Advice Needed! Scab Keeps Forming on Kittens Anus - Manx Mix

[Karen]

Does it seem inflamed or infected? Does it bother her?

[Anikaca77]

Does it seem inflamed or infected? Does it bother her?

Hi Karen-

When the scab comes off there is a little blood and then it scabs over again. It doesn't seem to bother her unless we touch the scab then that does. Otherwise she will play, eat, and she can poop I just checked her box again to make sure she is going and it's big poop too for a little girl.

Melissa

[moosmom]

Sounds like the poops may be irritating her tushie. I'd keep putting the AD on it. Ask the vet if there is something you can give her to soften her poops.

I'm stumped, Melissa. Let us know how you make out.

When I adopted Little Miss Crabby @$$, she had Ghiardia and then Coccydia. The vet told us that she needed to be isolated from the other cats till the third test came back negative.

[Anikaca77]

Her poop was soft on Friday when I dropped off the fecal sample and it was soft on Saturday too. The vet gave me the zithoromax to give to her and that seems to have firmed up her poop a little bit. The thing with the vet is they don't like me calling and asking questions, usually they make me bring her in.

I'm guessing it keeps scabbing b/c their is blood underneath but I don't understand how you stop that from it keeps happening.

Our vet never told us to keep her away from the other ones. We knew we should keep her away till her had her combo tested and we did keep her separate while she had the medicine for coccidia.

Thanks,
Melissa

Sounds like the poops may be irritating her tushie. I'd keep putting the AD on it. Ask the vet if there is

something you can give her to soften her poops.

I'm stumped, Melissa. Let us know how you make out.

When I adopted Little Miss Crabby @$$, she had Ghiardia and then Coccydia. The vet told us that she needed to be isolated from the other cats till the third test came back negative.

[Jessika]

The thing with the vet is they don't like me calling and asking questions, usually they make me bring her in.

Well speaking from the other side, we often have owners who call and want diagnoses over the phone, and we just can't morally do that without seeing the patient in-person. Even offering advice like "apply some triple antibiotic ointment to the area" is considered giving medical treatment. BUT if you're calling to ask further about an issue the doc has already seen the pet for, I don't know why your vet clinic has issues with you calling and asking about stuff like that.

So... from that standpoint, it's hard for me to offer you advice without physically seeing the pet or at least seeing a photo of the affected area. Granted, I'm not a vet either. But it could range from anal prolapse (not too uncommon in pets that have had loose stool or a lot of straining), to anal irritation, to infected/abscessed anal glands. Putting ointment on it may help, but it may also draw unwanted attention to the area, so keep that in mind.

In either case, I wish you luck as it's just hard to say what it could be over the internet, and I know people hate hearing that

EDIT: You did mention that her stool seemed large for her size. That could also be a contributing factor; if her stool has TOO much bulk to it, it can cause issues as well. Maybe talk with your vet about a lower bulk diet IF this is a contributing problem?

[Karen]

After some searching, I finally found a good page with a diagram. Where is the scab forming? It cannot be on the anus itself (or she couldn't be pooping at all )... See this:
http://www.moosecoonsmc.com/analexp.html

to see if it is maybe her anal glands instead.

[moosmom]

Karen,

Now that makes sense!!!