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My kitten has poop stuck in it's butt

Published on: October 22, 2022 • By: tt23 · In Forum: Kittens
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tt23
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October 22, 2022 at 07:16pm
Hello, my kitten has hair stuck in its but, it's about 6 to 7 weeks old and it's also stuck to hair. His mother doesn't really help it and we don't have money to take it to a vet to help it. Is there anything we can even do for it with not enough resources?
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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October 23, 2022 at 02:16pm
Hello  I'm sorry to hear that;  it sounds a hard situation to be in for both yourself and the kitten.  It worries me that if money is not available for this today, then the kitten will remain uncomfortable and, if it survives, money may not be available for vaccination, worming and general healthcare later.  Regretfully, I therefore wonder if the kindest solution might be to take the kitten directly to a shelter, where it will receive the level of healthcare that it needs.  Please think about this.  However, I am going to answer the question you ask over the next few minutes.
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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October 23, 2022 at 02:34pm
You say that the kitten has hair stuck in its butt and is also stuck to the hair - I am unsure whether hair that has been eaten is working its way out of the rectum, or whether there has been diarrhoea and the area is therefore caked up and icky, or something else.  It is important not to pull on anything that is poking out of the anus in case it is attached to something inside.  Bathing an external area in lukewarm water can often help with sticky poo.  However, exposure to plastered poo and continual bathing, wetting and drying, will indeed make the skin in that delicate area very sore.  Furthermore, it doesn't treat the cause of any diarrhoea (soft poo) that may be present so, as you suggested, that alone is unlikely to solve the problem.  Antibiotic creams, barrier cream and treatment for whatever is making the poo soft in the first place (worms?  Bacterial disease? Something more serious?) may be needed.  Therefore, we would strongly suggest taking this small one to an animal shelter or vet where they can get kitten the help that it needs.
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