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Sorry this is sort of long and detailed, but hopefully somebody else on the forum has had an experience with this. About 4-5 weeks ago, I woke to find drops of blood all over the kitchen floor. Nothing major, about 1/2" in diameter and about 4-5 spots. I checked both of our cats over for injury and found nothing. I sort of assumed they caught a mouse or something and the blood was on the floor. A week or so went by and I thought nothing of it until I saw Giraffe sitting on the floor in the kitchen and when he stood up, there was a drop of blood where he was just sitting. He had just gone to the litter box and I could see a little bit of blood around his anus, so I could tell that was where it had come from (not the genitals). It was late so I called the vet the very next day and got a same day appointment. The vet did a thorough exam (which Giraffe did NOT like) and the vet said that he looked healthy, no fever, anal sacs were not infected and he did not feel any polyps during the exam. The fecal test also came back negative- no parasites. Giraffe has been acting completely normal- still plays, eats, drinks just fine. The vet said that since it had just recently started, it could be a small irritation in the colon and that I should watch it for a few weeks and call him if it isn't better. He said it could be colitis but he did not want to medicate Giraffe without giving it time to get better. Also, he said he didn't think it would be cancer because Giraffe is just under 4 years old and he is acting normally.
Well it seemed to be getting better, since I haven't seen blood for about a week and a half now. However, today I went to clean the litter box (That's always Giraffe's cue to use it right after it has been cleaned!) so I watched him use it and saw blood come out with the feces toward the end (the first few pieces were clean, but the last ones had blood on them). His feces is well formed and looks to be about the usual color, other than the blood on the outside of course. He left a few drops of blood on the floor again, still not as bad as the very first time I found blood though. I tried to call the vet today, but there is a huge snow storm so I am assuming they are closed for that today. I am going to call them tomorrow and see what they say, but was hoping that in the meantime someone else would be able to give me their insight from a similar experience.
I looked up the colitis symptoms but he doesn't have a lot of them. Does this sound like it could be colitis or something else?
Edit: Also, the vet said his gums were colored right so he was not anemic and he is not straining while he uses the litter box.
Sorry this is sort of long and detailed, but hopefully somebody else on the forum has had an experience with this. About 4-5 weeks ago, I woke to find drops of blood all over the kitchen floor. Nothing major, about 1/2" in diameter and about 4-5 spots. I checked both of our cats over for injury and found nothing. I sort of assumed they caught a mouse or something and the blood was on the floor. A week or so went by and I thought nothing of it until I saw Giraffe sitting on the floor in the kitchen and when he stood up, there was a drop of blood where he was just sitting. He had just gone to the litter box and I could see a little bit of blood around his anus, so I could tell that was where it had come from (not the genitals). It was late so I called the vet the very next day and got a same day appointment. The vet did a thorough exam (which Giraffe did NOT like) and the vet said that he looked healthy, no fever, anal sacs were not infected and he did not feel any polyps during the exam. The fecal test also came back negative- no parasites. Giraffe has been acting completely normal- still plays, eats, drinks just fine. The vet said that since it had just recently started, it could be a small irritation in the colon and that I should watch it for a few weeks and call him if it isn't better. He said it could be colitis but he did not want to medicate Giraffe without giving it time to get better. Also, he said he didn't think it would be cancer because Giraffe is just under 4 years old and he is acting normally.
Well it seemed to be getting better, since I haven't seen blood for about a week and a half now. However, today I went to clean the litter box (That's always Giraffe's cue to use it right after it has been cleaned!) so I watched him use it and saw blood come out with the feces toward the end (the first few pieces were clean, but the last ones had blood on them). His feces is well formed and looks to be about the usual color, other than the blood on the outside of course. He left a few drops of blood on the floor again, still not as bad as the very first time I found blood though. I tried to call the vet today, but there is a huge snow storm so I am assuming they are closed for that today. I am going to call them tomorrow and see what they say, but was hoping that in the meantime someone else would be able to give me their insight from a similar experience.
I looked up the colitis symptoms but he doesn't have a lot of them. Does this sound like it could be colitis or something else?
Edit: Also, the vet said his gums were colored right so he was not anemic and he is not straining while he uses the litter box.