Causes of tail docking in cats:

1. Congenital causes refer to the congenital underdevelopment of the tail when the kitten develops in the abdominal cavity of the mother cat, resulting in no tail after birth. Tail.

2. Acquired reasons are mainly due to disease or man-made reasons such as tail docking. For example, if a cat's tail lacks blood supply due to disease, it will cause ischemic necrosis and then fall off.

3. It may be artificial tail docking, because some people like cats with docked tails, and some stray cats are marked by tail docking, ear cropping, etc.

Things to note when docking a cat’s tail are:

1. If the pet cat’s tail is only slightly traumatized, the owner does not need to worry too much. Because cats have a certain degree of self-healing ability, they can usually recover quickly on their own.

2. If the cat’s tail is fractured or directly broken, the cat should be sent to the pet hospital as soon as possible. Help cats set bones and perform surgical treatment. After fractures are treated with modern medicine, the chance of recovery is very high.

3. If the cat’s tail is broken directly, it will be very difficult to restore it to its original shape. But no matter what, when a cat’s tail is broken, it must be sent to a pet hospital as soon as possible for professional diagnosis and treatment.