hi, My little cat does the same thing. She is always chewing her tail tip, but she purrs while she does it. She also puddings (if thats the word). We have taken to spraying the tail tip with bitter apple spray which seems to have helped. Good luck.

Update

Thanks for the kind responses and suggestions. She is doing ok - on half dose Chlomicalm now and at the moment no problems. Very little appetite still but not losing weight so we will keep going.

Looks so strange without a tail and such a pretty cat - i would love to get her a friend to keep her company but fear this would send her off again. She has been only pet for 6 years.

I was about to suggest a companion for her, I have heard of cats biting their coats out through stress and a companion has solved the problem. Get plenty of toys, attractions, scratching posts, etc. and also look into seeing whether any breeder (moggie or otherwise) would let you have a kitten on a trial period, say a week, to see how things develop. Deffo worth a try. C.x.

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