Female cat has discharge

my cat also has a discharge coming from her "girl part"... she is spayed, and i clean it for her.. but i was curious if she needs to have something put on it? i don't want to be making the situation worse for her then what it is for me.. babywipes is what i have been useing she is a little on the chubby side... and i know that is not a good thing... but also at the same time, the previous owners who had her were only feeding her a quarter of a cup 2 times a day.. .and she would just carry on.. so no i feed her 1/2 cup 2 times a day.. and she grazes on it through out the whole entire day... and i do this at 7am and 7pm... i just don't want people to think that i'm being a bad person for her being a little chubby.... and i know this will effect her not being able to clean herself... and she is a long haired cat, and i take her in to get groomed... but i was just curious if anyone could tell me if i need to be putting an ointment on her after i'm done cleaning her with babywipes?

lucy-goosey said:

my cat also has a discharge coming from her "girl part"... she is spayed, and i clean it for her.. but i was curious if she needs to have something put on it? i don't want to be making the situation worse for her then what it is for me.. babywipes is what i have been useing she is a little on the chubby side... and i know that is not a good thing... but also at the same time, the previous owners who had her were only feeding her a quarter of a cup 2 times a day.. .and she would just carry on.. so no i feed her 1/2 cup 2 times a day.. and she grazes on it through out the whole entire day... and i do this at 7am and 7pm... i just don't want people to think that i'm being a bad person for her being a little chubby.... and i know this will effect her not being able to clean herself... and she is a long haired cat, and i take her in to get groomed... but i was just curious if anyone could tell me if i need to be putting an ointment on her after i'm done cleaning her with babywipes?

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Hello and welcome to the forum. My advice is to first, take her to the vet. What you describe is not normal.

Second, change her to a canned diet. This will help with weightloss and general health. Cats should lose weight very slowly.

But get her to the vet first.

otto said:

Hello and welcome to the forum. My advice is to first, take her to the vet. What you describe is not normal.
Second, change her to a canned diet. This will help with weightloss and general health. Cats should lose weight very slowly.
But get her to the vet first.

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she has to have a high fiber diet... other wise i would change her diet... i was just curious if anyone knew what was going on with my cat.. or if my cat is doing something that someone else's cat is or has been doing...

my cat has to be on a high fiber diet... and i would change her diet if it was easy... but she is a complex cat... i just didn't know if she is going through something that someone else's cat has gone through...

lucy-goosey said:

my cat has to be on a high fiber diet... and i would change her diet if it was easy... but she is a complex cat... i just didn't know if she is going through something that someone else's cat has gone through...

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Why does your cat need a "high fiber" diet? If it's for constipation, you may be surprised to know that high fiber can actually make constipation in cats worse. The kind of fiber added to dry cat foods creates bulk in the cats intestines, causing the stool to be way too big, which eventually can create a megacolon. It also can cause dehydration, because it draws all the water to the colon.

A dry diet is the very worst thing you can feed a cat with weight or constipation problems. A high quality canned diet, with pumpkin added if needed for the constipation, will be much more effective for her.

The discharge may or may not be from the anal glands, which is also a common problem for cats with obesity, constipation, and on a dry diet.

No matter what it is, it is an indication that something is wrong.

The very first thing you need to do is take her to the vet and find out what is going on with her. Please don't put it off, early detection is very important in the success of any treatment she may need. And she may already be very uncomfortable.

My cat had to be on a high fiber diet and she ate canned food.  I added plain canned pumpkin to help her constipation, but once we put her on wet food, the constipation issue improved.  If needed, at times, I also gave her Miralax.