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Hello everyone, I've been a long time reader of this forum but I never posted anything.
A year ago I fostered a kitten and the mother cat who were rescues at the Montreal SPCA, I haven't had any problems with either cats, they love to play, and they seem to be in good health. Although the younger cat, who is about a year old, has stopped cleaning her behind and now rubs her butt across the carpets in our house. I've read that this could be related to worms, but I've checked her litter box and there seems to be no evidence of worms. When she was younger this wasn't a problem, she would always clean her behind.
I suspect the problem arose a couple of months ago, she had a lot of fur and it seemed like she had trouble reaching her butt because of all the fur she had, so I shaved her, she now has the "lion cut" style, but she doesn't clean her butt anymore. I took her to the vet, they shaved the area and the vet showed us she had a couple of bruises from rubbing her butt on the carpet, they had us put a collar on her and rub cream on the affected areas for a week. The bruises healed and everything seems fine, but she continues to rub her butt across the carpet, I'm certain that it's no longer a problem of her being able to reach. I'm concerned that she might bruise herself again and the area could become infected. It would also be nice to come home and not find streaks on our carpets. If anyone on this forum has experience with this problem I would greatly appreciate some help.
A year ago I fostered a kitten and the mother cat who were rescues at the Montreal SPCA, I haven't had any problems with either cats, they love to play, and they seem to be in good health. Although the younger cat, who is about a year old, has stopped cleaning her behind and now rubs her butt across the carpets in our house. I've read that this could be related to worms, but I've checked her litter box and there seems to be no evidence of worms. When she was younger this wasn't a problem, she would always clean her behind.
I suspect the problem arose a couple of months ago, she had a lot of fur and it seemed like she had trouble reaching her butt because of all the fur she had, so I shaved her, she now has the "lion cut" style, but she doesn't clean her butt anymore. I took her to the vet, they shaved the area and the vet showed us she had a couple of bruises from rubbing her butt on the carpet, they had us put a collar on her and rub cream on the affected areas for a week. The bruises healed and everything seems fine, but she continues to rub her butt across the carpet, I'm certain that it's no longer a problem of her being able to reach. I'm concerned that she might bruise herself again and the area could become infected. It would also be nice to come home and not find streaks on our carpets. If anyone on this forum has experience with this problem I would greatly appreciate some help.