We rushed him to the vet thinking it was his pelvis or a broken leg but it was his tail which had been broken. The vet told us to take him home with it being the weekend and to bring him back on monday so they could xray him and operate.

The xrays showed his tail had been completely ripped out of its socket and the vet could insert 3 fingers in the gap on the xray. While he was being operated on the vet found severe nerve damage and his exact words were 'im praying for a miracle that this cat pulls through' he didnt think he would be able to use the toilet and only gave echo a 10% chance of survival. At this news both me and my partner were absolutely gutted as 1 of the other users said hes my fur child.

We took echo home expecting the worst and i have to say i have never cried so much in my life. I took a week off work to monitor his toilet functions and to keep him clean because his stitches were so close to his anus there was a high chance of infection. He had to go to the vets almost every day for the 1st week but as he improved he had to go back less. After 2 weeks he got the all clear. That was just over a month ago and hes still doing well so (touch wood) it goes to show cats are wonderful creatures and miracles do happen.

The reason im posting is im a bit nervous about letting him out again. My house faces onto fields but echo goes round the front onto the road because of the birds, he loves birds lol. Because of this we havnt dared let him out yet plus hes got a big bald patch on his rump. Im just wanting to know if people let there cats out after being hit by a car and if they were ok? Do they tend to learn from their mistakes? Echo is currently driving us mad miowing at the cat flap lol

Thanks