Hello everyone ! I am currently having concern about my dear baby boy siamese 4 year old cat .

So my concern is that my cat sometimes bleeds while he poops . Sometimes it's not much blood at all but sometimes its more . Blood is always red and looks fresh so I guess it's not some kind of internal bleeding . But still I am scared . He is mostly eating cat food both dry and wet . He loves it . I tried giving him real fish but he wont eat it . This bleeding thing did not start just now , he is 4 years old and was bleeding for ears now . He's overall mood is fine and I do not see any other symptoms of him being sick or anything like that . Any thoughts ?

My only advice to you for getting to the bottom of this is to take your cat to a vet ASAP.  Since this is not a new problem I am surprised it did not come up at a yearly exam before now. If your cat hasn't seen a vet since this began it is time for a normal check up and updated vaccinations anyway

Good luck getting to the bottom of this!

tulosai said:

 
My only advice to you for getting to the bottom of this is to take your cat to a vet ASAP.  Since this is not a new problem I am surprised it did not come up at a yearly exam before now. If your cat hasn't seen a vet since this began it is time for a normal check up and updated vaccinations anyway

Good luck getting to the bottom of this!

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I agree with tulosai about a vet visit. If the bleeding has already come up in a yearly exam and the vet told you these things happen sometimes and aren't really that harmful ("just colitis"), it's most likely time to find a new vet, preferably a cat specialist who's knowledgeable about feline nutrition. I wish we'd done that with our previous cat, who most likely had undiagnosed food sensitivities for years: the (multiple!) vets at the clinic where we took her didn't know how to diagnose her. Unfortunately, this seems to happen a lot: I've read all too many similar stories on The Cat Site. Our cat did live a long, active life (she was at least 17) but I'm pretty certain (as was her last and best vet) she had IBD.

One other thing, just in case you didn't already know: our (new) vet told us Siamese cats tend to be prone to digestive issues, like IBD. FWIW, she recommends wet food, low-carb, grain-free for any cats.

Good luck, I hope you're able to figure out what's causing the problem!

Thank you very much for your replies . I think I will schedule his vaccinations soon, and well he started bleeding when he still was a kitten at some point  he was probably 5 months old and i took him to vet and they prescribed some injections for him so at some point he stopped his bleeding , even now it's not very frequent but still it bothers me and i am worried . Unfortunately for me and my kitty we don't live in a place where they care much about animals health and have good vets etc . That is why I am concerned and don't want to miss anything serious in case my cats needs some special treatment and I don't know what to do . Another questions I forgot to ask , especially for those who own siameese  cat like i do , why is that before he is about to go to bathroom , to pee or poo he meows really loud , also I was thinking of stopping to give him dry food at all , and would really aprecciate your opinions about it , should I stop giving him dry cat food or not , and if there are any special foods for siamese I should be giving him . thank you 

Ah, got it. It's hard in a lot of places to get good pet care, then finding vets knowledgeable about diet and digestive issues is an additional challenge. I'm glad you're going to take your cat (what's his name?) in for his shots and everything -- meowing at the litter box is definitely something to get resolved. Our Siamese mixes don't do that but our previous cat, the one with the digestive problems, sometimes did. There can also be urinary issues, something I've been lucky not to have ever had to deal with.

All that aside, as for the food, well, our vet's advice was, like I said, only wet food, grain-free, high-protein, low-carb. That's her general advice for most cats, but she was particularly adamant about saying that's what Siamese need because of their stomachs. Maybe it's worth slowly feeding him less dry food and phasing him off that as you start feeding him more wet food? That's what we did with our cats after we adopted them and it worked out well. They'd had some problems vomiting but that's pretty much stopped ever since they've been eating only wet foods without grains, carrageenan, or potato, which one of or cats can't seem to eat.

I vote for stopping any dry food, yes.

I'd even add a bit of water in the canned.  Can't hurt. 

My one borderline anorexic cat shows more interest in eating if I use hot water to mix; smell stimulation, and well  who doesn't like a hot meal? 

I would suspect your cat is in pain as the stool moves through the final portion of his colon,

possibly having continual micro tears along the way, which causes the fresh blood.

Poor guy.

I would definitely mention to the vet when you go - the crying before a trip to the litter box.  Bring a stool sample as fresh as possible, too.

I loathe going to the vet, and try to home treat as much as possible.... it's always a battle of the conscience when you don't have trusted, beloved "go-to" vets, ain't it. 

I don't know much about Mega-colon, but perhaps read up on what those symptoms are.

Encouraging water drinking - with fountains, fresh bowls in plenty of "odd" places for them to smell and discover, running the sink for interest (I put 'em up on the counter and show them the splashing- they play for a minute then drink - it's the novelty of it, hah! So cute.)

Are the stools dry, and/or packed with hair?

I once had a long hair cat of mine struggle in pain as a stool that was mostly hairball got stuck just inside his rectum,

and it was peeking out, so in desperation I pulled it, and it hurt!  It was literally stuck to the walls of his rectum, and I likely tore a bit of his lining.

If there is a next time I may try to squirt in a bit of mineral oil instead.

I do give him hairball gel as a treat now.  I still forget more than I should but since he hasn't had an incident since, it's easy to let it slip- this is a reminder to do better!