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Little back story: Last weekend my 6.5yr old kitty was showing signs of illness (vomiting) sporadically through Saturday/sun. I coincidentally had a routine vet appointment scheduled for Monday morning, so we held out.
After talking with the vet, we determined that it was probably a new food I gave her last Friday (apparently beef/liver doesn’t sit well with her) as her vitals/physical exam were excellent and she had been improving the 12 hours prior to our appointment.
We also discussed her overall health and I mentioned that ever since she had a UTI approx 6 months ago, that she never really stopped scooting her butt. She’s overweight, so I routinely clean her/watch her like a hawk bc I’m scared of another emergency vet visit.
He recommended shaving her butt (she’s medium hair) for hygiene and also checking her anal glands (she’d never had that performed before).
he was able to express a little from one gland, said the other was good and neither were impacted or infected.
However, since then, she’s just been a mess. Decreased appetite, a few semi-solid stools but mostly diarrhea, and scooting her butt quite a bit.
Is this normal behavior for a cat that recently had her glands expressed? I mean, if it were me in her shoes I’d be acting differently too lol. All joking aside, she’s a very sensitive kitty so I’d like to sum it up to her just being frazzled from the sickness over the weekend followed by her big day at the vet, but I was curious if anyone else had similar experiences. All I could seem to find online is how to identify anal gland issues, and not much of the behavioral/physical effects surrounding having them expressed.
thanks in advance
After talking with the vet, we determined that it was probably a new food I gave her last Friday (apparently beef/liver doesn’t sit well with her) as her vitals/physical exam were excellent and she had been improving the 12 hours prior to our appointment.
We also discussed her overall health and I mentioned that ever since she had a UTI approx 6 months ago, that she never really stopped scooting her butt. She’s overweight, so I routinely clean her/watch her like a hawk bc I’m scared of another emergency vet visit.
He recommended shaving her butt (she’s medium hair) for hygiene and also checking her anal glands (she’d never had that performed before).
he was able to express a little from one gland, said the other was good and neither were impacted or infected.
However, since then, she’s just been a mess. Decreased appetite, a few semi-solid stools but mostly diarrhea, and scooting her butt quite a bit.
Is this normal behavior for a cat that recently had her glands expressed? I mean, if it were me in her shoes I’d be acting differently too lol. All joking aside, she’s a very sensitive kitty so I’d like to sum it up to her just being frazzled from the sickness over the weekend followed by her big day at the vet, but I was curious if anyone else had similar experiences. All I could seem to find online is how to identify anal gland issues, and not much of the behavioral/physical effects surrounding having them expressed.
thanks in advance