Robbie’s day started out good, but then got bad. I accidently stepped on his tail. I didn’t realize it until he screamed and I saw all the blood. He didn’t want me to touch him, but I had to put pressure on his tail to stop the bleeding. Eventually the bleeding stopped. I found the piece of tail that came off. It looked like a furry cat toy. Robbie got frost bite about 3-4 inches above the end of his tail. That was the part that I stepped on.
I called my wife at work and had her call the vet. They told us to come in the next day.
The vet cleaned Robbie’s tail wound and gave him another 2-week antibiotic shot. They said I probably did Robbie a favor, by stepping on his tail, because that part of his tail would have eventually come off. I think Robbie would disagree. They gave us a disinfectant solution and some antibiotic ointment to apply to the tail every 12 hours.
