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I normally watch my cat, Simon, when he poops, because he has a bad habit of pooping on his feet..so I obviously watch him to make sure this doesn't happen (because I do not like having him jump in my lap and give me a not-so-nice present..)
While I was watching him just now, I noticed that when he finished up, a little drop of blood came with it, right at the end. The poop was light brown in color and very runny. It's the only time I've noticed him having blood in his poop.
I'm wondering if it's caused by a slight change in food. I normally feed him dry whiskies with a can of fancy feast a day, but last night gave him a different kind of fancy feast (if you're familiar, it's the blue cans instead of the regular cans?) and wonder if this caused some sort of..strain on him?
I'm obviously going to take him to the vet, but I can't drive and can't bring him until my mother gets home from work, so I'm freaking out a little and wondering what it could be and if there's anything I can do until she gets home.
Other things I've noticed: He's acting the same as he always does, running around like crazy to play. He's seven (maybe 8 months) old now. He sometimes has runny poo when we switch his food around (not a good thing to do but my mom's in charge of the shopping and doesn't understand when I tell her to keep him on the same food) but never blood, and it goes back to solid poo once he gets used to the food.
He seems healthy besides that. I couldn't get a good look before he covered it up so I don't know if it was dark or not, but I saw a red droplet clinging to his fur when I checked his butt to tell if I was crazy or not.
I'm really worried.
Edit- Ok vet offices aren't open on weekends here .____. so stupid. I called my mom and she thinks it was probably the food change but we're bringing him to the vet on monday regardless..I would still like to know your opinions though. I'm going to watch him more closely until monday, as well.
While I was watching him just now, I noticed that when he finished up, a little drop of blood came with it, right at the end. The poop was light brown in color and very runny. It's the only time I've noticed him having blood in his poop.
I'm wondering if it's caused by a slight change in food. I normally feed him dry whiskies with a can of fancy feast a day, but last night gave him a different kind of fancy feast (if you're familiar, it's the blue cans instead of the regular cans?) and wonder if this caused some sort of..strain on him?
I'm obviously going to take him to the vet, but I can't drive and can't bring him until my mother gets home from work, so I'm freaking out a little and wondering what it could be and if there's anything I can do until she gets home.
Other things I've noticed: He's acting the same as he always does, running around like crazy to play. He's seven (maybe 8 months) old now. He sometimes has runny poo when we switch his food around (not a good thing to do but my mom's in charge of the shopping and doesn't understand when I tell her to keep him on the same food) but never blood, and it goes back to solid poo once he gets used to the food.
He seems healthy besides that. I couldn't get a good look before he covered it up so I don't know if it was dark or not, but I saw a red droplet clinging to his fur when I checked his butt to tell if I was crazy or not.
I'm really worried.
Edit- Ok vet offices aren't open on weekends here .____. so stupid. I called my mom and she thinks it was probably the food change but we're bringing him to the vet on monday regardless..I would still like to know your opinions though. I'm going to watch him more closely until monday, as well.