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I've seen this sort of thing several times.  It always seems to be that
(let's get gross here...) the cat swallowed some hair, and it is stuck
between two turds, one that comes out and one that doesn't.  The latter
keeps the former from dropping, and voila, you have a cat with a turd
tail, desperately trying to get rid of it any way possible...
(yum)
We've had less problems with this (and hairballs, too) when we brush the
cats frequently to reduce the hair intake.
-- 

				-Mike

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In article <1176@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> mendell@mcnc.UUCP writes:
>is that Desper doesn't always leave everything that he is supposed
>to leave in the box.  He walks away with feces dangling from his
>rear.  If I am around when he uses the box, I check him and clean
>him up right away.  Sometimes I am not around though, and I come
>home to find smeared evidence on the carpet, on the bedspread, etc.

Yeah, I have the same problem with Luna.  The problem seems to be that
she likes to chew on brushes, which means she eats hair.  Which means
that she $h|ts beads.  I've been attempting to teach her that if she
draws it to my attention I will _instantly_ stop whatever I'm doing,
grab the scissors, and "debead" her.

One person has told me that adding a bit of sugar (about 1 t./day) to
her diet would fix this, but I haven't noticed any effect.

You might try giving her kitty-mushies (semi-moist catfood) though,
since it does produce a somewhat softer stool than kittycrunchies do.

Or you, your SO, and the sprout could shave your heads, to minimize
the hair available.  (I prefer to believe that I don't NEED a smiley
after such an absurd suggestion....)

At least, it's not a serious health problem for the cat, and if you
put a screendoor on the baby's room, it won't be a problem for the kid
till it gets bigger.

I use surplus carpet samples for bathmats and Luna has been seen to
head for that rather than the living room floor when I was too slow
grabbing the scissors.  (Sure glad we don't have wall-to-wall carpet!)

I wish I had a _real_ fix-type answer....  Hope someone on the net
does!  _Please_ post if you come up with a trick that _WORKS!_

				STella Calvert

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> We've had less problems with this (and hairballs, too) when we brush the
> cats frequently to reduce the hair intake.
> -- 
> 				-Mike

Another help for hairballs is Petromalt, a petrolatum (sp?) based hairball
remedy.  I don't know anything about other remedies, since I haven't tried
them, but I HAVE used Petromalt and it seems to work just fine.

Frequent brushing is still important, though.

-- 
-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)

Instead of buying all those expensive, oil based, comcoctions for the cats,
to prevent hairballs, a very inexpensive substitute can probably be found in 
your bathroom medicine cabinet.  It's plain 'ole Vaseline.  I've been using
it for years and my cats know the sound of the metal lid coming off the jar
and come running.  The crazy cats even sit outside the bathroom door when I
am taking a shower in order to get 'dibs' on some when I get out.  Haven't
had a problem with hairballs in years!!!  Just in case your cats don't
particullary like the taste, you can put a glop of some on their paw and they
will lick it off to clean themselves.

jill c. arnson
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In article <677@frog.UUCP> wjr@frog.UUCP (STella Calvert) writes:
>In article <1176@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> mendell@mcnc.UUCP writes:
>>is that Desper doesn't always leave everything that he is supposed
>>to leave in the box.  He walks away with feces dangling from his
>>rear.  If I am around when he uses the box, I check him and clean
>>him up right away.  Sometimes I am not around though, and I come
>>home to find smeared evidence on the carpet, on the bedspread, etc.
>
>Yeah, I have the same problem with Luna.  The problem seems to be that
>she likes to chew on brushes, which means she eats hair.  Which means
>that she $h|ts beads.  I've been attempting to teach her that if she
>draws it to my attention I will _instantly_ stop whatever I'm doing,
>grab the scissors, and "debead" her.
>
>One person has told me that adding a bit of sugar (about 1 t./day) to
>her diet would fix this, but I haven't noticed any effect.
>
>You might try giving her kitty-mushies (semi-moist catfood) though,
>since it does produce a somewhat softer stool than kittycrunchies do.
>

	Or you could try feeding kitty intraveniously (sp?))

-- 
					--MKR

Sometimes even the President of the United States must have to 
stand naked.    - Dylan

They eat Vaseline for hairballs?  Isn't that not supposed to be ingested?
We use margerine (butter works, too) and we don't have problems.  One loves
it and comes over to eat it, and the other gets a gob on the nose that she
has to lick off.
-- 

				-Mike

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>Just in case your cats don't particullary like the taste, 
>you can put a glop of some on their paw and they
>will lick it off to clean themselves.
>
>jill c. arnson

I've tried this trick and had to clean the dried catlax off her
paw the next day.  She HATES the stuff, but has chronic
constipation.  I put some on my finger and rub it on the roof of
her mouth.  She eats it, but glares at me for hours afterward.
sigh.  Does anyone know of a food or diet additive that would 
preform the same function as catlax type products?

Laura Nepveu