The so-called paraanal bags located at the basis of a tail of an animal are usually regularly exempted from the fetid secretion produced by them. If owing to aging of a cat or for any other reason of their self-cleaning does not occur, not to avoid problems.
If you noticed that your cat or a cat shows special attention to area around an anus, razlizyvat wool there and from time to time begins "to go" a bottom on a carpet, can suspect that your animal had worms. Actually in many cases the obstruction of paraanal glands is the reason of similar behavior.
Signs of inflammation of paraanal glands at cats
Paraanal glands are located near an anus of an animal and are normal emptied from the contents – a fetid secret of viscous consistence - at defecation owing to tension of nearby muscles. However sometimes the animal cannot independently empty these glands, and then it instinctively tries to make it mechanically. For this purpose the cat or a cat fidgets the back on a floor, gnaws the basis of a tail and with frenzy licks area of an anus.
At overflow of paraanal glands their contents get denser and along with it begin to be soaked up actively in animal blood that provokes appearance of a severe itch on all his body. If at this stage the owner of a cat does not bring it to the veterinarian for a clearing of glands, their inflammation which will inevitably affect also nearby soft fabrics will begin. It is fraught with education under a tail of unfortunate animal extremely painful abscess which inflicts on it a lot of suffering in the beginning only at a spravleniye of natural needs, and later – and at rest. In the absence of treatment the strong inflammation can lead to the death of a cat or cat as a result.
Treatment of inflammation of paraanal glands at cats and cats
If you are attentive to the animal, for certain pay attention to changes in his behavior which have to force you to suspect inflammation at it paraanal glands. You can try to clean them independently: for this purpose densely press a clean napkin to an anus of an animal and squeeze among themselves his right and left side. If it did not lead to anything, address the veterinarian - he with guarantee will manage to clean paraanal bags with use of a method at which one finger presses on gland in an anus of a cat, and the second – outside. If it was not succeeded to avoid development of inflammatory process with formation of abscess nevertheless, the doctor will open an abscess in the surgical way, will disinfect a wound and will prescribe medicines for fast and its trouble-free healing. He will also tell you how to prevent obstruction of paraanal glands at a cat further.