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Please don't read this if you've a queasy tummy
My little girl is almost 4 years old, neutered when 6 months. She's incredibly affectionate and adorable and very, very, VERY clingy. She loves to pad up and down on my tummy, emiting a gurgley purr .....but she's developed a leak.............yes, a leak. When she's in the need for a cuddle and runs about chirruping in order to pad up and down on my tummy, she emits a leak. I spoke to my vet a year ago about it and he alleviated it.. but there's no let-up.
It makes me wretch. There's no getting away from it, it's awful. It (according to my vet) - the horrid "vinegary smell" - is apparently nice for other cats..and yes, her brother takes a good deal of interest. But it is disgusting to me. I'm sorry but I put up with most but my stomach cannot tolerate it and I end up wretching (much to her's and her brother's intrigue). Is there a cure, can it be stopped? |
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Do you mean the bottom end or other bits. My maisey moo if she got excited leaked we used to have too follow her around wiping it up. Maisey moo hasnt done it for ages now. If its when she paddles on you i think she is showing you that she realy loves you 100%
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Do you mean the bottom end or other bits. My maisey moo if she got excited leaked we used to have too follow her around wiping it up. Maisey moo hasnt done it for ages now. If its when she paddles on you i think she is showing you that she realy loves you 100%
A year ago another vet alleviated it (and she screamed) and she remembered him (lol!). I'm not keen on it being done again as it caused her a lot of discomfort at the time but it can't go on. I love her to bits, she's my baby but it's just not hygenic, that's all. |
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Talk to your vet again. It may be that a change in diet helps errr 'firm things up'!! and thus less likely to leak.
You could also just put her down when she paddles on you, distract her with a game so she still gets your attention. and love. I had a cat that used to leak at times but only very occasionally so it wasn't a real problem. |
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My Minxy Moo dribbles from his chops which is minging enough. He seems to enjoy it though.
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Talk to your vet again. It may be that a change in diet helps errr 'firm things up'!! and thus less likely to leak.
You could also just put her down when she paddles on you, distract her with a game so she still gets your attention. and love. I had a cat that used to leak at times but only very occasionally so it wasn't a real problem. . Swollen glands apparently ...that were release a year or two ago. Not nice though whatever.
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Oh, yikes...I can't really offer any advice as I've never been through this, but let me say how nice it is that she trusts you so much?
We 'adopted' (pah! She's with us for life) an abused cat at 4 years old and though she will NEVER sit on our laps, she is affectionate in her own way and we really love her. |
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Oh, yikes...I can't really offer any advice as I've never been through this, but let me say how nice it is that she trusts you so much?
We 'adopted' (pah! She's with us for life) an abused cat at 4 years old and though she will NEVER sit on our laps, she is affectionate in her own way and we really love her. |
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sorry, no advice to offer, but wow, i didnt even know cats did this. my cat mr dudley drools when he purrs, thankfully thats it. i dont know i could cope with leaks like your cat though
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I have to agree that this sounds awful, lozza73. I've never heard of this 'feature' of a cat before.
The worst I get is cat dribble ... on my face first thing in the morning, thanks to the feline alarm clock. And THAT is bad enough! I hope you find a solution? |
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I have never had this problem with any of my cats but I have heard of it - when you say your vet alleviated it, do you mean he expressed her anal glands?
This may help http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/Pages/le...l%20glands.htm |
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I have never had this problem with any of my cats but I have heard of it - when you say your vet alleviated it, do you mean he expressed her anal glands?
This may help http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/Pages/le...l%20glands.htm ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks for the link, when I spoke to my vet about it, I was concerned but he said it was a natural thing and not a sign of infection. It's not nice though but is not regular - it comes and goes. |
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I was telling a friend of mine about this (sorry, lozza73, but it's quite a tale), and as a dog-fanatic she reminded me that it's quite common for dogs to have their anal glands ... er ... purged.
Diet is a lot to do with it. If the dog's diet results in soft stools, the glans can get blocked. Firmer stools and the glans are 'naturally squeezed'. I think that's the drift of it. Does your cat eat a lot of 'wet' food? |
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I was telling a friend of mine about this (sorry, lozza73, but it's quite a tale), and as a dog-fanatic she reminded me that it's quite common for dogs to have their anal glands ... er ... purged.
Diet is a lot to do with it. If the dog's diet results in soft stools, the glans can get blocked. Firmer stools and the glans are 'naturally squeezed'. I think that's the drift of it. Does your cat eat a lot of 'wet' food? .
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So true!
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So true!
![]() The treatment seems to be an operation if it's very bad, which thankfully it isn't. I'm glad not too many of you have come across it, it's really unpleasant. Anyway, here's a bit more. http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/analglands.htm |
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. Swollen glands apparently ...that were release a year or two ago. Not nice though whatever.

