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A friend has a prob

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BigRog:
She posted on another site.
"We all remember my so called best friend that recently burned me on the phone bill...well, before she left I took in her 9 year old cat, Boomie...she had left him out during the last bad snow storm we had and his tail had froze...now it is 'dead' and infected at the wound area, possibly gangerous (skin is hard and black, fur has fallen out)...this is the last 3" of the tail...

We cannot afford a vet to fix this properly and do not want to put him down because of this...can a vet or anyone recommend a safe, aseptic manner for us to do this at home? "

Figures that the farmers here might know about fixin animals.
She is a very good person and it will break her heart to see this cat suffer.

Any ideas?

Horns Pure Honey:
You are going to have to cut it off below the dead and infected area and then spray anticeptic on it and bandage it up. My little cuz had a litter of kittens, once older they hid everywhere. One got in the truck engine and got about half its tail cut off, we cleaned it up, sprayed it, and bandaged it. Now this will be very hard to do since cats can be very mean. My grandpa castrates male cats by sticking them in a boot so they cant scratch or bite but that is a hard thing to do all in itself. You will have to cut inbetween the bones and try to keep it as close to the infected are so it will still have alot of tail for balance. I wish you good luck and tell us how it went when you are done. It shouldnt hurt the cat to bad, maybe for a few days, just like docking baby sheep or dogs , bye :D

Lesli:
If it isn't gangrene, the dead are will fall off all by itself. My cat had a few inches of "dead" tail when I got him--someone had apparently put a rubberband around his tail and the blood supply was cut off. There was no infection, though, and the dead part eventually fell off on its own.

BigRog:
Thanks guys

Horns Pure Honey:
your welcome  :D

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