My Cat Is Dragging Her Bum Across The Floor

It s always possible that dragging the butt across the floor can have more than one cause.

My cat is dragging her bum across the floor.

Hofve has researched pet nutrition and the pet food industry since the early 1990s. Poop stuck to a cat s bum is no fun for anybody. Cat scooting and parasites. If your cat is fat don t assume that this is the only reason for the dragging.

Now retired from veterinary medicine dr. Parasitic worms such as tapeworms can cause irritation to the posterior area. Let us reassure you that it s not because it feels good to do so. Dragging their bottom on the carpet is the next best thing.

If our stools are soft or we get diarrhea we might drag our bottom across the floor to clean off the cling ons we don t mind washing our bottoms we do that every time we use the litterbox after all but when there s a lot of mess there it s pretty gross. There are three main reasons why a cat might drag his bottom across the floor. Cats love toilet paper but do utilize it for its intended use. Only a veterinarian can make this determination.

A cat dragging its bum on the floor after pooping usually has an unclean bottom.