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Okay. Hi! I just adopted an adorable little kitten last month. I took her to the vet about 2 weeks ago, just for a post-adoption check-up/round of shots and everything was perfectly normal. However, lately I'm noticing a few little things that are making me question if I should take her back in or if I'm just being a paranoid mom.
First, every few days or so, I've noticed a TINY hard little piece of poop sticking out of her butt. She's short-hair, so it's not a "dingleberry", it's literally still IN her butt. Meanwhile, she still poops normally (or at least I think it's normal? Pretty hard, long brown poops. Not like SUPER hard though...) Sorry, TMI with all of this. Anyway, I've often ended up pulling the little piece of poop out of her butt, which takes a little bit of effort. It doesn't seem to make her too uncomfortable, she doesn't enjoy it and squirms a bit but doesn't seem to be in pain and can sit right back down on her bottom after so I don't think/*hope* I'm not hurting her. Any idea what could be the cause?
Second, it's been three times over the past month or so, where she'll have a minor coughing fit. It's happened in bed every time. She'll get low down, and make hacking sounds for a few minutes. I usually just pick her up and put her down in the bathroom (in case she vomits) and pet her and she'll stop pretty soon after the change of locations. It's not often enough that it's made me worried, until I googled a bit. Thoughts on this one?
And lastly, the past few days I've noticed her shaking her head more frequently than before. I looked in her ears and see a little bit of a waxy buildup but no coffee grind like spots or a real excess amount of wax. Thoughts here as well?
Other than these things, she's a perfectly happy little kitten. Super rambunctious and playful, loves to cuddle, drinks A LOT of water & eats her food regularly (dry food only for now, she will NOT eat wet but I'm not giving up on that yet).
Alright, I feel like I sound like Mommy Dearest, this is just my first pet that's fully my responsibility and she's already like my baby. I'm sure I'm being crazy overprotective, but just wanted to get a few thoughts/opinions from some seasoned cat ladies/men.
Thanks so much!
- S
First, every few days or so, I've noticed a TINY hard little piece of poop sticking out of her butt. She's short-hair, so it's not a "dingleberry", it's literally still IN her butt. Meanwhile, she still poops normally (or at least I think it's normal? Pretty hard, long brown poops. Not like SUPER hard though...) Sorry, TMI with all of this. Anyway, I've often ended up pulling the little piece of poop out of her butt, which takes a little bit of effort. It doesn't seem to make her too uncomfortable, she doesn't enjoy it and squirms a bit but doesn't seem to be in pain and can sit right back down on her bottom after so I don't think/*hope* I'm not hurting her. Any idea what could be the cause?
Second, it's been three times over the past month or so, where she'll have a minor coughing fit. It's happened in bed every time. She'll get low down, and make hacking sounds for a few minutes. I usually just pick her up and put her down in the bathroom (in case she vomits) and pet her and she'll stop pretty soon after the change of locations. It's not often enough that it's made me worried, until I googled a bit. Thoughts on this one?
And lastly, the past few days I've noticed her shaking her head more frequently than before. I looked in her ears and see a little bit of a waxy buildup but no coffee grind like spots or a real excess amount of wax. Thoughts here as well?
Other than these things, she's a perfectly happy little kitten. Super rambunctious and playful, loves to cuddle, drinks A LOT of water & eats her food regularly (dry food only for now, she will NOT eat wet but I'm not giving up on that yet).
Alright, I feel like I sound like Mommy Dearest, this is just my first pet that's fully my responsibility and she's already like my baby. I'm sure I'm being crazy overprotective, but just wanted to get a few thoughts/opinions from some seasoned cat ladies/men.
Thanks so much!
- S