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Cat drags her rear across her scratching box
My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes
outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). She was just examined about a month ago, and her a stool sample tested negative for parasites. The vet told me that the stool sample isn't tested for tapeworms. We examine the stool on a regular basis to see if there are little white rice looking things. My mom even breaks the stool apart to see if anything is there and it looks clean. There's also nothing around the hair at the anal region (other than an occasional small thin piece that sticks to the hair). She's active, has a nice coast of hair, and has a good appetite. Her main problem is that she lost alot of her small teeth before we adopted her, and her remaining teeth have some tartar problems. She also sneezes on occasion (once every few days) and we just finished giving her anti-biotics for an eye infection. I'm guessing that she may be allergic to the carpet dustmites What I did find underneath her corrugated scratching board were about 8 very little, hard black dots that seemed to have two miniature white dots on one side. I'm assuming these were dried up dust mites, but they could also have been dirt. Anyone have any ideas or knowledge as to how to treat the above. I'm taking her back to the vet in a few weeks for a booster shot. Comments on boosters would also be appreciated. It's mandatory for animals to have rabies shots every 3 years, but I hesitate to do that since this animal never leaves the apartment. |
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:09:28 GMT, Moe Hair wrote:
My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). I think that is classic for anal glands. You can deal with it yourself but is not something you want to do. I just watched it being done for one of my cats. Not pleasant for her, me, or the vet. Take her to the vet soon. |
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:09:28 GMT, Moe Hair wrote:
My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). I think that is classic for anal glands. You can deal with it yourself but is not something you want to do. I just watched it being done for one of my cats. Not pleasant for her, me, or the vet. Take her to the vet soon. |
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dgk wrote in
news My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). I think that is classic for anal glands. You can deal with it yourself but is not something you want to do. I just watched it being done for one of my cats. Not pleasant for her, me, or the vet. Take her to the vet soon. Now you have me wondering about something. We recently started giving her Petramalt to help her pass her hairballs through the intestines. Petramalt loosens the stool so I'm now thinking that may be causing the "scooting" problem. I just read on about.com that harder stool empties the anal glands. http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/analglands.htm "Some veterinarians believe the anal gland is vestigial because it requires hard feces to properly express. They argue that the commercial cat food we give our kitties produces softer "poop," which doesn't exert the necessary pressure to make the gland work right." |
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dgk wrote in
news My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). I think that is classic for anal glands. You can deal with it yourself but is not something you want to do. I just watched it being done for one of my cats. Not pleasant for her, me, or the vet. Take her to the vet soon. Now you have me wondering about something. We recently started giving her Petramalt to help her pass her hairballs through the intestines. Petramalt loosens the stool so I'm now thinking that may be causing the "scooting" problem. I just read on about.com that harder stool empties the anal glands. http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/analglands.htm "Some veterinarians believe the anal gland is vestigial because it requires hard feces to properly express. They argue that the commercial cat food we give our kitties produces softer "poop," which doesn't exert the necessary pressure to make the gland work right." |
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1. She should be checked for all parasites (tape worms included. They look
like rice on the rear end fur of the cat) 2. Anal glands should be checked 3. Long haired cats sometimes get stool stuck to the fur and will try and get it off by scooting. You can trim the hair near her anus. Gail "Moe Hair" wrote in message et... My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). She was just examined about a month ago, and her a stool sample tested negative for parasites. The vet told me that the stool sample isn't tested for tapeworms. We examine the stool on a regular basis to see if there are little white rice looking things. My mom even breaks the stool apart to see if anything is there and it looks clean. There's also nothing around the hair at the anal region (other than an occasional small thin piece that sticks to the hair). She's active, has a nice coast of hair, and has a good appetite. Her main problem is that she lost alot of her small teeth before we adopted her, and her remaining teeth have some tartar problems. She also sneezes on occasion (once every few days) and we just finished giving her anti-biotics for an eye infection. I'm guessing that she may be allergic to the carpet dustmites What I did find underneath her corrugated scratching board were about 8 very little, hard black dots that seemed to have two miniature white dots on one side. I'm assuming these were dried up dust mites, but they could also have been dirt. Anyone have any ideas or knowledge as to how to treat the above. I'm taking her back to the vet in a few weeks for a booster shot. Comments on boosters would also be appreciated. It's mandatory for animals to have rabies shots every 3 years, but I hesitate to do that since this animal never leaves the apartment. |
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1. She should be checked for all parasites (tape worms included. They look
