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One afternoon when Sam was 9 weeks old, we came home and noticed blood all over the kitchen floor and fridge. Sam came down and had blood all over the tip of his tail. I looked and noticed the tip of his tail missing. I figured him and Bucca were deviling and there was a mishap. I cleaned it and it was fine after a few days. Sam was notorious for chasing his own tail. OK, so move forward a few months. We came home from work and noticed Sam did not come down to greet us. Something was wrong. We searched all over...no Sam. Kara went in her room, (where Sam never went) and looked under her bed. Well there was Sam, looking all scared. She got him out and OMG, he was missing about 2 more inches of his tail. He was bleeding bad and not liking it. We took him to the vet. The vet asked what happened, I said I have no clue. I didn't like the look on the Vet's face, like we were abusive. We thought maybe a door shut on is tail but no one was home. We left Sam there so he could do some minor surgery on his tail, cut it even and it put a few stitches in the end. He put a cone on him and we had to leave it on him for 7 days...YIKES, Sam hated it. Eventually, we learned that Sam had a fetish with his tail, always chased it, always bit down on it and always screamed. We figured he bit his own tail off. He still does it but it's harder now for him to catch as it's just too darn short....but he still tries.

I measured both Sam and Bucca's tail. Bucca 9 1/2 inches...Sam 7 inches Here  you can see the difference in size.

(OH and we never did find the piece of missing tail)...ew, did he eat it?   :scaredblue:

The reason I thought of this story was because Sam was going nuts this am trying to get his tail again. (He has his moments)!

Poor Sam!  Good news is that this isn't uncommon - Rich's sister's oldest cat not only wants to eat his tail, but isn't going to be happy until all of his fur is gone!

Ya just never know where you'll find Sam

 :clap:  He's a great cat!  Bad, but Great  :2thumbsup:

I'm doing laundry..went to get some hangers upstairs and when I come back...Bucca (fat cat) is in the dryer...guess because it was toasty warm. Ya just never know where you'll find cats.  :clap:

Oh no!  :rofl:

Did you set the dryer on Permanent Puss?

 :harhar: FUNNY!  :harhar:

Boy, do I miss my bad Bart!

 :goodone:    :hysterical:

Yeah it was, a Shaky moment!  :clap:

He likes that Poland Spring water box.

 :clap:

 ;D

PS

No wonder I can't get any work done!

:2funny:

Love it!!!!   :kittykiss:

 :wave:  Sam I am!  Looking quite handsome I might add!!!  :kittykiss:  ;D

Not complaining, BUT the big Sam didn't send me greetings this year.... He IS adorable on that ladder - probably was busy contemplating his next "move".  :-)

He's getting old and forgetful  :-[ His next move was jumping up to the fridge! The ladder was a bonus for him!

Just like the rest of us!   ;)