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Our cat is small and extremely fluffy. She seems to have got some nuggets of poo stuck on her arse and it stinks horribly. Seems to be dried up so it's not leaving shit kisses everywhere. What's the normal procedure here? Leave her to clean it off or eventually fall off on its own? Or some kind of sedation? We tried to clean it up but that required pinning her down and it's destroyed her fragile trust in us. She's a very nervous and insecure cat, and now it's worse.
Sudocrem?
Could you trim the hair it's stuck to while she's asleep?
If she does wake up and you catch some skin with the scissors best to put some sudocreme on it...
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Edit, beaten to the sudocreme comment. I'd still try it while she's asleep though
Since you've already destroyed her fragile trust, you may as well get in there with the clippers.
Obviously,
Edit: Jaysus, third!
Does your cat have a turbo trainer?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Decker-BEW230-GB-Detail-Sander/dp/B07S17L4H6
This is aimed at mice, but should in theory work on a small cat.
What are you feeding her?
It's not her fault
Won't you take her to the vet?
She's obviously not your favourite pet
She may not be a bed of roses
and she's no friend of those with noses
Could you trim the hair it’s stuck to while she’s asleep?
What kind of cats do you have experience with?!
Probably best not to put any scissors near her arse if she's desperately trying to escape. I'd just try again with the wet wipes, at least that won't hurt her.
Is the cat not under warranty? I'd take it back to the dealer and let them sort it out.
Get in there with the clippers and keep the fur short round her arse. A lot of long haired cats have the same problem.
Get in there with the clippers and keep the fur short round her arse
I really can't conceive how this is even possible.
i make the wife cut out the nuggets. its was her sodding idea to get a cat. i`m not doing the shit bit!
hold the nape of its neck so it doesnt struggle- it rolls up like a kitten. no body armour required. the cat remains only slightly peeved until it realises it doesnt have to lick its own crap.
Is the cat not under warranty? I’d take it back to the dealer and let them sort it out.
All it needs is a new catty shitbit converter
Take her to the local Turkish barber, a nice skin fade from the pukka outwards should solve your problem.
Probably deconstruct it into its constituent parts, clean thoroughly, reassemble and hide any 'extra bits' in a Tuppaware container for next time.
Oh and then agonise endlessly when you realise you've put the legs on backwards or cross threaded them...
I really can’t conceive how this is even possible
Wrap her in a towel. If you can't do it take her to a professional groomer, they do this sort of thing all the time.
Wrap her in a towel
Preferably the Wife's favourite face towel for added jeopardy...
What kind of cats do you have experience with?!
Possibly more chilled ones than yours🤣
I remember Dorris used to enjoy having her claws done with a nail file🤷♂️
So I've got this cat and I have questions...
Squish that cat.
I remember Dorris used to enjoy having her claws done with a nail file
Probably only because she thought you were sharpening them!
You could try to deactivate her with a bulldog clip
What are you feeding her?
It’s not her fault
Glad someone picked up on this!
We occasionally have to give our maine coon a shower for the same reason. He gets pretty offended but works fairly well, just make sure you use a shampoo / product suitable for cats. Otherwise a bit of a crewcut around his nether regions although that tends to involve more violence from him!
Cuddle her up in a blanket. Stops a bit of wriggling. Our new cat is our first long hair and also gets this sometimes. We trim it out using baby nail scissors. Rounded ends mean that she doesn’t get jabbed if she does move.
The problem could be internal.
Cat-scan?
My dog would happily help with this problem, she's a disgusting monster when it comes to cat faeces, she's happily lick the crunchy bits off. Your cat may not approve of this approach of course!
Could you put immac in a pressure washer?
There's plenty of information on this. Google "how to shave a pussy" for more.
Squish that cat.
Yeah. Cat-deactivation is cat-dependent. I came away from the vet's with a big bag of I Told You So after their "professional cat-holder" nurse met with our Mollie. Lured her into a false sense of security and then went up like a land mine.
Light her next fart
Great idea. But what about the cat?
Don’t shave it or some on here will accuse you of fancying kittens
Yeah. Cat-deactivation is cat-dependent. I came away from the vet’s with a big bag of I Told You So after their “professional cat-holder” nurse met with our Mollie. Lured her into a false sense of security and then went up like a land mine.
Yep cocky young vet in a proper county town surgery
"This cat does not want be here, she will kick off" "don't worry I can handle it" "where are your gloves?" "I've never needed them" "you might want to get an assistant" "It's okay this won't take long"
Unleashed the whirlwind on the poor sod. Then the nurse wandered in grinning from ear to ear with the usual gauntlets and blanket.
Actually cocky vets are great. "I have seen lots of horses without issues" "cool, meet treacle the Shetland pony, if you stand at the front he will bite you, if you stand at the back you will end up on that electric fence, good luck"
Great idea. But what about the cat?
Get her to aim her fart at the cat which will incinerate the dangleberries - natch
Oh yeah I forgot about the neck thing.
This cat also has the sharpest claws I've ever known on a cat, they are like needles.
Deffo the neck trick. We get stuck poo fairly often as we've 3 ragdolls. One got in a right mess and it was warm bath time. Even though they are laid back ragdolls, I needed to de-activate him by the scruff of the neck as he was scrambling out the bath. Keep their botty fluff trimmed.
We tend to snip anything stuck, unless it's really bad.
Wrap in a towel also works. Sooo glad we have ragdolls, they are pretty chilled about handling.
Cats and dags.
Febreeze and some tiny underpants
I have a simmilar issue with my long haired small dog. You just need to pin them down, wraped in a blanket helps, and get in there with a small beard shaver and a good pair of snippers to chop off any lumps... that makes future trimmimng easier.
Probably deconstruct it into its constituent parts, clean thoroughly, reassemble and hide any ‘extra bits’ in a Tuppaware container for next time.
