Chatterbox Injures His Tail

The bill was $217 and I almost wanted to throw up when I put Chatterbox back in the car. And he didn't even break his tail. The x-rays show all the bones are in place. "Soft tissue damage," the vet thought. Worst case scenario is his tail remains deadweight and he doesn't recognize it anymore as part of him and starts to attack it, but so far he's been cleaning it himself and it has regained a little movement. He can move it an inch or so away from his legs, just not lift it.

But I can't remember Chatterbox ever being very expressive with his tail. We have no idea what happened to it. He went out on Saturday morning for a short while, came back in, and growled when you touched him. We noticed the tail was just hanging limp. By the time I got to the vet, there was a little bit of blood in the cage, but not as much after the vet assistant nicked his tail while shaving it. Then it was gushing. The vet, a new one in Lakeside, was very apologetic, so I liked her for that. So he got a big bandage until the nick stopped bleeding.

For a few days, he took a liquid painkiller and an antibiotic. Now he's still on the antibiotic and a pill. We have about three days more of that. The easiest way to give him his medicine is for Bobby to hold him over his shoulder. He takes it easily from me that way if he's in daddy's arms.