Hello,
My beautiful girl WooWoo has chronic anal gland problems. Her bum is always swollen, painful, and leaky. The odor from her glands is just foul..and she puts her little bum on everything. Leaving behind some fluid. It's neither sanitary for us or for her.
Taking her to the vet breaks my heart, she didn't ask to be touched and squeezed there. When the vet brings her back out she is screaming until she gets into our arms. I feel awful that she is so uncomfortable and has to go through with it.
Her glands fill up a week or so after having them expressed, I can only imagine how uncomfortable it is to go potty.
Our vet has given us the option to remove her glands, but the vet hasn't preformed this surgery on cats. Not to mention all the risks. She could possibly lose all control, and drop poo everywhere she goes.
I would hate to put her through that and only make it worse..
But it's either let her be uncomfortable and in pain every week or so for the rest if her life, or have the surgery and either be cured or disabled.
I have thought of even putting her in diapers to stop her from leaking everywhere. I would take her to the vet to have them expressed still of course. Do you think this could be a possibility?
What are your opinions in the surgery?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, we are at a loss here.
My beautiful girl WooWoo has chronic anal gland problems. Her bum is always swollen, painful, and leaky. The odor from her glands is just foul..and she puts her little bum on everything. Leaving behind some fluid. It's neither sanitary for us or for her.
Taking her to the vet breaks my heart, she didn't ask to be touched and squeezed there. When the vet brings her back out she is screaming until she gets into our arms. I feel awful that she is so uncomfortable and has to go through with it.
Her glands fill up a week or so after having them expressed, I can only imagine how uncomfortable it is to go potty.
Our vet has given us the option to remove her glands, but the vet hasn't preformed this surgery on cats. Not to mention all the risks. She could possibly lose all control, and drop poo everywhere she goes.
I would hate to put her through that and only make it worse..
But it's either let her be uncomfortable and in pain every week or so for the rest if her life, or have the surgery and either be cured or disabled.
I have thought of even putting her in diapers to stop her from leaking everywhere. I would take her to the vet to have them expressed still of course. Do you think this could be a possibility?
What are your opinions in the surgery?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, we are at a loss here.