My Cat Is Dragging His Bum On The Floor

I ve heard this may be a sign of worms but he was dewormed and fixed about six months ago.

My cat is dragging his bum on the floor.

If you see your cat dragging his or her bottom there may be something in or around your home affecting the feline. I agree with seatle it s called impaction where a cat cannt express their anal galnds regularly so the material within builds up and turns into a waxy hard impacted mess. I then was going into the basement and our cat started scooting his butt across the floor. It s always possible that dragging the butt across the floor can have more than one cause.

Usually this means a cat s rear is itchy or. Your vet can manually expel the clog from your cat s anal sacs and even show you how to do the job at home if this becomes a regular problem. If your cat is fat don t assume that this is the only reason for the dragging. Ok i ve heard of dogs scooting their butts across the floor but never a cat.

Now retired from veterinary medicine dr. A cat dragging its bum on the floor after pooping usually has an unclean bottom. Poop stuck to a cat s bum is no fun for anybody. Dragging their bottom on the carpet is the next best thing.

A cat with clogged anal sacs may drag his bottom across the floor in an attempt to ease the discomfort and unclog those sacs. A cat usually drags his bottom for one of three reasons. The problem may also be due to whatever you re feeding your cat. Hofve has researched pet nutrition and the pet food industry since the early 1990s.

Environmental allergies are caused by many things such as dust mites grasses molds or fleas pletz says. Only a veterinarian can make this determination. By your cat dragging it s. I found a smudge of cat pooh on the floor and my husband and i just assumed it must ve come from one of our shoes so we cleaned it up.