Okay, last week for whatever reason (Deb thinks it is from me giving him too many treats) Sylvester had a big smushed up area of poop on his bottom, we tried to help clean it but he gets too wild, I held him and Deb tried to wipe him up but he spazzes and scratches me and wrestles free, and I don't think we'd be able to wrap him in a blanket. We did get some, he seemed to clean a lot of it (yuck), but there were some dried pieces and I got lucky that the other night I was able to just quickly pull a piece off when he was walking by me, and he seemed happy about it, he kept coming into the room to see me and then for the first time in days walked with his tail up in the air again; it was so sad, it was like he was embarrassed about having a messy bottom plus also was uncomfortable but after that he was better. Well, tonight, I held him and was petting him and also gently feeling around down there and I felt one more big piece that was really stuck amongst his long hair, and when I put him down I held onto it and when he pulled away it came off but with some hair, he cried and ran and of course is afraid of me again which I HATE, I hate when I upset him and he gets afraid of me and then slowly starts to trust me again which is normal I know, but we know of no other way to do this, some of our cats will tolerate us holding them and cleaning them up but not him.
I think he is "poop free" now, but any other suggestions would help. And is it true that too many treats CAN cause soft loose stools?
Thank you!
I think he is "poop free" now, but any other suggestions would help. And is it true that too many treats CAN cause soft loose stools?
Thank you!