hemorrhoids or something else

[Xenaph]

Hi,

Abbas have a spot or hemorrhoids in his anus. Sometimes we can see it when his tail is up.

Here a picture, i called the vet and they said they cannot do anything.

Have you seen this before ?

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

I'm not sure I see anything much in that pic...

Sometimes when a cat has either constipation or diarrhea, they can get an "anal prolapse" which means part of that red inside bit pops outside. It can resolve on it's own...you need to work on whichever type of poop it is to help... but there is a procedure if it becomes severe.

Are Abbas' poops very hard or runny? Time to go look in the litterbox!

 

[Patti]

I don't see anything abnormal there...

 

[admin]

Looks fine to me...

 

[Xenaph]

The picture is not good, but it have a little pink thing. I bought something at vet to soften the poo.

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

Often vets will give you lactulose for softening the stool...it's a nasty sticky liquid. A newer better med is Miralax, a tasteless powder you can buy over the counter (well here in the US you can) at the pharmacy/drugstore/supermarket even... it's for humans too, and for cats you only start them on a mere 1/8 tspn, either put it in the food or add a little water to dissolve and syringe into their mouth. It's much easier on their digestion than lactulose and I have found it more effective when cats are constipated. I'm assuming that your cat is constipated if your vet has advised that.

What are you feeding your cat? You might want to consider adding more fiber to the diet if this is a recurring issue...