Cat getting poop stuck in long fur around back end
Long fur around a cat's rear collects waste and loose clumps, causing pieces of litter or feces to cling to the coat and drop around the house. This prevents owners from keeping their living space clean and forces them to constantly monitor and manually clean their cat's hindquarters.
What people tried
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- 1manually picking off the loose chunks of furDid this help you?
- 2giving the cat a hygiene trim with human hair trimmersDid this help you?
- 3asking the vet's office to perform or demonstrate a hygiene trimDid this help you?
- 4using a bigger litter boxDid this help you?
- 5using an enclosed box with the opening facing the wallDid this help you?
- 6placing a large mat outside the litter boxDid this help you?
- 7adding a vanity curtain with a cut-out hole around the box areaDid this help you?
- 8Using cat dry shampoosDid this help you?
- 9Adding a humidifierDid this help you?
- 10Putting out more water bowlsDid this help you?
- 11Adding fish oil to dry foodDid this help you?
- 12Soaking and softening dry kibble with warm waterDid this help you?
- 13Brushing the cat's fur about twice a week to de-shedDid this help you?
- 14Switching to a food formulated for hairball controlDid this help you?
- 15Brushing the cat more frequentlyDid this help you?
- 16Feeding a malt-flavored hairball paste or supplementDid this help you?
- 17Increasing brushing frequency to multiple times a weekDid this help you?
- 18Using pet wipesDid this help you?
- 19Giving the cat a bathDid this help you?
- 20Using waterless or dry shampooDid this help you?
- 21Brushing the cat once a weekDid this help you?
- 22Asking a vet about dander and dietDid this help you?
- 23Adding water to the cat's food for hydrationDid this help you?
- 24Adding a quarter teaspoon of Miralax to foodDid this help you?
- 25Giving pumpkin and FortiFlora dailyDid this help you?
- 26Searching online via GoogleDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Grace here grooms herself constantly. But her fur is “spiked” and stuck together like this throughout her whole body. Is that normal?”source ↗
“My Maine Coon will drop poop nuggets when his fur gets too long. It kind of gets stuck and will fall off when he moves away from the tray.”source ↗
“She often goes whenever she is the most hyper. She’ll be almost done and then zoom out of the litter box, leaving some on the floor. She had some of it stuck to her butt one evening.”source ↗
“She always throws up her hairballs right as I'm starting to fall asleep and NOTHING wakes you up faster than hearing a cat retching.”source ↗
“this has been happening for a few months now where i’ll notice small, loose chunks of fur around my cats butt when her tail is up.”source ↗
“Fur is growing out of her paw pad, it's not thick it's soft like the rest of her fur. Google was useless. I don't know what's happening or how concerned I should be about this? This paw has been inflamed before and so has her bottom lip, shes got lots of issues.”source ↗
“daisy has gained weight since she’s been moved away from some mean cats😆 she’s super happy and healthy but she has soooo much dandruff and i didnt know the best way to go about it?”source ↗
“I have a long haired tortie, and she will occasionally get some poo stuck in her butt fur. I’ll then find a turd somewhere in the house.”source ↗
“my cat has randomly started to scoot her butt on the bathroom floor after pooping, leaving a smear which usually leads to a turd.”source ↗
“i don’t really know what to do, i was going to try putting pumpkin in her food cause i heard that helps.”source ↗
“I try to brush her once a month, but I guess I’ll be upping that to once a week.”source ↗
“I’m a first time cat owner and need all the help I can get. He hasn’t had a bath in a couple of months and I’m hoping to get him acclimated to water.”source ↗
“However there’s so much dander and he’s starting to shed little by little. I was hoping I can give him a bath and see how he adapts to water.”source ↗
“What’s the best shampoo to use for him?”source ↗
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