I have this posted on my LJ and Myspace, but I wanted to post here too.
How Ting lost her tail

My cat, Ting, likes to hide under the washing machine. Not under the entire machine, and not IN the part where you actually put clothes. She squeezes through the hole where the water pipes go in, and hides in the piping underneath. She won't come out for treats, she won't come out when I call her, she won't play with toys.....she just likes it in there.

After the last time we got her to come out, I put faceplate back on the machine. However, the screws are missing, and I can't find ones that fit. SO we just put the faceplate on tight, and it's been several days and she hasn't hidden down there--she hides upstairs.

Anyway last night she came running upstairs, and hid under the sofa. After checking on her, I freaked out: Ting had her entire tail missing, along with a little bit of skin and fur from her butt/haunches.

I began to cry and curl up in a ball, and one of my friends, Cindy came upstairs and SHE freaked out and almost cried. It was so bad. Ting seemed ok though: she wasn't in shock and wasn't bleeding much at all.

I took her to an emergency vet in town, and they said that because of the tear, they'd have to put in sutures to seal off the wounded area. We stayed a couple hours, but the vet told us to come back in the morning.

We took these on a camera phone, so the quality is poor. However, she was in a good mood! We pet her and gave her antibiotic, and she purred and rolled around on my feet. :3 I'm glad she's at least going in good spirits.

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^ Ting's injuries: you can see her butt here.

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^ Close-up of Ting's butt and (lack-of) tail. Poor thing. I made a key so you can see where the drainage tubes are.

Today she is OK; she will never have a nice beautiful tail, but she will live. She has staples and tubing put in, and she seemed angry at the vet. As soon as we came home, she went to her litter box, and ate some food and drank water and began to PLAY! I've been watching her today and she comes up to cuddle with me, and purrs.

Donations?

I think she'll be ok, but there is still blood and stitching and I am worried. Right now I'm worried about how to pay for this. Her bill is over $1000 (kitty drugs are expensive) and I have my own medical bills to worry about.

I don't know how to cover both our expenses, but I feel bad taking money from friends to pay for myself. PLUS there is STILL a chance I can get my insurance to cover my bill.

Ting's surgery, however, will not be covered. If anyone can spare some extra money to help pay for her veterinary bills, I'd appreciate it very much. It's my cat for God's sake, and I am worried about her. :<

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This is a link to a PayPal donation, however DA tries to make part of the link turn into a smileyface. You can just copy-paste the rest of the link into your browser...

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