
18-12-2011, 05:13 AM
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Re: My cat got its tail amputated!
He will get better, no doubt.
When he was at the vet, he couldn't walk at all at first, now he is walking. He couldn't jump, but now he is jumping. So he is improving. There is no reason to suppose this improvement should suddenly stop.
He has been hit by a car, so he got severely bruised and maybe has some nerve damage. But nerves do grow back, to a certain extent, but it takes as much as a year or more.
His muscles have weakened from the accident and he will misjudge his jumps now, because he cannot jump as high or as far as he used to. Also, he has lost his tail, his main balancing organ. He will be very insecure at first, he will have to learn to calculate his jumps and find his balance again.
In the wild, he wouldn't have stood a chance, as he would not be able to catch a prey like this, but as a house cat, with a human slave to provide food, he will be fine. He will have all the time in the world to fully recover, without starving.
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