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clumping litter stuck in paw!
ack. a few questions and thanks in advance. I noticed miss boots limping a bit yesterday and being after checking her back feet, I saw that she has dried clumping litter stuck all in between her toes and her pads. yuck. I tried pulling some of it out by hand, and using a wet washcloth but the stuff is like cement! she's also a squirmy one and after a few minutes of *that* she just wasn't into letting me near her long enough to work on it. will anything clean this stuff off or do I have to take her to the vet to have it cut out ? she's relatively old...15...and has a bit of arthritis in her hip which she's being treated for, but she's not flexible enough to groom her back legs and feets like she used to which I think is what may have caused the situation going on now. she's been using the regular large curd clay litter all her life...fresh step brand only...she's suuuuuuuuper picky...any other brand and i'm running around with the simple solution sprayer... I switched her to clumping a month or so ago to better monitor her urine volume...she had some very mildly elevated levels of this and that, and her vet wanted me to watch her fluid intake and output for any changes for the next few months. so, I thought the clumping stuff might be a good solution. shyeah, right. i'd like to keep her on the clumping stuff, but if they all cause this masonry problem, yikes. is there a brand or type of this kind of litter that isn't so...adherent? or should I just switch her back to the regular clay? |
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in article , boot's mom
at wrote on 4/18/04 1:14 PM: ack. a few questions and thanks in advance. I noticed miss boots limping a bit yesterday and being after checking her back feet, I saw that she has dried clumping litter stuck all in between her toes and her pads. yuck. I tried pulling some of it out by hand, and using a wet washcloth but the stuff is like cement! she's also a squirmy one and after a few minutes of *that* she just wasn't into letting me near her long enough to work on it. will anything clean this stuff off or do I have to take her to the vet to have it cut out ? she's relatively old...15...and has a bit of arthritis in her hip which she's being treated for, but she's not flexible enough to groom her back legs and feets like she used to which I think is what may have caused the situation going on now. she's been using the regular large curd clay litter all her life...fresh step brand only...she's suuuuuuuuper picky...any other brand and i'm running around with the simple solution sprayer... I switched her to clumping a month or so ago to better monitor her urine volume...she had some very mildly elevated levels of this and that, and her vet wanted me to watch her fluid intake and output for any changes for the next few months. so, I thought the clumping stuff might be a good solution. shyeah, right. i'd like to keep her on the clumping stuff, but if they all cause this masonry problem, yikes. is there a brand or type of this kind of litter that isn't so...adherent? or should I just switch her back to the regular clay? When this happened to one of mine, I just kept picking at it and gradually got it out over a few days. It all will clump like that. Probably (ick I know) she accidentally stepped in damp litter. Karen |
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From: boot's mom
will anything clean this stuff off or do I have to take her to the vet to have it cut out ? i'd like to keep her on the clumping stuff, but if they all cause this masonry problem, yikes. When my last cat was 17 and very sick with CRF, she started getting that clumping litter stuck between her paws too. You're right, that stuff is just like cement. I had to use cuticle scissors to cut it out. I recommend taking her to the vet though as it was very difficult to cut out. For a clumping litter, I highly recommend Shweat Scoop. It is all natural, doesn't have any of those nasty chemicals like Fresh Step, clumps naturally but doesn't turn to cement on their paws. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: boot's mom
will anything clean this stuff off or do I have to take her to the vet to have it cut out ? i'd like to keep her on the clumping stuff, but if they all cause this masonry problem, yikes. When my last cat was 17 and very sick with CRF, she started getting that clumping litter stuck between her paws too. You're right, that stuff is just like cement. I had to use cuticle scissors to cut it out. I recommend taking her to the vet though as it was very difficult to cut out. For a clumping litter, I highly recommend Shweat Scoop. It is all natural, doesn't have any of those nasty chemicals like Fresh Step, clumps naturally but doesn't turn to cement on their paws. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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When my 21-yr old mostly blind cat ran into the same problem due to failing
kidneys and 200 cc per day fluid infusions I'd hold her with her back foot in a container (like margarine tub) of warm body-temp water. The stuff softened in minutes without irritating her feet, which could then be gently towel dried. Elizabeth |
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When my 21-yr old mostly blind cat ran into the same problem due to failing
kidneys and 200 cc per day fluid infusions I'd hold her with her back foot in a container (like margarine tub) of warm body-temp water. The stuff softened in minutes without irritating her feet, which could then be gently towel dried. Elizabeth |
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This happened with my Pepper cat and I made her stop putting her paw in my
bath water. She was going into the litter with a wet paw so it was clumping onto her paw. I got the litter off by soaking the paw in a paper cup of warm water. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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This happened with my Pepper cat and I made her stop putting her paw in my
bath water. She was going into the litter with a wet paw so it was clumping onto her paw. I got the litter off by soaking the paw in a paper cup of warm water. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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"PawsForThought" --------------- From: boot's mom will anything clean this stuff off or do I have to take her to the vet to have it cut out ? i'd like to keep her on the clumping stuff, but if they all cause this masonry problem, yikes. ------------------------------------------ When my last cat was 17 and very sick with CRF, she started getting that clumping litter stuck between her paws too. You're right, that stuff is just like cement. I had to use cuticle scissors to cut it out. I recommend taking her to the vet though as it was very difficult to cut out. For a clumping litter, I highly recommend Shweat Scoop. It is all natural, doesn't have any of those nasty chemicals like Fresh Step, clumps naturally but doesn't turn to cement on their paws. Just because I'm tired of the dust and mess of the clumping litter I've been using thru my kitties 4 years, yesterday I bought a bag of SwheatScoop. Put it out today in one tray and so far they prefer it to the clay, clumps nicer and not as hard, seems like less dust. bill n [Smoochie and Mooch] |
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