Thread: When cute becomes scary

Mine will jump suddenly and bite their tails furiously if fleas are a problem. My first Coonie started gnawing her tail and then the tail looked bent, so we took her to the vet thinking it was a broken tail and it turned out to be a huge abscess that needed lanced and stitched!!
My Mandy likes to chase her tail when she's feeling frisky and also when she is bored and I'm too busy to lavish attention on her. But she's never done it for more than a few minutes. My first instinct would be fleas or an allergen that is making your cat uncomfortable, maybe do a good workover with a flea comb and see if you catch any, and try to inspect her tail for anything else unusual. Coonie tails are dense forests all on their own-anything might be in there!!