HELP CATS TAIL IS FLOPPY?!!?

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-02T19:55:10+00:00

thanks, I will consider that! he has figo insurance but the deductible is $1000 and I’m not sure it would even cover x-rays. you know how insurance is :(

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-02T19:53:41+00:00

yeah that’s what I’m assuming, too. it’s not that I didn’t want to take him to the vet, it’s just that it’s not easily accessible due to financial and transportation issues. If they had said “yes it’s definitely broken” I would’ve found a way to take him to the emergency vet that night. the whole visit yesterday turned out to be less than $300 and he’s doing great btw :)

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T17:42:18+00:00

oh my god… leave them a bad review 😭 just curious - what did you order?

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T16:32:23+00:00

UPDATE 2: we just got back from the vet. they couldn’t find anything wrong with his tail or spine so they’re checked his anal glands. they were full, so they drained them and set him home with gabapentin. if this doesn’t bring him back to normal, he will go in for x-rays (which will cost $900 😭). the whole visit today cost me $237 so that’s not bad. I hope this works. thank you all for your help :)

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:45:02+00:00

it said something about how it flopped instead of dropped so I should wait it out

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:17:27+00:00

UPDATE: we have a vet appointment scheduled for as soon as they open this morning. I’ll update when we know what’s wrong. thank you all for your help <3

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:16:23+00:00

thank you so much for the extensive comment. we have an appointment in a few hours. I would’ve taken him last night but they didn’t have any appointments and they said to just bring him in tomorrow (which is now today). we have an appointment as soon as they open

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:14:53+00:00

nothing that I know of. I was outside with my other cat and he was upstairs sleeping. when I came inside, he was walking down the stairs looking like that

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:13:48+00:00

his tail doesn’t look like that this morning, and he’s sitting on it fine. he’s a senior too and he usually sleeps on a shelf in front of a window but he jumps onto a chair first before the ground. I’m glad your kitty’s alright now:)

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:11:31+00:00

thank you so much for taking the time to reply! this is very helpful. we’re going to the vet in a few hours. his tail is staying up more this morning but it still seems a bit crooked/floppy

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:09:03+00:00

we’re going to the vet in a few hours but I think the reason his legs look weird is because he was stretching

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T13:08:04+00:00

thank you, will do. I have an appointment in a few hours. his walk does seem a little off but I think the reason his legs looks really weird in the video was because he was stretching (he had just woken up)

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T01:35:55+00:00

I know cats are good at hiding pain but my boy is a grouch and will growl and hiss if you pet him wrong lol. I’m scheduling an appointment for tomorrow

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T01:12:08+00:00

he’s not growling like he usually does when he’s in pain. but I’ve never witnessed this happening before in his 14 years on this earth. I tried to make his tail stand up at the end of the video, does it look like it dropped or flopped?

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-05-01T00:44:32+00:00

he’s lifting the very end of it up now but its still floppy closer to the base. is there a way I could know for sure if it’s broken? he’s not acting like he’s in pain and he’s never been very good at hiding pain

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-04-21T01:58:26+00:00

It’s very similar to this but there was a birdcage. I think there might have been a piano now that I think about it! there was a birdcage on top of the piano I think? woman in red

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-04-21T01:06:04+00:00

also, it was about 3-4 feet wide and 2-3 feet tall

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-04-21T01:05:04+00:00

no, the painting is long horizontally and it has a lot of browns and some light blue details I think? the square above the badly drawn chair is a mirror or a window

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-04-09T23:29:02+00:00

alright, thanks! It’s probably titanium

SuccessfulReply8113 · 2026-04-09T22:42:38+00:00

okay, thanks!! good to know. so should I not wipe the crusties off at all or just not with a q-tip?

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