I Need Your Help Please. My Cat Is Bleeding To Death.

There has to be some emergency phone you can call. Even the fire or police department might be able to help.

You have to put a torniquant on it to stop the bleeding - otherwise you wll lose your kitty. I hope you can get help and save him.

Please do not use a tourniquet on this tail- it is not necessary and can contribute to further tissue loss and severe complications.

Direct pressure and sufficient bandaging is all that is necessary.
The amount of blood loss seen in this type of injury is visually disturbing because the tail throws blood around so badly as the cat wags it, but the blood loss is not life threatening.

No tourniquet. Flour, cornstarch, styptic pencil, silver nitrate etc. to stop the bleeding, or direct pressure if none of those are available.

If you have some stiff cardboard, you can make kitty an e-collar so he will not worry his injury. Please let us know, when you can, what is happening.

You've gotten great advice. I hope there's something you can do for your kitty. Please let us know as soon as you can what happened.

To make a homemade collar cut a circle of cardboard and a smaller circle inside it for his head. A slit through it will enable you to get it onto his head then you can tape it on.

Now, to keep your cat still:

Grab him firmly behind his head as you lift him off the ground.

Lay him on his side on top of a folded towel.

Keep holding the skin behind his neck and turn his head up, away from his paws. This should prevent him from moving around.

Wrap him, TIGHTLY in the towel by rolling him in it. Make sure to keep his Front paws inside the towel or he will still be able to scratch you.

Now, you have him secure. You can hold this "kitty taco" between your own knees while you are seated.

YOu may need to shave some of his fur off his tail. Make sure you have help, and an electric razor to do this work.

So, if he is still bleeding a lot, you need to apply pressure to his tail until it stops. If it is just oozing right now then clean and bandage it.

Then, somehow get the collar around his neck so he can't bite or fuss with the wrapped up tail.

You need to get on the phone and get some advice at the very least! Someone, somewhere in your area will be able to help. Just keep searching!!!!

Please let us know how you are doing.

I'm sorry, you've already gotten great advice. I freaked out and jumped right to posting to you. I hadn't seen your post earlier. Whew. I think tails do heal and it is just a lot of blood, that's a relief!

What is upsetting is that vets in your area don't treat cats!

hope the kitty is doing better

Ruud has not contacted me at all.
Clarification: The Philippines has good veterinarians. This country is not as backwards as some of you may have been led to believe. Thanks!

I've been thinking about this kitty for a while. I really hope it's ok.

Me too.

Me 3. You would think there would be an update. I hope everything is ok.

Could this be a "fake" incident? Something seems fishy to me, especially since Rudd has yet to respond....

Most likely not. Just probably got the situation under control and forgot about the post.

Most likely not. Just probably got the situation under control and forgot about the post.

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Yep, I hope so.

Originally Posted by yayi

Please PM me right away with your contact info. I'll give you the number to call and the vet will advice you depending on where you stay in the Philippines. Like Cearbhail said, tail injuries are messy but not life threatening. You are doing fine with the betadine and keeping the cat in one place to stop it from roaming. Waiting to hear from you.

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This was an amazing offer--one of the things about these type of forums that make the internet so cool--there is almost always someone online somewhere in the world who can and will relate to just about anything that comes up. Lifesavers.

Originally Posted by Vik61

This was an amazing offer--one of the things about these type of forums that make the internet so cool--there is almost always someone online somewhere in the world who can and will relate to just about anything that comes up. Lifesavers.

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Yes, HURRAH FOR YAYI!! I hope that Ruud has used Yayi's advice. Thanks, Yayi - your posts are full of positive thoughts and great advice

Please, please Ruud, GIVE US AN UPDATE!! Sending prayers & vibes out to this poor cat!

Originally Posted by catsknowme

Yes, HURRAH FOR YAYI!! I hope that Ruud has used Yayi's advice. Thanks, Yayi - your posts are full of positive thoughts and great advice

Please, please Ruud, GIVE US AN UPDATE!! Sending prayers & vibes out to this poor cat!

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I know! That was a really caring thing Yayi did!!!!!

This poster sounds like a child or teenager. she mentions being in the country with a gambling father. I hope she took her advice, but I found it very suspicious that she claimed there were not any veterinarians in the Philippines.

If she's young then someone probably told her that. Sad.

Originally Posted by gizmocat

This poster sounds like a child or teenager. she mentions being in the country with a gambling father. I hope she took her advice, but I found it very suspicious that she claimed there were not any veterinarians in the Philippines.

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The Philippines is not a very stable place. If there are veterinarians then they will treat to livestock more than domestics. Their priorities are in a different place right now. Like the poster said, they do not even have 911 service, let along emergency services for animals. This is not the same type of country as the US. My husband and his mother are from there. I mean maybe things have improved in the last 15 years....but you also have to remember that just because you found a list of vets does not mean they are even on the same island as the poster is from.