Manx cats and kittens have no tail or if any it is a tuft of fur or a short nub of bone covered in fur. He is healthy and playful, and fixed. But tho he has only fur ( he is a short hair) he has litter and poo stuck on him. Bathing stops it, but " sticky butt" comes right back. Shaving what little fur he has back there isn't helping either. I am sure he is miserable,especially when he has to go and the flow is already somewhat blocked to start with. (It pulls the fur when he goes.) Got any suggestions???? Please don't say get rid of him he is a companion/ health aid to us. He helps with blood pressure and stress better than medications do. He is very important to us, as we seem to be to him. He knows when we are stressed and will come and play or sit on our laps or play crazily with the toy mice we bought him, causing us to laugh til we cry. He even chases his (no tail) for us, till he is dizzy and can't walk straight. Please,anyone got any advice?
2006-08-20 03:24:19 · 9 answers · asked by 1magicmom 5 in Pets ➔ Cats
Maybe a little vegetable oil around his anus? This would probably encourage licking, which you may or may not approve of.
2006-08-20 03:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by alell23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aaaaw, he sound so sweet. Poor baby. Poop shouldn't be sticking to his butt. I think it's an indication his diet isn't agreeing with him. Try switching him to another brand of cat food. For the time being rub a little vegetable oil or vaseline around his anus. Yeah, it'll make him a little greasy, but that's better than a poopy butt. And if he's having trouble passing a stool, give him something for constipation like adding a spoonful of olive oil to canned food.
2006-08-20 03:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by February Rain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually manx can have full tails but the thing is they are born with spinal problems that often lead to "pooping" problems - this is typical of the breed and not much else you can do with him. I sure hope you didnt get him from a pet store.
I wouldnt say get rid of him, but any adopted cat would be a stress releiver, it doesnt have to be a fancy breed- all purebreds have some negative genetic problem that you need to be aware of before selecting that breed of cat...for manx it is bowel problems and possibly later in life back problems...
2006-08-20 03:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him to your vet and ask what to do. Manx cats are notorious for this problem...it has to do with their tails being so short. My guess is your stuck with shaving the hairs close, and washing his bottom for the rest of his life. Good luck.
2006-08-23 11:46:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
placed it up on a shelf. ALL dogs will eat cat feces in the journey that they get a danger. some dogs are very good about in ordinary words eating it in the journey that they don't imagine every person is round, yet I have not met a unmarried dogs yet which could bypass up raiding the cat field in the journey that they did not imagine every person became watching. this is purely too tempting. placed the field on a shelf the position the dogs can not get to it in the different case block off the room that the cat field is in so as that the cat can get to it even with the undeniable fact that the dogs can not. I have my cat bins in a room with a touch one gate in the course of the door. The cats can flow over or less than the gate (I have it raised numerous inches off the floor) even with the undeniable fact that the gate is too tall for my huge dogs and the area less than the gate is too small for the dogs to extra healthful through. My vet keeps her cat bins in closet with a cat-door set contained in the closet door (her dogs is likewise sufficiently huge to no extra healthful through the cat door).
2016-11-30 21:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try trimming the hair near his butt, to the length of a short hair cat. That should stop the clumping. I used to have a manecoon and he had that problem as well, keeping him trimmed definately worked, and his butt didn't look wierd either. Best of luck!
2006-08-20 03:35:54 · answer #6 · answered by Char 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rub vaseline around his butt - just put your hand in a plastic sack and dip a scoop of vaseline - rub around his butt & throw the bag in trash. Then, change cat food every few days.
2006-08-20 03:52:59 · answer #7 · answered by solotrovo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change cat litter. Try a paper based kind that comes in little pellets. You can also try cedar shavings, you can try shredded newspaper if you change it daily as newspaper does not control oder.
2006-08-20 15:51:07 · answer #8 · answered by blindfredd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not try filling his litter box with clean sand and see if that solves the problem....only thing I can think of. It seems you've tried the usual. Good luck!
2006-08-20 03:32:43 · answer #9 · answered by Jeffrey B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