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Hi...I am new here, and this is kind of long.
We adopted a Mainecoon 2 years ago and she was about 3 or 4 years old. She is big and weighs 15 lbs. A few months after we got her, we saw her scooting on the carpet, and took her to the vet. He said her glands needed expressing, so he did that and everything was fine for about the next year and a half.
This last January, she started scooting again, and her backside looked kind of irritated. She was also going in and out of the litter box a LOT and doing a weird meow. The Vet said her glands were not full, and he felt she had a bladder infection and gave her antibiotics. We did not have any testing done at that point. We did the antibiotics and she got better...no more scooting and litterbox behavior was normal again.
Now to the current problem. About 4 days ago, she started scooting again....and going in the litter box often. But this time, her backside is very red, kind of swollen and irritated. She is clipped short back there, but there hair around her anus looks wet, and dark. She is constantly cleaning herself.
We took her to the Vet again yesterday....he said he thinks it's solely due to her weight/size and that she cannot clean herself and is getting irritated. BUT, IMO...if this was the case, why would she be able to go for long periods of time with no problem? I would think if she couldn't clean herself, this would be an ongoing problem. Plus she has been continually wet back there these last few days and I think it's from her cleaning, the Vet says it's wet from urine? She had no temperature. He also thinks she might have a UTI again since she is using the littler box a lot and gave her antibiotics again.
I am ready for a new Vet....I just think there is more going on.
I know this is long and rambling...but can anyone shed any light on what might be going on?
Thanks
We adopted a Mainecoon 2 years ago and she was about 3 or 4 years old. She is big and weighs 15 lbs. A few months after we got her, we saw her scooting on the carpet, and took her to the vet. He said her glands needed expressing, so he did that and everything was fine for about the next year and a half.
This last January, she started scooting again, and her backside looked kind of irritated. She was also going in and out of the litter box a LOT and doing a weird meow. The Vet said her glands were not full, and he felt she had a bladder infection and gave her antibiotics. We did not have any testing done at that point. We did the antibiotics and she got better...no more scooting and litterbox behavior was normal again.
Now to the current problem. About 4 days ago, she started scooting again....and going in the litter box often. But this time, her backside is very red, kind of swollen and irritated. She is clipped short back there, but there hair around her anus looks wet, and dark. She is constantly cleaning herself.
We took her to the Vet again yesterday....he said he thinks it's solely due to her weight/size and that she cannot clean herself and is getting irritated. BUT, IMO...if this was the case, why would she be able to go for long periods of time with no problem? I would think if she couldn't clean herself, this would be an ongoing problem. Plus she has been continually wet back there these last few days and I think it's from her cleaning, the Vet says it's wet from urine? She had no temperature. He also thinks she might have a UTI again since she is using the littler box a lot and gave her antibiotics again.
I am ready for a new Vet....I just think there is more going on.
I know this is long and rambling...but can anyone shed any light on what might be going on?
Thanks