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Hey everyone, I am new to The Cat Site forum! I am the cat mom of a sweet little 6 year old blue semi-longhair lady called Ipa.
Ipa doesn't have any known illnesses and has a clear medical history. This furball has been living with us (me and my husband) for 3 months and she is my first indoor cat. For this reason, I have some questions regarding some issues.
Now, I have researched about the whole cat-dragging-butt-on-carpet topic quite a bit and everywhere I have looked - including on this forum - the reasons where quite obvious. It's either cling-ons, cat has diarrhea/constipation, anal sacs full, worms.... Well, of course, I can't take worms or anal sacs being full out of the equation just yet (Ipa is just in the middle of her de-worming treatment exactly for this reason), but I find no other connection to her habit of wiping her ass on our carpets, which DRIVES ME NUTS!
The only thing however I noticed is that the majority of the time this occurs when she's playing! She never does it after pooping. She would be chasing a toy and she would suddenly snap out of it by doing 'the drag'. Maybe I shouldn't tell her "No" when she's doing it but because I can't see an obvious reason for it, I have started to believe that she's just doing it out of some stupid habit. I am aware it could still be anything, but her butt looks normal and she doesn't stop to lick at it way too often either. She would lick it after I tell her off for dragging her butt. And very rarely it the whole thing just happens out of the blue but that's much rarer.
So, I am now wondering if there's anyone who has dealt with this case of "the drag", and what was the reason behind it. If it's really worms, of which I haven't found visible traces, when should I expect the de-wormers to take effect regarding the butt dragging? Is it just that her hair is starting to grow longer there?(before she moved to our place she had a lower body shave due to matting and the hair is just starting to grow back to it's original length.)
I am interested to hear your opinions on this.
(Obviously, if the dragging won't go away soon after the de-worming, I am going to look into the anal sac issue with a vet, but my budget is very limited)
Ipa doesn't have any known illnesses and has a clear medical history. This furball has been living with us (me and my husband) for 3 months and she is my first indoor cat. For this reason, I have some questions regarding some issues.
Now, I have researched about the whole cat-dragging-butt-on-carpet topic quite a bit and everywhere I have looked - including on this forum - the reasons where quite obvious. It's either cling-ons, cat has diarrhea/constipation, anal sacs full, worms.... Well, of course, I can't take worms or anal sacs being full out of the equation just yet (Ipa is just in the middle of her de-worming treatment exactly for this reason), but I find no other connection to her habit of wiping her ass on our carpets, which DRIVES ME NUTS!
The only thing however I noticed is that the majority of the time this occurs when she's playing! She never does it after pooping. She would be chasing a toy and she would suddenly snap out of it by doing 'the drag'. Maybe I shouldn't tell her "No" when she's doing it but because I can't see an obvious reason for it, I have started to believe that she's just doing it out of some stupid habit. I am aware it could still be anything, but her butt looks normal and she doesn't stop to lick at it way too often either. She would lick it after I tell her off for dragging her butt. And very rarely it the whole thing just happens out of the blue but that's much rarer.
So, I am now wondering if there's anyone who has dealt with this case of "the drag", and what was the reason behind it. If it's really worms, of which I haven't found visible traces, when should I expect the de-wormers to take effect regarding the butt dragging? Is it just that her hair is starting to grow longer there?(before she moved to our place she had a lower body shave due to matting and the hair is just starting to grow back to it's original length.)
I am interested to hear your opinions on this.
(Obviously, if the dragging won't go away soon after the de-worming, I am going to look into the anal sac issue with a vet, but my budget is very limited)