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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / December 2004Cat needs butt shaved I think
I just love a good attention grabbing subject. But it is a semi-serious situation. I haven't had any problems with any of my cats needing anything more than an occasional brushing. Even my longhair Nipsy hardly sheds and barely needs to be brushed. But sick little Jackie (IBD with chronic diarrhea) has developed clumpy areas on just one side of her butt. A closer examination (I must love her very much) reveals that the hair is matted and cannot be combed out. So I tried cutting some of them away and accidently cut a bit of her skin. I simply can't tell where the hair leaves off and the skin begins. I called the vet but the normal three vet practice is down to one vet because of the holidays and this is hardly an emergency. They gave me the name of a pet grooming place (some stuffy sounding place that must mangle poodles) that will do it, undoubtedly for some insane fee. She'll likely come back in curlers. They haven't even returned my call from yesterday. Do folks just get an electric clipper and shave that part off? She is not going to sit still for this I can reasonably assume. (I > must love her very much) reveals that the hair is matted and cannot be > combed out. So I tried cutting some of them away and accidently cut a > bit of her skin. I simply can't tell where the hair leaves off and the > skin begins. Our full-figured tuxedo cat has a bit of trouble with matting back there and we use the kind of electric clippers you buy in a kit for cutting your family's hair. Since they are made to cut children's hair (among others) they are very safe. They look like an electric razor but with plastic teeth like a wide spaced combe. First we cut out any difficult mats, then we shave her, then we bathe her. It takes two as she does not like this. I wrap her in a towell and my husband clips. > I just love a good attention grabbing subject. But it is a semi-serious > situation. I haven't had any problems with any of my cats needing anything [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Do folks just get an electric clipper and shave that part off? She is not > going to sit still for this I can reasonably assume. I have no experience with this, but maybe if you can't grab a vet, you could get a groomer to work on it? They surely have experience with this sort of thing.  Signaturemonique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH with an attitude! >I just love a good attention grabbing subject. But it is a >semi-serious situation. I haven't had any problems with any of my cats [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Do folks just get an electric clipper and shave that part off? She is >not going to sit still for this I can reasonably assume. You're right, she does need her butt shaved. I guess it just depends on how well she'd tolerate it -- you could do it if you have the right clippers and someone to help you hold her. Shave around her butt and also down the back of her legs. Vets usually call it a "baboon cut" or "sanitary clip". I never had much luck with groomers. I'm sure there are some out there that are experienced and do well with cats, but Cherokee was pretty fractious and usually had to be sedated, so we just stuck with vets. Sherry My Maine Coon cat had this problem.....I bought one of those round-nose little scissors (I found one at Osco Drug).....and now I have someone hold the cat while I just cut a little off at a time. >Do folks just get an electric clipper and shave that part off? She is >not going to sit still for this I can reasonably assume. I personally think you should have the groomer do it. You can just ask them to shave her butt area only, no bath or blowdry. In the future always keep her butt fur trimmed short to make cleanup easier for her. If she still has diarrhea, you need to treat that. You need to find a food that won't give her diarrhea. With my cat I baked a chicken and mixed that 50/50 with enriched grain wild rice in cut up chunks. I gave him only that to eat and katz'n'flodder (sp?). If I gave him anything else, he got diarrhea. >>Do folks just get an electric clipper and shave that part off? She is >>not going to sit still for this I can reasonably assume. