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Following a cancer surgery a few weeks ago, my older cat has what is probably permanent nerve damage to his anal sphincter, and can't hold poop in anymore. The couple times a day when he produces a bunch of poop at once, he also doesn't seem to realize that's about to happen. And then (of course) he wants to clean himself after, and I need to keep his tongue away from most of the area because he'll irritate or even injure tissue that is exposed now but was not designed to be licked.
It's possible but unlikely to improve, so I've been trying to research options for how to manage it, but I probably can't test much for another couple weeks while I wait for him to finish healing and regain strength from the surgery.
I want to diaper him as little as possible, but also he's still got full urinary control and wants to pee in the box, so I don't want to put him in anything that gets in the way of that. It seems like all the cat diapering resources I've found (lots of stuff from caretakers of paralyzed cats or about tail-pull injuries) assume urinary incontinence as well.
I think, once he's healed, I may be able to keep him in a light harness most of the time and anchor something to that, along his back and around his tail and/or legs. Thoughts? Links?
It's possible but unlikely to improve, so I've been trying to research options for how to manage it, but I probably can't test much for another couple weeks while I wait for him to finish healing and regain strength from the surgery.
I want to diaper him as little as possible, but also he's still got full urinary control and wants to pee in the box, so I don't want to put him in anything that gets in the way of that. It seems like all the cat diapering resources I've found (lots of stuff from caretakers of paralyzed cats or about tail-pull injuries) assume urinary incontinence as well.
I think, once he's healed, I may be able to keep him in a light harness most of the time and anchor something to that, along his back and around his tail and/or legs. Thoughts? Links?