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hello everyone ! I am a cat lover .. over the past year, I lost my 20 yr old and 22 year old cat. It was so sad! On November 1st, I found a 2 week old kitten in my neighbors yard.. I bottle fed him and decided to keep him! He has been so great ..until 4 weeks ago when he all of a sudden he started to not use the litter box for his bowel movements. I took him to the vet ... I had his poop sent to lab as well as urine. All came back negative. Vet put him on antibiotics while waiting for results. He used the litter box once or twice in the last 4 weeks. When he has to poop he starts to look upset, starts biting his back side/tail, grooms back side in an obsessive way like he is being bit by fleas and he crouches down and moves around to hide. He will then poop here and there while travelling around the house in a crouched down position. After he leaves his poop all over the house, he then goes back to the obsessed grooming for a minute or two and then settles down. At this time, he does not groom enough to mutilate him self and I do not see any hair missing.
With reading some older posts on this site and doing research, it seems he has hyperesthesia. I need to get him to a neurologist for a work up. I have seen that some meds / combo of meds will work for some pets. I want to do the best for him and me ... its obvious that he is not happy when he has to go poop and then goes into this behavior. I tried putting him in room where litter box was and he jumped out and pooped on a table. I have three litter boxes for one cat in different areas of house and have tried different litters.
Can anyone give me any advice ? Has anyone had luck with meds and it helping the pooping issue ? So far, I have cleaned up 4 weeks of poo all over the house... I love him dearly but cannot continue with this on a daily basis. Any and all input is appreciated !
by the way... he is about 7.5 months old. he is neutered. he is indoor only... but goes out supervised on a leash. he is on flea meds and I do not see any fleas and he does not have any flea dirt. he is a little over 10 pounds. He eats mostly RAWZ chicken (can and dry). I did just get some freeze dried rabbit and he would not touch it. was going to see if he has an allergy to chicken.
With reading some older posts on this site and doing research, it seems he has hyperesthesia. I need to get him to a neurologist for a work up. I have seen that some meds / combo of meds will work for some pets. I want to do the best for him and me ... its obvious that he is not happy when he has to go poop and then goes into this behavior. I tried putting him in room where litter box was and he jumped out and pooped on a table. I have three litter boxes for one cat in different areas of house and have tried different litters.
Can anyone give me any advice ? Has anyone had luck with meds and it helping the pooping issue ? So far, I have cleaned up 4 weeks of poo all over the house... I love him dearly but cannot continue with this on a daily basis. Any and all input is appreciated !
by the way... he is about 7.5 months old. he is neutered. he is indoor only... but goes out supervised on a leash. he is on flea meds and I do not see any fleas and he does not have any flea dirt. he is a little over 10 pounds. He eats mostly RAWZ chicken (can and dry). I did just get some freeze dried rabbit and he would not touch it. was going to see if he has an allergy to chicken.