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >with enriched grain wild rice in cut up chunks. I gave him only that to eat and >katz'n'flodder (sp?). If I gave him anything else, he got diarrhea. She's had diarrhea since I got here several months back. It appears to be IBD. She's on 7.5 mg of prednisone per day, a gel in the ear. It has gotten a bit better. I had another cat with it (it killed him eventually) and went through all the advice. Much of it is contradictory. For instance, many folks say not to use any grain, but you use rice. Sheba has been suggested as being pretty much grain-free. All seem to agree to stay away from dry food but she barely eats that anyway. The other cats eat that. Wellness has been suggested. I have her eating that, and the Merrick and PetGuard. She has no teeth so everything has to be fairly mushy. The vet thinks that she has pretty advanced IBD and that there really isn't much to be done. Hopefully it is the kind that does not develop into Lymphoma. >She's had diarrhea since I got here several months back. It appears to >be IBD. She's on 7.5 mg of prednisone per day, a gel in the ear. It [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >that she has pretty advanced IBD and that there really isn't much to >be done. Hopefully it is the kind that does not develop into Lymphoma. My cat was also diagnosed with IBD. The vet told me to put him to sleep. He'd get bloody mucousy chocolate pudding diarrhea 24/7. I think it was the preservatives, additives, artificial colorings and flavorings in the commercial foods that made him sick. I used organically grown wild rice, trying to limit the artificial additives. When canned chicken and rice catfood came out, that made him sick also and it was supposed to be the same thing. Of course every cat is different. Maybe my cat just had food allergies and the vet misdiagnosed. I had an 18 year old cat with no teeth. He ate wet food, chunky style. He'd basically just swallow, no chewing at all. I know because once he puked and it looked like it just came out of the can. He only had his incisors, no other teeth at all. He was fat. He'd also eat pieces of chicken, turkey and ham, no problem. I wish you the best with your cat. >I have her eating that, and the Merrick >and PetGuard. Pet Guard foods have wheat and barley, both which could cause problems with the IBD. I wouldn't feed Merrick as my experience with calling the company and trying to get nutritional information was fruitless. In Jackie's situation, it would be wise to limit what type of food she is eating to see if her output improves. Try feeding *just* Wellness, which has no grans and is used by many people on the IBD list. I would start with only the plain chicken and turkey flavors for a few weeks and see if things improve. If you don't figure out what Jackie can and cannot tolerate and she continues as she has, she will be at greater risk of developing lymphoma and could also potentially develop issues with her bile ducts, etc. Megan Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray > She has no teeth so everything has to be fairly mushy. The vet thinks > that she has pretty advanced IBD and that there really isn't much to > be done. Hopefully it is the kind that does not develop into Lymphoma. hey, this is Jackie, isn't it? If the mats are being held together by poop, you could try to hold something warm and wet, like a washcloth, to her bottom and see if that loosens things up enough to clip. In any event, I would cut away what you can, and don't try to get too close to her skin. Good luck! dragon I have a long haired cat that used to have this problem, and I just trim his bum fur with hair cutting scissors. I have never cut him or not been able to get it all, but I guess his just wasnt as bad as some cats. > I have a long haired cat that used to have this problem, and I just trim his > bum fur with hair cutting scissors. I have never cut him or not been able to > get it all, but I guess his just wasnt as bad as some cats. We have never cut Buddha either. We are really careful and I'm not sure you *can* cut anyone with those shaver type hair trimmers. We go with the grain of the hair, so to speak and the danglies just fall off. > So I tried cutting some of them away and accidently cut a > bit of her skin. I simply can't tell where the hair leaves off and the > skin begins. Never, ever do this. My veterinarians won't do this for this very reason, even with all their experience. Signaturehttp://www.mindspring.com/~slywy/pages/hodge.html >> So I tried cutting some of them away and accidently cut a >> bit of her skin. I simply can't tell where the hair leaves off and the >> skin begins. > > Never, ever do this. My veterinarians won't do this for this very > reason, even with all their experience. Wierd, my vet just whips out her clippers, zip, zip and she's done. "Karen Chuplis" <kchuplis@alltel.net> wrote > > Wierd, my vet just whips out her clippers, zip, zip and she's done. What is tricky about clipping Boo is that she doesn't like her tail OR her feet touched and that area is, err, between the two areas! Of course I imagine she is not wild about having the fur around her whatchamacallit touched either. But afterward, she gets a bath and after that she is a very happy girl. She zips all around. > Wierd, my vet just whips out her clippers, zip, zip and she's done. Same when Shadow used to get shaved. He was horrible about me touching him in certain places to clean him up, or clip his claws, but the vets were so quick he didn't have time to get upset. SignatureCheryl |
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