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How Do You Get Your Cat To Stop Scratching Her Butt On Your Carpet?
My cat was scooting her butt on my carpet everytime she would have a bowel movement. It was like she was using my carpet as a big giant piece of toilet tissue. So when I took her to the vet, they squeezed her anal glands (which was very painful I might add). Not only is she still doing it, but she’s doing it more. She went through all that pain for nothing and she’s ruining my carpet.
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5:31 pm on November 8th, 2009
Mine does this when her poop is very soft. She doesn’t have worms and her anal glands are fine. I hate finding ’skid marks’ on the floor but at least it’s on the wood floor! Not carpet.
Try changing your cat’s diet a bit to get the stool to firm up more. Sometimes they think the stuff hangs on their butt fur and needs to be wiped off and find that dragging the butt is the quickest way. A firmer poo won’t make them do that.
9:31 pm on November 8th, 2009
Our female cat does this but only on odd occassions, its usually because she has a “cling on” or she cant quite get the last bit of poo out ! there is nothing we can do to stop her apart from have a look at her bum to see if there is anything still attached. None of my other cats do it so it must just be one of those strange habits!
2:33 am on November 9th, 2009
If your cat has “chronic” impacted anal glands, she’ll have to have them “expressed” regularly.
Ask your vet for a recommended food, to help with that.
If her glands are NOT impacted, and she’s just gotten in the habit of “scooting” her butt, then get some baby wipes and wipe her off.
Put some cortisone cream on her anus, and that should help with the itching.
I don’t know what else to tell you……..hopefully some of his works.
Good luck.
6:01 am on November 9th, 2009
she might have worms or something because animals only do that if it itches.
9:10 am on November 9th, 2009
i’ve only heard of dogs doing this. it could be worms or an infection, get it looked into.
9:27 am on November 9th, 2009
SHE MIGHT HAVE WORMS GET A WORMER FOR HER
3:18 pm on November 9th, 2009
Her anal glands could again be impacted, or they may be irritated. A second reason could be worms. Seems as if another trip to the vet is necessary. Being that it is follow up, you may get a price break.
5:59 pm on November 9th, 2009
You might want to have her checked for worms. BTW, cats and dogs don’t get pin worms. Horses and people do however. Tapeworms can be an issue especially if your cat goes outside or if there is a chance that she can get fleas. you might want to check her anal opening for irritation. The more irritated that it is the more that she’s going to scoot. Finally, make sure that she is passing solid stools. If her stools are soft or if she is having diarrhea, she might be using your carpet as a piece of toilet paper. Good luck.
7:31 pm on November 9th, 2009
You better say good bye to your carpet and forget about it. Your cat’s health is more important. If she does the same again and again, than she is sick, and the vet didn’t help her. Try another vet, and you’ll have the second opinion.
2:08 am on November 10th, 2009
Ummm pretty sure it has worms.
7:50 am on November 10th, 2009
Ask the vet if anal sac impaction will be a recurring problem. Is it safe to assume the vet checked a stool sample for worms? Have another vet examine her. Maybe the anal sacs are infected, or need to be routinely expressed, or require surgery, or maybe the cat has tapeworms. Good luck. I hope your cat gets a diagnosis and treatment that will help her and make things easier for you!
8:58 am on November 10th, 2009
oh geeze dude, your cat probabaly has worms… might wanna take it to a vet. my cats used to do that too. its normal, but it still nedds to go to the vet.
1:35 pm on November 10th, 2009
Has she been wormed recently? Mine did this and still does occassionally. When I took her to the vet, they said it may be a sign of worms. Mine has done this since a kitten and I think in her haste to get out the tray she realises there is something there (yuck!). Is her tray in a quiet place where she is not disturbed? Has she had a bad experience in the tray? If so, perhaps moving the tray will let her spend more time in there and prevent the rubbing the butt on the floor.
Good luck!
6:37 pm on November 10th, 2009
Is her butt irritated? maybe she has pin worms.
Have you changed food or litter?
could she be in heat?