I'd like to thank everyone who's ever posted on here about tail pockets and/or tail amputation.
We adopted a two year old male 5 months ago and I didn't even know tail pockets existed. Our guy came with three different bacteria plus a fungal infection in his tail pocket. After lots of research - most of it right here - we decided to have his tail amputated. It's been 10 days since the surgery and his incision looks great - the biggest issue is keeping him quiet!
He came home with a Fentanyl patch, rimadyl, tramadon, and an antibiotic. The patch fell off on the third day, he was supposed to wear it for four days. The Fentanyl kept him pretty drugged up because about 2 hours after it came off he was running around the living room wanting to play. I had asked for and got some sedatives because I was afraid of this!
He was never in any pain and slept the entire first night home except for a 5 minute potty break.
I was very, very concerned about the procedure but thanks to all the great info here I decided it really was the best thing to do - he hated having his tail area touched must less cleaned.
Thank you all for all the great info!
Barb
We adopted a two year old male 5 months ago and I didn't even know tail pockets existed. Our guy came with three different bacteria plus a fungal infection in his tail pocket. After lots of research - most of it right here - we decided to have his tail amputated. It's been 10 days since the surgery and his incision looks great - the biggest issue is keeping him quiet!
He came home with a Fentanyl patch, rimadyl, tramadon, and an antibiotic. The patch fell off on the third day, he was supposed to wear it for four days. The Fentanyl kept him pretty drugged up because about 2 hours after it came off he was running around the living room wanting to play. I had asked for and got some sedatives because I was afraid of this!
He was never in any pain and slept the entire first night home except for a 5 minute potty break.
I was very, very concerned about the procedure but thanks to all the great info here I decided it really was the best thing to do - he hated having his tail area touched must less cleaned.
Thank you all for all the great info!
Barb