Hello everyone,
My 8 years and a half male cat (sterilized, 15 pound (he's a big guy; vet says he is not overweight)) started being sick five days ago. He vomited on three different occasions (several hours apart), and it did not look like hairballs. He looked apathetic and was making weird and deep sounds. We then found out he was emptying his anal glands on the floor. We brought him to the vet the day after he started vomiting. She didn't find anything abnormal with: his temperature, his bladder, his anal glands. She took x-rays and didn't find anything. She gave him fluids and vitamins through IV, and laxative.
During that day after the vet he seemed better, he was eating and stopped making the sounds. In the past days, although he seems much better, from what we can perceive as his normal behavior, we have found another vomit (but smaller), some poo outside of his litter (which he shares with another cat, but the litter is definitely clean, and they have shared it for their whole lives without any incidents), we have seen him empty his anal glands numerous times around the house, and on two occasions yesterday we found some which seemed to have blood in them.
I tried calling the vet's office to see if we could speak to the vet or a technician for advice (is it perhaps normal since he was brought to the vet and received these treatments? is it perhaps normal after his vomiting streak which made it seem like a cat gastro?), but no such luck. We only want to bring him back if completely necessary, because it is difficult to put him in his carrier and he becomes excessively stressed.
I would be so grateful for any advice or shared experiences about such a situation; I am hoping that the behavior of emptying his anal glands outside the litter several times a day is not permanent, and especially that this is not because he is suffering.
Thank you so much!
My 8 years and a half male cat (sterilized, 15 pound (he's a big guy; vet says he is not overweight)) started being sick five days ago. He vomited on three different occasions (several hours apart), and it did not look like hairballs. He looked apathetic and was making weird and deep sounds. We then found out he was emptying his anal glands on the floor. We brought him to the vet the day after he started vomiting. She didn't find anything abnormal with: his temperature, his bladder, his anal glands. She took x-rays and didn't find anything. She gave him fluids and vitamins through IV, and laxative.
During that day after the vet he seemed better, he was eating and stopped making the sounds. In the past days, although he seems much better, from what we can perceive as his normal behavior, we have found another vomit (but smaller), some poo outside of his litter (which he shares with another cat, but the litter is definitely clean, and they have shared it for their whole lives without any incidents), we have seen him empty his anal glands numerous times around the house, and on two occasions yesterday we found some which seemed to have blood in them.
I tried calling the vet's office to see if we could speak to the vet or a technician for advice (is it perhaps normal since he was brought to the vet and received these treatments? is it perhaps normal after his vomiting streak which made it seem like a cat gastro?), but no such luck. We only want to bring him back if completely necessary, because it is difficult to put him in his carrier and he becomes excessively stressed.
I would be so grateful for any advice or shared experiences about such a situation; I am hoping that the behavior of emptying his anal glands outside the litter several times a day is not permanent, and especially that this is not because he is suffering.
Thank you so much!
