My 8 yrs old neutered male cat is very amusing. He is tuxedo cat with a rather large apron (strangers confuse him for a pregnant/lactating female) His tail also curles outward if you pet him. When you observe this, it looks like a tree monkey's tail and is hillarious. Neither his spine nor his tail were ever injured and I took him to a vet for explanation. Conclusion is that he is just this way. Anybody has a cat with tail that swirls outward? What are your thoughts?
2007-05-09 04:37:17 · 5 answers · asked by Baby 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
My cat Meg also has a kink in her tail, and her tail does totally curl off to the side. I believe this is genetic since her mom had the same thing and so did one of her siblings. I think it is cute! My cat is also ridiculously smart. She plays fetch with me, comes when I call her and just last week figured out how to open doors that are shut!! And these are doors with the round knobs, not handles!! She also found a way to get into a TOP cupboard to get into her food. She also sucks her "thumb", the pad of her paw when I pet her. Does any one elses cat suck their thumb?
2007-05-09 05:47:02 · answer #1 · answered by andra130 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat has a kink at the very end of her tail..it looks like a curl at the end. It's cute! I heard somewhere that it can happen during birth where the tail gets bent or breaks a little but heals crooked. I asked the vet about this and she explained that it doesn't bother or hurt them...they probably don't even realize it's like that.
Your cat might just have some kind of reflex where his tail curls when he's happy (kind of like how a dog will thump or shake a back leg when having its belly scratched) I wouldn't worry. He's just unique!
2007-05-09 05:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by ExtremelyGruntled_82 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have a tabby that used to curl his tail in a question mark whenever he was pleased or confidently walking thru the house. My current cat thinks he's a dog. He wags his tail when I pet him or talk to him. He also likes to fetch furry mice when I throw them for him. He also thinks he knows how to get VCR tapes/DVDs out of the machines by slapping them when they come out of the machine. I just think cats are the neatest, smartest, quirky-est animals. Your cat sounds like he has a beer belly too.
2007-05-09 04:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by LA Law 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but the tail isn't solid bone. It's like the spine; it has a series of bones connected together. The tendons holding one of those bones to another may have snapped, resulting in one bone at an odd angle and the other bones to drag along. If the bones aren't connected, the cat can't move it's tail much at all. If it broke a bone and not tendons, the same would have happened, but if it is a fracture, it will take longer to heal and might hurt more. The only thing I can think of to help is to take the cat to a vet. It'll either need a splint or cast. Without one, your cat's tail will heal wrong, cause it much pain for the rest of it's life, and it will look deformed. The only thing you can do on your own is look for any cuts or scrapes near the tail before you go to the vet, and give your cat some catnip to take it's mind off the pain in the car ride and make it happier.
2016-05-19 00:03:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, i had a manx without a tail, and she would wag her snub when she was pist, it was the funniest thing to watch
2007-05-09 04:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by sweeTie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