Poorly Cat – Any cat owners?

[gingerjedi]

Persian? Try the fine end of a comb.

Squits, clingy, no?

[Alf W]

Give it some scrambled egg and tuna (obviously, don't season the scrambled egg or add milk).

Tuna in brine is fine for them so long as you drain off as much of the liquid as you can. We got our cats from a Champion Breeder and she feeds hers on Tesco value tuna flakes in brine (amongst other things as Tuna doesn't have enough taurine in.

Usual apologies for a sensible answer in General.

[cailin maith]

What's the story with the looney g/f Wilmslow?

[Mich the Tester]

What's the story with the looney g/f Wilmslow?

The one that put ex-lax in the whiskas?

[MaryPoppins]

What's the story with the looney g/f Wilmslow?

I resent you calling me that, CM.

[cailin maith]

The one that put ex-lax in the whiskas?

I resent you calling me that, CM.

[norrahe]

I resent you calling me that, CM.

We really shouldn't give away peoples real names

[mudskipper]

My puss has the opposite problem. Got back from Oz on Monday morning and he definitely hasn't shat since then, and hubby thinks it was probably a couple of days before. He's walking like a feline John Wayne. Went to the vet (a child out of school - usual one was on a day off) who said he's not constipated and charged me £50 for the (non)diagnosis. WTF?

[Asparagus]

My cat rarely uses the litter tray, preferring to go outside. I keep him in at night and he is normally fine.

Right now it's too cold for a flea explosion, but check his fur on his back, the fleas droppings tend to leave a tell-tale mess. If he is affected, order Frontline from an online vet shop and also stuff to spray the house.

The other thing that is common is that they have a fight (they also have 'friendly fights' it's just part of being a cat, without a scrap now and then, they are not happy...) and if he got bitten or clawed deeply, then he may have an abscess.

Check him over, by now it's probably well inflamed and you need to visit the vet, who will empty it out and give the cat antibiotics. I look for such things every day and if I catch them early whilst they are not fully inflamed, I squeeze them out like a pimple (wrap cat up like a burrito into a towel first!) and normally I can spare him the trip to the vet this way. But if it's big and sore to the touch, see the vet.

Another thing that can be the matter is that his anal glands have gummed up, and that means you need to check on youtube how to don a glove and fix the problem. It's quite easy, but you need someone to hold the cat steady for you, he isn't going to stay still for that one.. (wrapping a cat burrito is also a good move here) You could of course visit the vet, but I find that upsets the cat even more and costs a lot of money

[AtW]

Superb Friday morning post Wilmslow. May your cat be poorly always so we can get a laugh out of it.

WHS

Wilmslow is by far the best sockie - makes you feel good you are not him

P.S. I hope your cats gets better!