Help w/Cat!!

Hi everyone, I have a 10mo old Russian blue female who has several dietary issues. Last night after exiting the litterbox, she rubbed poop off her butt onto the carpet. The same thing happened this morning. It is solid poop, not diarrhea. She is on scheduled feedings; tiki cat wet food twice a day, and primal freeze-dried rehydrated once a day, and a 1/4th cup of orijen daily. We think she may be constipated, but aren't sure and don't know how to help her. Please help!

Has she been to the vet for the dietary issues? The poops she is able to get out in the litter box, does the litter stick to it or does it appear dry and cracked? Dry and cracked can be a sign of constipation and dry stools can make it difficult to pass them.

Some people treat tummy problems by adding some plain canned pumpkin (no sugar, no additives, so not the stuff from the pie/baking section - just plain pumpkin). It's pretty moist and fibrous, but it has been touted as firming up diarrhea and helping with constipation to move through the intestines more efficiently.

Can you add extra water to her current moist food? If she'll tolerate extra water in with her wet, for example, you can soup it up and the extra hydration may help moisten up her stools.

She gets 7-8 teaspoons of water added with each wet food serving, and the litter does stick to the poop. It doesn't look dry, but she's still rubbing it off outside the litter box.
Her vet has seen her for previous dietary issues and she doesn't have any parasites, so its most likely allergies. We cut grain out completely. Would removing the 1/4th of dry food help?

Removing the dry for now might help if she is in fact constipated, since it automatically means that food will be replaced with more moist food that can help make it easier to pass. When our older cat became constipated, I cut his few pieces of kibble snack out of his routine and gave him only wet. It doesn't work miracles, of course, but it could be one step. Has she done it again since last night, or has she had a successful poop since? A one-off I might pass off as an inconvenience because it can happen where they get into something, there's some tummy upset or whatnot, but if it recurs, I would at least give the vet a call and see what they would recommend.

edit to add; @Columbine has a good suggestion! I agree that if her poops are generally looking good but she continues to scoot, her anal glands may need expression.

How is she rubbing the poop off? If she starts in a sitting position and pulls herself around the carpet with her front legs it's possible her anal glands are blocked. Try to notice if she performs the same action without pooping first. If she does, you might have at least part of an answer.

Anal glands are usually emptied during a bowel movement... the pressure from the poop squeezes the glands to empty them. If she's had digestive problems this may not have been happening as efficiently as it needs to. Or could she have worms that are making her bump itch?

Sorry. ..just registered you've already said you've ruled out parasites

It is the scooting thing, but she only does it after she poops, not randomly. It happened twice in the last 24 hours, once last night and once today.

Hmm...If it's not worms or anal glands than I'm at a loss. Hope you're able to get some answers soon...and that the scooting stops of course.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

I took my cats to vet today 2 she said has tape worms. I have 8 cats. I am very distress and worried. She pur some med on the two my other cat didnt show signs of it. And the other ones didnt go to the vet. Should i just take them and get them treated. $ 18 a doses for it.

Columbine said:

Sorry. ..just registered you've already said you've ruled out parasites

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Worms do need treatment. It's really not a good idea to take a risk. Is it possible to get wormer to administer yourself at home? That's bound to be cheaper than having the vet do them all. If you know which meds your vet used it might be worth doing an online search and seeing if you can get hold of it cheaper. I just had to worm my new cat. It was just a tablet that I crushed up and mixed into her food.

Glad you've solved the mystery of your cat's scooting

That a sign they havr worms in both dogs and cats

When they have worms. thats how they do