Oh and then agonise endlessly when you realise you’ve put the legs on backwards or cross threaded them…
Why has nobody picked up on this? 🤣
Unleashed the whirlwind on the poor sod. Then the nurse wandered in grinning from ear to ear with the usual gauntlets and blanket.
Sounds like a Smog Cat.
“The Smog: A cat bred, quite simply, to fight other cats. Owing to an unexplained occurrence of Lamarckian heredity, the Smog lost its ears in the 16th century, its tail - which opponents could hang onto - in the 17th century, and most of its hair in the ring, while its claws and teeth lengthened and toughened. An ordinary cat, going up against a Smog, might as well run into an aeroplane propeller. Good with children.”
From: The Unadulterated Cat, by Sir Terry Pratchett
Another hilarious cat thread. Really making me laugh out loud, thanks. 😂🙂👍
I remember Dorris used to enjoy having her claws done with a nail file🤷♂️
My MiL likes this as well.
We tried to hold her and either snip or wipe yesterday. She has been hiding under our bed for 36 hours and hasn't come out even to eat.
She was always anxious and insecure, I think we've really done some damage now.
She has been hiding under our bed for 36 hours and hasn’t come out even to eat.
Put your Captain America costume on. She'll come out alright - at speed... 😀
Managed to get her bundled into a towel to have a look and turns out there's a wad of matted fur and shite the size of a Pizza Express doughball completely covering her bumhole.
🤮 good luck with the scissors
Managed to get her bundled into a towel to have a look and turns out there’s a wad of matted fur and shite the size of a Pizza Express doughball completely covering her bumhole.
She'll be a lot happier when you get rid of that for her. I think I'd be feeling a tad anxious with the equivalent poop-bauble swinging around in my kecks.
I'm certainly glad we have shorthair cats.
Dropped her off at the vet's.
Absolutely stank the car out though. I men I'm a parent, can handle bad smells, but I had to roll the windows down.
Is she still under warranty? 😀
Managed to get her bundled into a towel to have a look and turns out there’s a wad of matted fur and shite the size of a Pizza Express doughball completely covering her bumhole.
This thread is perfect without pics!
Managed to get her bundled into a towel to have a look and turns out there’s a wad of matted fur and shite the size of a Pizza Express doughball completely covering her bumhole
Hopefully you didn't waste the opportunity to actually do something about it? IME cats generally don't much mind the swaddling in a towel, they seem to find it comforting. Yours does sound a bit on the nervous side though, it might have been worth paying a groomer to sort it out. The cat won't be any keener on the experience but at least there's a chance she'll blame somebody else!
edit - yes, probably a good call re the vet's!
Did she notice how smoothly the Merc is running?
Did she notice how smoothly the Merc is running?
That deserves a round of apaws.
Back from the vet's yet? How's she feline?
Does pet insurance cover gruffnuts removal?
Tagnut removed from one of our's this morning. Tipper her belly up as MrsF snipped the poop off. Was one of the Ragdolls, so escaped with no injuries.
I once had to reprimand our cat for destroying our stairs carpet. I thought holding her under the shower would teach her. I would rather put my hands in a blending machine than do that again. I was a mess of cuts and blood for weeks
Yep cocky young vet in a proper county town surgery
“This cat does not want be here, she will kick off” “don’t worry I can handle it”
Sounds familiar.
Thing is, I saw it coming a mile away. Mollie is missing a leg, she pathetically hobbles about the place and everyone goes "aw, poor thing" but don't believe a word of it. She's the fastest of the three by a country mile. You know That scene in the Star Wars prequels where Yoda kicks off? That's Mollie. Not so long ago I rugby-tackled her as she was three quarters of the way out of an upstairs window at light speed that we'd left open for a nanosecond whilst decorating. Turns out, I'm faster but she's sharper.
Anyway. I warned the vet, then I had the same conversation with the "professional cat-holder" nurse. They looked at me like I was daft. She's sat there all docile and handicapped, I saw the nurse take her eye off the ball, right before the vet got the needle to the back of Mollie's neck and it was like a bomb going off.
The vet was like "can you come back another time when she's calmed down a bit?"
Back from the vet, £150. Policy excess is £140. The vet thought she might still have the runs so they gave us some stool hardener however I'm not convinced that she does. She went straight to her food when she got home. Will see how it goes.
She hardly goes out and when she does it's for a few minutes so I don't think she's eaten anything bad. And we don't have houseplants. We did get a different food brand though which probably caused it.
What do they give cats to cement their turds? Ours is a sloppy Joe. He's been to the vets loads and they can never find anything wrong except his capacity to do a brilliant chocolate fountain impression... (-:
150quid for a arse trim? 😯
What do they give cats to cement their turds? Ours is a sloppy Joe. He’s been to the vets loads and they can never find anything wrong except his capacity to do a brilliant chocolate fountain impression… (-:
I don't know, but my parent's cat Stan has a twisted bowel and has tk have laxatives. He used to have some horrendously expensive cat ones but then the vet said it's basically the stuff ad the liquid ones for humans which is loads cheaper so he has that now. Must be a human harder which will work?
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Also, olbas oil works on sniffly cats,put on the cushion near their nose when sleeping, as does (don't laugh) suddocreme on fight scars or sunburnt ears
I would rather put my hands in a blending machine than do that again
That er..taught you. 🙂 I hope you received your reprimand with good grace.
The idea that the cat would associate a trip to the shower with the perfectly innocent act of ripping your house apart is hilarious.
We'd be very poor if it costs £150 to clear some tagnuts. Blimey. Advantage of our particular breed. Our previous cats wouldn't have tolerated it.
It wasn't just some tagnuts. It was a solid puck of shit welded to her arsehole.