"mc" wrote in message
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Well, here we are again, worrying about Max.

It is after 12:00 pm and the vets office is closed now. I am going to
give them a call anyway...

But, does anyone know what this could be?

Max is the kitty that just had the surgery for the crystals in his
urine, and he is very nicely healed up now. His fur is beginning to
grow back and he is starting to look normal again - just to give you
an idea of how long ago the surgery was...

We have two cats, and both use all the litterboxes in the house.

I found what appears to be about a dime sized bit of blood smeared on
the floor of the bathroom (looked to be diluted possibly with urine,
it wasn't bright red) and also a drop of blood about a foot away from
the same litterbox.

I strongly suspect Max is the culprit but there is no way for me to
know for sure... But I have not detected any blood in the litterbox. I
am about to go downstairs to clean it out and will double check at
that time.

I don't know where the blood might have come from, neither Max nor
Butterball normally "miss" the litterbox.

What I mean to say is that I have no idea if the blood is from, maybe
a wound, or from using the litterbox? Does that make sense?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Use a flea comb and find out if either cat has fleas.

I once went absolutely bananas once trying to find the source of little
droplets of blood all over the bathroom (I thought maybe one of my cats had
a sinus infection and was sneezing blood droplets). I had a very wise vet
who examined both cats thoroughly and told me to treat the cats for fleas.
It seems that flea feces (poo) consists of dried blood (makes sense, it's
what they eat). In humid areas, like a bathroom or laundry room, the dried
feces can become wet again and looks like drops of blood (which would make
it look watery also).

Having just had a cat who had surgery for a blockage, I would, for sure, get
him to the vet immediately. But just keep this in mind if they can't find
anything wrong with him.

Hugs,

CatNipped