Hypancistrus
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This morning, in between reading whiny posts, I noticed our 2.5 year old male cat, Sterling, was acting weird. He kept going up to soft things, like dog beds, blankets and the ferret play tunnel and squatting and rubbing his back end on them. The first time, there was a small brown smear and I shooed him away. The 2nd time I shooed him, nothing, and the 3rd time, on a blanket, there was clear liquid mixed with some bright red blood.
I took him to the emergency vets. $200 later they said that his chest wound, which I thought was healing, may be reinfected (he's been in an Elizabethan collar for three weeks because of constant licking of scary tissue on his chest that led to a small, open sore) and that the infective process in his body had led to thickening of solution in his anal glands, hence the rubbing and blood from the raw anal area.
They gave us Baytril, to be given 2x daily for 14 days and Metacam, 1x daily for 5 days.
They shaved down his chest, told us to keep the e-collar and put neosporin on the wound 2x per day.
Within two hours of arriving home, he was engaging in the same behavior. He has rubbed anal seepage all over several pillows and the rug. We now have him crated with water, a big litter box and wet food. He has been in the litter box for ten minutes in the "squat" position and nothing is happening.
Should I wait for the antibiotics to kick in? He just had his first dose tonight. Has anyone else ever had this happen? The vet checked all vitals-- temp and all else normal. He felt his tummy and examined him and found "nothing else wrong" or so I was told.
I am worried....
I took him to the emergency vets. $200 later they said that his chest wound, which I thought was healing, may be reinfected (he's been in an Elizabethan collar for three weeks because of constant licking of scary tissue on his chest that led to a small, open sore) and that the infective process in his body had led to thickening of solution in his anal glands, hence the rubbing and blood from the raw anal area.
They gave us Baytril, to be given 2x daily for 14 days and Metacam, 1x daily for 5 days.
They shaved down his chest, told us to keep the e-collar and put neosporin on the wound 2x per day.
Within two hours of arriving home, he was engaging in the same behavior. He has rubbed anal seepage all over several pillows and the rug. We now have him crated with water, a big litter box and wet food. He has been in the litter box for ten minutes in the "squat" position and nothing is happening.
Should I wait for the antibiotics to kick in? He just had his first dose tonight. Has anyone else ever had this happen? The vet checked all vitals-- temp and all else normal. He felt his tummy and examined him and found "nothing else wrong" or so I was told.
I am worried....
