This morning, I took Nahla out like usual, came home, and everything was fine. I had a guest over, however, and after initial greetings at the door we noticed blood on the wall, and it took a few minutes before we realized Nahla's rapidly wagging tail was splattering blood everywhere. I used a paper towel to mop up the mess her tail was leaving until it stopped bleeding, and started checking around. It was hard for me to see through the fur on her tail but since the bleeding stopped, I just assumed perhaps she'd scraped it somehow and it would be fine.
I just took her out again for her night-time potty break, however, and upon coming back upstairs (she had been fine we left) I realized she had splattered the wall again with blood. It was not as much as this morning (this morning was awful, you'd have thought I had killed something in here) and it too stopped bleeding, but the source seems to be the same scrape earlier.
I did a quick search online and keep running into "Happy Tail Syndrome" and that it's possible she just cracked it on the wall too hard. However, would smacking her tail on the wall have caused skin to break? She's been in the house and hit her tail pretty hard on the wall before and there's been no blood... I've been able to hold her tail without any yelping so I don't think it's broken, but I don't know how to check.
I've poked around as much as I can around the area the blood is coming from but it's very hard for me to see what the problem could be. However, is there anything I can do in the meantime to perhaps try to keep it from bleeding again? Should I just wrap her tail up and wait a few days to see what happens, or should I call my vet in the morning to be safe and get an opinion? Has anyone had this issue before?
I just took her out again for her night-time potty break, however, and upon coming back upstairs (she had been fine we left) I realized she had splattered the wall again with blood. It was not as much as this morning (this morning was awful, you'd have thought I had killed something in here) and it too stopped bleeding, but the source seems to be the same scrape earlier.
I did a quick search online and keep running into "Happy Tail Syndrome" and that it's possible she just cracked it on the wall too hard. However, would smacking her tail on the wall have caused skin to break? She's been in the house and hit her tail pretty hard on the wall before and there's been no blood... I've been able to hold her tail without any yelping so I don't think it's broken, but I don't know how to check.
I've poked around as much as I can around the area the blood is coming from but it's very hard for me to see what the problem could be. However, is there anything I can do in the meantime to perhaps try to keep it from bleeding again? Should I just wrap her tail up and wait a few days to see what happens, or should I call my vet in the morning to be safe and get an opinion? Has anyone had this issue before?