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Cat pooping on the floor and barfing up hairballs
I have an 7 year old tabby who up until a couple of months ago has
never had any behavior problems. Now every couple of days he will poop on the floor and it smells *really* bad and looks like yellow sludge. He has two litter boxes and they both get cleaned every day. He uses both boxes and he mostly poops in his box and it looks normal (although yellow looking). This morning I cleaned out his box and my cat went to use it right afterwards, but 5 minutes later he crapped all over a pile of papers I had on the floor. Also I've noticed that every week or so he will barf up a hairball. He's never really done that before but they were small so I didn't really think much of it. But this morning he barfed up a huge one. Could the two be related somehow? The sludgy pooping on the floor started a while before the hairballs. Other than those problems he seems fine. No lethargy or hiding and he's still eating normally. He never goes outside either. |
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Cat pooping on the floor and barfing up hairballs
Sounds like it's time for a trip to the vet.... take a stool sample,
barf sample.... Have you changed his diet? Susan On May 14, 10:06*am, Deuteros wrote: I have an 7 year old tabby who up until a couple of months ago has never had any behavior problems. Now every couple of days he will poop on the floor and it smells *really* bad and looks like yellow sludge. He has two litter boxes and they both get cleaned every day. He uses both boxes and he mostly poops in his box and it looks normal (although yellow looking). This morning I cleaned out his box and my cat went to use it right afterwards, but 5 minutes later he crapped all over a pile of papers I had on the floor. Also I've noticed that every week or so he will barf up a hairball. He's never really done that before but they were small so I didn't really think much of it. But this morning he barfed up a huge one. Could the two be related somehow? The sludgy pooping on the floor started a while before the hairballs. Other than those problems he seems fine. No lethargy or hiding and he's still eating normally. He never goes outside either. |
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Cat pooping on the floor and barfing up hairballs
Any time a cat changes litter box behavior you should immediately take
it to the vet for a check up. Celeste |
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Cat pooping on the floor and barfing up hairballs
I usually just lurk here and pick up good ideas from time to time.
However, being a relatively new cat person, one of the things I have learned is "anytime a cat does something different than his normal around the litterbox, it may be time to consult a vet" I believe that is true in this case. JMO. "Deuteros" wrote in message ... I have an 7 year old tabby who up until a couple of months ago has never had any behavior problems. Now every couple of days he will poop on the floor and it smells *really* bad and looks like yellow sludge. He has two litter boxes and they both get cleaned every day. He uses both boxes and he mostly poops in his box and it looks normal (although yellow looking). This morning I cleaned out his box and my cat went to use it right afterwards, but 5 minutes later he crapped all over a pile of papers I had on the floor. Also I've noticed that every week or so he will barf up a hairball. He's never really done that before but they were small so I didn't really think much of it. But this morning he barfed up a huge one. Could the two be related somehow? The sludgy pooping on the floor started a while before the hairballs. Other than those problems he seems fine. No lethargy or hiding and he's still eating normally. He never goes outside either. |
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