like rice on the rear end fur of the cat) 2. Anal glands should be checked 3. Long haired cats sometimes get stool stuck to the fur and will try and get it off by scooting. You can trim the hair near her anus. Gail "Moe Hair" wrote in message et... My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). She was just examined about a month ago, and her a stool sample tested negative for parasites. The vet told me that the stool sample isn't tested for tapeworms. We examine the stool on a regular basis to see if there are little white rice looking things. My mom even breaks the stool apart to see if anything is there and it looks clean. There's also nothing around the hair at the anal region (other than an occasional small thin piece that sticks to the hair). She's active, has a nice coast of hair, and has a good appetite. Her main problem is that she lost alot of her small teeth before we adopted her, and her remaining teeth have some tartar problems. She also sneezes on occasion (once every few days) and we just finished giving her anti-biotics for an eye infection. I'm guessing that she may be allergic to the carpet dustmites What I did find underneath her corrugated scratching board were about 8 very little, hard black dots that seemed to have two miniature white dots on one side. I'm assuming these were dried up dust mites, but they could also have been dirt. Anyone have any ideas or knowledge as to how to treat the above. I'm taking her back to the vet in a few weeks for a booster shot. Comments on boosters would also be appreciated. It's mandatory for animals to have rabies shots every 3 years, but I hesitate to do that since this animal never leaves the apartment. |
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"Gail" wrote in
k.net: 1. She should be checked for all parasites (tape worms included. They look like rice on the rear end fur of the cat) 2. Anal glands should be checked 3. Long haired cats sometimes get stool stuck to the fur and will try and get it off by scooting. You can trim the hair near her anus. Gail We constantly check the rear and the stool for tape worms and none have been found. She occasionally has some small thin amounts of her stool stuck to the air, and licks it off. That could cause the scooting, but I'm starting to wonder about the Petramalt, as her scooting started around the time we started giving it to her. I wonder if there is something about a softer stool and not being able to empty the anal glands as was written on about.com. Moe Hair" wrote in message et... My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). She was just examined about a month ago, and her a stool sample tested negative for parasites. The vet told me that the stool sample isn't tested for tapeworms. We examine the stool on a regular basis to see if there are little white rice looking things. My mom even breaks the stool apart to see if anything is there and it looks clean. There's also nothing around the hair at the anal region (other than an occasional small thin piece that sticks to the hair). She's active, has a nice coast of hair, and has a good appetite. Her main problem is that she lost alot of her small teeth before we adopted her, and her remaining teeth have some tartar problems. She also sneezes on occasion (once every few days) and we just finished giving her anti-biotics for an eye infection. I'm guessing that she may be allergic to the carpet dustmites What I did find underneath her corrugated scratching board were about 8 very little, hard black dots that seemed to have two miniature white dots on one side. I'm assuming these were dried up dust mites, but they could also have been dirt. Anyone have any ideas or knowledge as to how to treat the above. I'm taking her back to the vet in a few weeks for a booster shot. Comments on boosters would also be appreciated. It's mandatory for animals to have rabies shots every 3 years, but I hesitate to do that since this animal never leaves the apartment. |
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"Gail" wrote in
k.net: 1. She should be checked for all parasites (tape worms included. They look like rice on the rear end fur of the cat) 2. Anal glands should be checked 3. Long haired cats sometimes get stool stuck to the fur and will try and get it off by scooting. You can trim the hair near her anus. Gail We constantly check the rear and the stool for tape worms and none have been found. She occasionally has some small thin amounts of her stool stuck to the air, and licks it off. That could cause the scooting, but I'm starting to wonder about the Petramalt, as her scooting started around the time we started giving it to her. I wonder if there is something about a softer stool and not being able to empty the anal glands as was written on about.com. Moe Hair" wrote in message et... My mom's 7 year old longhair indoor (apartment) cat (she never goes outdoors) has a corrugated scratching post on the floor, and for the last 2 weeks she occasionally drags her rear end across the cardboard. I've seen her do it across the carpet once, too. I know it's sometimes an indication of tapeworms (or an impacted anal gland). She was just examined about a month ago, and her a stool sample tested negative for parasites. The vet told me that the stool sample isn't tested for tapeworms. We examine the stool on a regular basis to see if there are little white rice looking things. My mom even breaks the stool apart to see if anything is there and it looks clean. There's also nothing around the hair at the anal region (other than an occasional small thin piece that sticks to the hair). She's active, has a nice coast of hair, and has a good appetite. Her main problem is that she lost alot of her small teeth before we adopted her, and her remaining teeth have some tartar problems. She also sneezes on occasion (once every few days) and we just finished giving her anti-biotics for an eye infection. I'm guessing that she may be allergic to the carpet dustmites What I did find underneath her corrugated scratching board were about 8 very little, hard black dots that seemed to have two miniature white dots on one side. I'm assuming these were dried up dust mites, but they could also have been dirt. Anyone have any ideas or knowledge as to how to treat the above. I'm taking her back to the vet in a few weeks for a booster shot. Comments on boosters would also be appreciated. It's mandatory for animals to have rabies shots every 3 years, but I hesitate to do that since this animal never leaves the apartment. |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:24:21 GMT, Moe Hair wrote:
"Gail" wrote in nk.net: 1. She should be checked for all parasites (tape worms included. They look like rice on the rear end fur of the cat) 2. Anal glands should be checked 3. Long haired cats sometimes get stool stuck to the fur and will try and get it off by scooting. You can trim the hair near her anus. Gail We constantly check the rear and the stool for tape worms and none have been found. She occasionally has some small thin amounts of her stool stuck to the air, and licks it off. That could cause the scooting, but I'm starting to wonder about the Petramalt, as her scooting started around the time we started giving it to her. I wonder if there is something about a softer stool and not being able to empty the anal glands as was written on about.com. That's my understanding. Jackie has diarrhea and that seems to cause the anal sac problem. |
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