Little Kitty Cat TMI Moment

[silverthorne]

So lately, people in the cat comms I watch have had problems with their cats needing their anal glands expressed.

What I'm trying to figure out is why this seems like an epidemic of care gone wrong.
Because I've never had any of my cats need to get their anal glands expressed.

WTF? Is this more common than I thought? Did I just miss the signs on my own cats? (Although scooting and dingleberries are pretty hard to miss...and when my cats have had it, it was due to other things, like worms (ew) or having found and ingested one of my own Hairs of Doom, thereby making the wonderful 'poo on a string'...

So, guys, did you ever have to squeeze foul-smelling marking musk out of your own cats' arses?

Comments

[janewt.livejournal.com]

Oh, gawd, that. I think my family has only once had a cat that needed its anal glands dealt with; maybe some cats are more prone to it than others.

[kizery.livejournal.com]

I did, once with one cat. Though my kitten had a little bit of leakage a few days ago.

[rebl1969.livejournal.com]

No.

[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

...I feel sorry for cats that don't have you for a cat mom. How's that?

[leaveoutalltherest]

Here. http://www.dr-dan.com/analsac.htm

I only had to have it done with one cat, long ago, because he was on a purely REALLY soft food diet (...more runny than soft) so he wasn't able to do it naturally.

[without-within.livejournal.com]

D: No and my cats would be on their own with that. I'll scoop their turds and that's where I draw the line. I worry about our pair having poo problems since apparently that's something Manx are known for.

[paksenarrion2.livejournal.com]

I thankfully have never had to express a cat's anal glands.

Roarke-with his excessively fuzzy butt-sometimes gets a teeny piece of dried poo that sticks to his fur but a kleenex or piece of TP takes care of that.