Cat scooting his butt

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My 1 year old indoor cat started to scoot his butt about 2 weeks ago. I brought him to the vet a couple days ago and they did a rectal exam. They emptied what was in his anal glands (which wasn't a lot) and felt for masses and didn't feel anything. It's not worms either. But, he's STILL scooting. I was wondering if this is something I should still be concerned about? I did notice he's been having soft stools as well, not sure if that's an important factor to add in or not.
 
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jessdotdotdot said:
My 1 year old indoor cat started to scoot his butt about 2 weeks ago. I brought him to the vet a couple days ago and they did a rectal exam. They emptied what was in his anal glands (which wasn't a lot) and felt for masses and didn't feel anything. It's not worms either. But, he's STILL scooting. I was wondering if this is something I should still be concerned about? I did notice he's been having soft stools as well, not sure if that's an important factor to add in or not.
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What are you feeding him? Any changes there?
 
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Is he a longhaired cat or shorthaired? Sometimes longhaired cats, when they poop, get bits of poo stuck to their fur. Butt scooting helps remove this.
 
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talkingpeanut said:
What are you feeding him? Any changes there?
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Yes. There has been changes. Three weeks or so ago he got ulcers all over his mouth from getting a hold of and eating cleaning chemicals. It was a very bad case according to the vet. He's currently still healing from it and he had to be changed to an all wet food diet for now until his mouth heals.
 
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Abyeb said:
Is he a longhaired cat or shorthaired? Sometimes longhaired cats, when they poop, get bits of poo stuck to their fur. Butt scooting helps remove this.
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He is long haired. But when bringing him to vet a few days ago, they shaved around his butt before doing the rectal exam. There was no poop on his fur, and there still isn't but he's still doing it!
 
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jessdotdotdot said:
He is long haired. But when bringing him to vet a few days ago, they shaved around his butt before doing the rectal exam. There was no poop on his fur, and there still isn't but he's still doing it!
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Cats are creatures of habit. If he's used to getting poop stuck to his butt and scooting to get rid of it, he's going to keep doing it until he realizes that the poop won't cling to his fur anymore.
 
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